Got to see Va Tech at William & Mary tonight. Hoping to catch ODU at UVA Wednesday.
I'm 90% sure Cullen Large's mother posts here. He is off to a fantastic freshman year for W&M going 4 for 5 tonight. Missed a HR to dead center by "this" much.
Hope to see y'all at the yard soon.
Oh, and by the way, RMC just cracked the top 25.
Lots of good baseball.
Rich
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Enjoyed listening to Large's hits via radio. Also played stellar D. 
"I'm 90% sure Cullen Large's mother posts here."
You can make that 100%. 
(But no, I'm not her!)
Cullen's hot start is a fun thing. Bear in mind this is a kid who only started switch hitting 2 years ago, and now he's hitting opposite field HR's from his off side at college distances? THAT is a tale of a player developing himself.
I think Cullen was named the CAA's pre-season pick for freshman of the year, and so far he's showing that someone did their scouting homework on that one. Knock wood!
As of 12pm the ODU at UVA game is still on despite some rain in the area.
Keeping fingers crossed.
Rich
Game got pushed back a couple of hours last night. But it turned out to be a beautiful night in Charlottesville for baseball. ODU's offense really showed up last night.
I've noticed over the last 2 nights that the new ball definitely seems to be flying better. Once the temps heat up I think we may see exponential growth in number of HR's.
Rich
Given their overall record, that's tough to argue.
Winning 2/3 of your conference games will often land you in, or close to, first place. Right now they are behind that pace, but only a tad -- one strong weekend could square that up pronto. It's too early to draw any real conclusions.
I suspect what you're seeing is the combined effects of weather impeding workouts, having to travel for what were hoped to be home games, improvement in some of the opposition (esp. as to Pitt and VT compared to last year), and having a batting order that is freshman-heavy.
I congratulate ODU on a win that's a big deal for the program, but really no different from 1-2 years ago when Radford won at Charlottesville. Midweek games involve pitchers who are still finding their way, even more so in early March. You never really know how they'll turn out.
The last few years have taught us that UVA will be at or very near the top of the conference standings and the national rankings by the time May rolls around. I don't see anything going on up there that leads me to think this year will fall short of that standard.
More good news about James River and Va. Cardinals alum Cullen Large:
http://www.tribeathletics.com/...&DB_OEM_ID=25100
While they focus on his offensive performance, it also bears mentioning that as the starting 2B, he's gone his first 15 games (75 chances) without an error, while also participating in 10 DP's.
