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Wednesday September 21: Orioles try to avoid season sweep by Tigers


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4 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

You ever watch any of their softball games ?

I got into it this year as they made a deep run in the NCAA tournament, and a lot of the games were on the ACC Network extra streaming channel.   DIdn't make it down to any softball or baseball games this year, even though I had friends who were down there.   My mother was ill in a nursing home up in New York (we've since moved her to assisted living down here in MD) so I was making a lot o 800 mile round trips up there and when I didn't go up there on a weekend I didn't feel much like a 600 mile round trip to Blacksburg.

A shame, it was a great year for baseball and softball.   I'll definitely make some games next spring.   

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10 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Let me get this straight:

5 runs in a game where Vavra and Stowers are playing.  Both have scored runs.  Vavra has a couple of walks.  Stowers has gone deep.

And they haven't been playing all the time?  What are the odds both of them aren't in the lineup tomorrow?

According to Kevin Brown, Hyde said he was going to be playing Vavra, Stowers, and Henderson regularly the rest of the season.  

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1 minute ago, jdwilde1 said:

According to Kevin Brown, Hyde said he was going to be playing Vavra, Stowers, and Henderson regularly the rest of the season.  

He should have been playing them all along.  Maybe we'd be closer in the WC race if we had a guy, like Vavra, who can draw a few walks and a guy like Stowers who can run into a fastball every once in awhile.

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3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I got into it this year as they made a deep run in the NCAA tournament, and a lot of the games were on the ACC Network extra streaming channel.   DIdn't make it down to any softball or baseball games this year, even though I had friends who were down there.   My mother was ill in a nursing home up in New York (we've since moved her to assisted living down here in MD) so I was making a lot o 800 mile round trips up there and when I didn't go up there on a weekend I didn't feel much like a 600 mile round trip to Blacksburg.

A shame, it was a great year for baseball and softball.   I'll definitely make some games next spring.   

I know you always visited your mom. I’ve never rooted for VaTech but I do enjoy the football entrance. Place goes nutz to Enter Sandman  

A buddy is mine is friends with the softball coach. He is from Maryland. Really built that program up. 

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