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Category Archives: Baseball

ACC announces partnership with PitchCom for baseball, softball beginning this season

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PitchCom is coming to ACC Baseball and ACC Softball this spring, which, good news: this should speed games up a good bit going forward.

Posted byChris GrahamJanuary 30, 2026January 31, 2026Posted inBaseballTags: ACC Baseball

Staunton’s Larry Sheets played for two Hall of Fame VHSL coaches – then for Earl Weaver

Larry Sheets

Not many people can say they played in high school for two coaches who are in the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame. But that is what Staunton native Larry Sheets accomplished in the late 1970s.

Posted byDavid DriverJanuary 25, 2026Posted inBaseballTags: Larry Sheets, Staunton

‘Fiery Riverheads guy’ Aidan Miller was a football standout, but opted for EMU baseball

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Aidan Miller said he was in eighth grade when he first heard from EMU coaches about possibly playing baseball at the Division III Harrisonburg school.

Posted byDavid DriverJanuary 14, 2026January 14, 2026Posted inBaseballTags: Augusta County, EMU

Waynesboro: WHS alum Terrell Thompson wins national baseball coaching honor

terrell thompson

It will be hard for 2009 Waynesboro High School graduate Terrell Thompson to duplicate his baseball milestones in 2026, since the 2025 calendar was filled with some memorable moments.

Posted byDavid DriverJanuary 12, 2026January 12, 2026Posted inBaseballTags: Waynesboro

UVA Baseball: Where were the ‘Hoos ranked in the preseason Perfect Game Top 25?

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Hard as it is to believe, the college baseball season gets under way in a few weeks – Virginia opens on Friday, Feb. 13, with Game 1 of a weekend series against Wagner.

Posted byChris GrahamJanuary 8, 2026January 8, 2026Posted inBaseball, Go 'HoosTags: UVA Baseball

Report: Washington Nationals leaving MASN; where will we watch?

Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals fans, like me, are going to be watching their team on a different TV network this season; we just don’t know which one yet.

Posted byChris GrahamJanuary 2, 2026Posted inBaseballTags: MLB, Washington Nationals

Spotswood grad Luke Keister will bring ‘young energy’ to Harrisonburg Turks staff

Luke Keister

Luke Keister clearly recalls the first time he went to see the Harrisonburg Turks play in the Valley Baseball League.

Posted byDavid DriverJanuary 1, 2026January 3, 2026Posted inBaseballTags: Harrisonburg

From Broadway to Coors Field for former Virginia Tech softball standout

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Callie (Rhodes) Schaeffer grew up playing softball on her family farm in Rockingham County, near Broadway in the Cedar Run community. She said she was too shy and nervous to try new things, such as joining an organized team.

Posted byDavid DriverDecember 21, 2025December 21, 2025Posted inBaseballTags: MLB, Rockingham County

Podcast: A conversation with WHS alum, former MLB pitcher Reggie Harris

Reggie Harris

Reggie Harris was a two-sport star at Waynesboro High School – a four-year starter in basketball, where he is the school’s all-time leading scorer; and in baseball, he was a two-time All-State selection.

Posted byChris GrahamDecember 16, 2025December 17, 2025Posted inBaseballTags: Reggie Harris, Waynesboro

Catching up with Reggie Harris: Two-sport legend at Waynesboro High School

Reggie Harris

Two years after graduating from Waynesboro High School, Reggie Harris was taken by the Oakland A’s in the 1989 Rule 5 draft, and he made the team – the defending World Series champs – out of spring training in 1990.

Posted byChris GrahamDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025Posted inBaseballTags: Reggie Harris, Waynesboro

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