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Stop #7 on the Around The Valley in 60 Days tour was last Friday night in New Market. I have always said that in my opinion the Wrangler- Rebels contests were my favorite in the league. I really believe that this is a match-up where the rivalry is bigger for the fans of the teams than the players themselves. There are some similarities between New Market baseball and UNC basketball. The Tar Heels have to face a biggest rival more often than all other ACC teams. They are the biggest game of the season for Duke, North Carolina State and Wake Forrest. But it doesn't stop there for the Heels- after Va Tech, the biggest game on the UVA schedule is UNC as is the case for South Carolina (after Clemson). New Market has the natural in county rival (Woodstock), the neighbors from across the mountain ( Luray ), the friends from the south (17 miles to H'Burg ) and I'm not sure that Winchester and the Rebels don't do a bit of sizing each other up. It was the easiest pick...

On the webcast with Charlie Dodge and Tony Mowat here at the Shenandoah Valley-Herald Crows Nest. Dallas Alkire called the first three innings then Charlie took his seat. The score is 3-2 New Market but Luray has a runner on first base. Great crowd on hand as is the norm for what I call the best match-up in the VBL. This is our 7th stop of 11 and I was thrilled to find out Melissa Dodge of New Market (Mrs.Charlie) has collected 5 stamps as well! I have a scoring update as Luray's Corey Johnson just ripped his second home run of the night to give Luray a 4-3 lead.

Anyone who is reading this and lives in Shenandoah County needs to pick-up a copy of the Shenandoah Valley- Herald. We had the privilege of meeting Susan Thompson this past week when we kicked off the Around The Valley promotion in Woodstock. Susan has taken over as the managing editor of the paper in Woodstock and she went above and beyond by not only donating free papers but she stood out there with our family and greeted people. She had won me over already but she topped it today on Page D4 (upper corner) of her newspaper today.I don't want to ruin the surprise for those who can get to a copy of the Valley-Herald..... Thank you once again!!!!

Good Morning! What a great night last night in Woodstock. I great deal of thought went into the choice of going to the New Market @ Woodstock game on opening night. I answered a ton of questions last night and was smiling the entire time. I like the format of the top ten list so here is one from last night: THE TOP LIST OF WHY LAST NIGHT WAS SO GREAT! 10. I had been invited to be a guest speaker at the New Market Rebels / Shenandoah Valley Grandstand Managers club dinner earlier this year. After a great evening with very knowledgeable and caring baseball fans I knew this group would be there with passports in hand looking for the River Bandits stamp. They exceeded my expectations as the Rebel faithful showed up in groves despite the threat of thunder storms. 9. Stu and Mrs. Richardson had been great right out of the box where the promotion was concerned. Stu had everything set up right where we needed it to be and was as gracious of a host owner as one could hope for. 8. Craig Orn...

Today was the best day our Around the Valley team could ask for as we traveled from Luray, VA, to Woodstock, VA, to get our first passport stamp! Jerry, Rebecca, Linda, Sabrena and Diamond (our puppy) arrived on the scene just before 6:00 pm where we were given a great spot to greet fans as they entered the park. We enjoyed the company of a River Bandit faithful who is giving birth to her sixth child on Monday morning! When asked who would take her spot she replied, "I don't expect to be out more than week or so!" The fans trickled in and by game time the park was full of both Rebel and River Bandit fans excited about the beginning of two months of great summer baseball. Your usual blog poster - Jerry Carter - is out doing his "real" job delivering the Washington Post but will bring you the Around the Valley narrative you've grown to love. We're hoping to get him to take a nap after he gets off around 7:00 am so you can expect that you'll see a post ...

I've always said you can judge the importance of a ball game by the number of media outlets there to cover the action! I had mentioned Craig Juer ( NVD ) and Bill Meade ( PN &C) but that was just the tip of the ice burg . Greg Brill was there to represent the Winchester Star, John Galle covering the Rams for the Shenandoah Valley Herald and Ace camera lady Rebecca Carter was snapping pictures for Around The Valley in 60 Days. I had the best seat in the house for two reasons- (1st) I was sitting next to Mr. Craig Orndorff and he's as good with play-by-play as anyone around. (2nd) The broadcast booth/table is only about 10 feet removed from home plate! The crowd was every bit as big as I had expected. Strasburg AD Matt Hiserman estimated the gathering at 700-750 with a fair amount of Luray maroon mixed in with the home team purple. Luray (25-1) sent Ryan Carroll to the mound which sent me in search of Mr.Carroll to ask him when the last time Ryan pitched. The ...

Another special thanks to John Galle of the Shenandoah Valley Herald wrote an article announcing the program in the December 13, 2007 edition. We are so glad to have been featured and hope to continue working with the press during the upcoming Valley league season.