A number of Virginia programs won their pools and advanced to the 54-team playoffs. As of now, 8 of the original 216 teams will still be playing tomorrow morning, and two Virginia teams will be among them -- our Virginia Cardinals as well as the Richmond Braves National.
See also http://www.perfectgame.org/Art...w.aspx?article=10641
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Nice write up for you guys congrats and as always job well done.
Both VA Cardinals and R. Braves are in the semis. If this isn't an indicator of the talent level in VA, I don't know what is.
11AM first pitch.
BOOM, Congrats to two Va teams the Richmond Braves National and the Virginia Cardinals for making the Championship game to be played at 2pm. http://www.perfectgame.org/eve...&Date=10/13/2014
Absolute great showing by Virginia Cardinals and Richmond Braves Underclassmen teams. Congatulations!
Cardinals over Braves 10-2. Well done! The Commonwealth baseball community is proud!
Congratulations!
Great job by two of our HSBBW contributors. And the kids who played, winning 8 straight games, of course.
No matter how good a team might be, it is very difficult winning these big tournaments. To finish on top against that highest level of competition, is an amazing feat.
I got the scout sign in sheet on Saturday. I remember when this underclass tournament had nothing but agents showing up. In fact, I remember talking to Midlodad at this event a few years back. it sure has changed. Looks like more than 200 college coaches this year, plus MLB scouts and the MLB Scouting Bureau. This will create a lot of recruiting action.
Be interesting to talk to some of those same college coaches in Jupiter later this month.
How awesome For both teams. I have no connection to either team but always excited to see kids from our state do well. Congrats to these boys and way to represent the Commonwealth!
Congrats to the Cardinals and Braves for a great tourney!
Such a great testament to the talent in this state! Congrats to two top-notch organizations. Well deserved.
Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. It's been a wild ride.
First, we had our flights down to FL cancelled when the discount airline had its Virginia-based plane (note the singular) damaged by a service truck. By the time we got that bit of news, air fares for other options were sky high and in fact there weren't enough seats available at any price. So, we rented vans and made the drive, starting Wed. night and finishing on Thursday. Got a light workout in Thursday evening and again Friday morning, and then started the games.
We had one real nail biter in pool play. Matoaca lefty Robert Fultineer threw a masterful complete game shutout for a 1-0 win won on a suicide squeeze bunt put down perfectly by Hanover SS Cayman Richardson.
The best thing that happened for both us and the Braves was that we got one of the precious byes in the playoffs. We allowed only 2 runs in our 3 pool games; had we allowed just one more, we would have had to play one more game on Sunday. We did that last year and it made fatigue a key contributing factor in our losing in the third of our Sunday games last year.
When we got to the Sweet 16 last year, we had several key 2016 players on our roster, so this year we had those guys back for the second time and hungry to win. They did a great job of taking care of themselves and preparing to run the gauntlet of 8 games in 4 days -- especially 2/2/3 over the last 3 days. I really felt like we just had more spring in our steps than our opponents all day Monday.
Our pitching was terrific all weekend. Our defense was spectacular. Our offense caught fire and got contagious up and down the lineup. It was a terrifically fun experience for all of us, and would have been even if we had fallen short. Hoisting that huge trophy cup was a surprise -- I don't think we've ever gotten much more than a bunch of medallions and maybe one or two wooden plaques before.
End note: As I write this, I'm letting someone else take a turn at the wheel of one of our team vans. As we went through a construction zone north of Tampa on I-75, something blew up a tire and I felt lucky to get off the road safely. I had a call in to AAA, but two good Samaritans -- contractors -- pulled over with their equipment van, helped us change the tire and even had an air compressor and gauge to make sure we were good to go. The whole affair put us off the road less than 30 minutes. I offered these gentlemen tips and they wouldn't hear of it.
At this point I feel like our guardian angel has been with us today. Hope he hangs around for a while yet!
Congrats to the Braves and Cardinals on a great tournament.
Championship game can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...amp;feature=youtu.be
Great Job!
Congrats to both organizations....... 
Just got back in town and read the great news.... Congrats to both organizations !!!
