I had the pleasure of meeting in person another hsbaseball web connection, Cabbagedad's son Alex, head coach of the Covington Lumberjacks in the Valley Baseball League. Alex comes across as just an outstanding guy, the kind you'd be glad to have watch over and coach your son and I had a great time talking with him. And while Cabbagedad (Pete) would be too modest to post it, he has Covington with the best record in the VBL, a team that finished last a year ago. Now he isn't perfect-he came 2 hours to our field and inhospitably beat us in extra innings in a wonderful game for fans (not so much for a team president), but most importantly, Covington had a good sized group of fans that traveled to see the game, something I've not seen previously. Alex has his town and his players excited about the team and that's just great. We talked about this web site and all of the connections and friendships that have developed. You just can't beat good baseball people. Pete has raised himself up one fine son. One problem-his cleanup hitting slugger is from my school, Virginia Tech-who brings a slugging Hokie to whack balls all over the place at my park?
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