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All I could think was, poor Chris, Sr., sweating it out in the stands. And moments later, THE HERO!!!

No matter how long you live, son, you'll never forget this one!

Kudos also to Will Roberts (Maggie Walker) on a fabulous start in a high pressure situation, to Keith Werman (Oakton) for making play after play, and to David Coleman (Trinity) for keeping hope alive with a 2-out hit to start the amazing winning rally.

Man, they were livin' right today, weren't they? What a ball game.

Best game Ive seen in a long time!!!! But I knew if there was any player on the team to do the job it would be Chris They said he was batting 500 in the super regionals and WOW how bout the CAVS!!!!!!
I bet the Driller community is quite happy too.....

Great job UVA! What a great team of coaches they have. Watching them handle themselves on TV is almost as impressive as the players on the field. What class they all have, it is great to see.

I bet the Driller community is quite happy about their other product, Dan Hudson who got a win yesterday!!!!!

That was a fantastic finish!!

Great photo......
Chris Taylor

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I bet the Driller community is quite happy about their other product, Dan Hudson who got a win yesterday!!!!!

I'm done.

Also a shout out to central region POY mitchell shifflett who scored the tying run for the Cavs...putting that world class speed to use!
cant wait to see how far they can go in tne Omaha tournament

I've watched that replay over and over. Can't believe how close the pitcher came to nipping that ball with his shoe or his glove. How close the 2B came to knocking it down and at least preserving a tie, maybe having a shot at the last out at 2nd.

Talk about your "game of inches." So glad for the VA boys, but man, you have to feel for the Irvine team and especially for their pitcher, who was one out away with bases empty before the last 4 batters turned it all around. That has to hurt big time. You'd almost rather get blown out. Maybe no "almost" about it.

It was almost a total state of Virginia effort, with Jared King (Pulaski County - and he has a great story with his personal tragedies) and Reed Gragnani (Richmond) all making contributions in the final inning rally....

As Chris said when interviewed after the game, "I'm speechless."

Thanks for all the well wishes.

so happy for the va. kids

all i kept thinking about while watching the game was that UCI was going to do what UVA did to them 2 years ago--- knock off the #1 national seed when they survived the regional of death in 2009

all i can say is that 27 outs are a lot of outs that one team has to get and all of them are big under those conditions.

they have to be still walking on air in C'ville!!!

UVA had them right where they wanted them! Cavs had their two best contact hitters IMO with Coleman and Taylor in the two most crucial situations. Major kudos to them for quality at bats, as well as King and Gragnini for being patient at the plate. I thought O'Connor was going to send the speedy Shiflett to 2nd base to get him in scoring position, but held him back.....patience is a virtue. Just an awesome game to watch as a fan. I can't imagine what it would be like as a parent.

It occurred to me, what's all the fuss about? Every kid I know has done that thousands of times.

I know when mine was 5 or 6, he'd be out back with a whiffle ball, doing the narrative:

"Two out, bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, the kid comes up to the plate ...."

And he always came through in those situations before, didn't he?

All of Virginia should still be smilin' after yesterdays heroic W ! I can't wait to watch these great players compete in Omaha next week. The photos really do the entire team and UVA fans justice !!!

43',
Sometimes... your about as funny as a bad **** in church ! Sorry grasscutter !!

Driller,

I re-read my post and have no idea what YOU'RE talking about. There was no humor, only sincere comments!

By the way, the real funny was Zimmerman graduating from First Colonial!

Hope to get to eventually see South Carolina and UVA to the end. Love watching Jerry on the big screen!

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Hope to get to eventually see South Carolina and UVA to the end. Love watching Jerry on the big screen!

1943,

Your slip up surprises me. If I read the schedule correctly, South Carolina and UVA cannot both be there at the end. If I am interpreting the schedule correctly, there are two pools: (1) Vandy, UNC, Texas and Florida and (2) California, UVA, Tex A&M and South Carolina. It also appears that the winner of each pool, by virtue of double elimination play, advances to a best of 2 out of 3.

The pressure is off now

As the crazy guy in the movie "Waterboy" said:
YOU CAN DO IT!!

i think iff i am UVA I am pretty satisified with my pool? no Vandy, no UNC. All those teams are good and TEXAS A&M may be hotest team in the Country though.

My son was a taking a hitting lesson and everybody but the instructor and my son moved over to watch the end of the game.

Amazing and clutch performance. I think they'll be ready to roll in Omaha.

And me, a Virginia Tech grad actually rooting for the Wahoos. Oh well, ever since VT joined the ACC my sense of antipathy to UVA has dropped substantially (and we own them in football anyhow). ;-)

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hsbasballfan said....i think iff i am UVA I am pretty satisified with my pool? no Vandy, no UNC. All those teams are good and TEXAS A&M may be hotest team in the Country though.

Absolutely. That bracket 1 is absolutley a hornet's nest with Florida, NC, Vandy and Texas. You'll probably get no one from UVA to acknowledge that but I think their chances are better with South Carolina and two unseeded teams. Im looking forward to seeing some more college baseball on Fathers Day, and that UVA-SC game when it happens.

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