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We have come along way baby! I can't remember who coined the phrase but it is a good one for the folks from Battlefield High School up in Haymarket . There was no shortage of firsts for the ownership group I like to call the Fab 4. The husband and wife tandems of the Newell's and the Schaffer's made a great deal of progress in their first full season at the helm of the organization. The families took over near the end of the 2007 campaign and were facing quite an up-hill battle to bring the Senators to the place the ownership group wanted to be. The two things the Sens had going for them were (1) the beautiful facilities at BHS and a ton of fans living within 20 miles of the park. The park itself, from the parking lots all the way through the fan friendly open spaces that surround the diamond (Don't forget the ultra modern rest rooms), make it a great place to enjoy a VBL game. The population in the immediate area gives the Sens as many fans to draw from a...

We are getting closer to wrapping up our 2008 Adventure of Valley Baseball League fun. Rebecca has emptied to camera one last time as she will be heading back to the University of Virginia in the morning. There were days that seemed to last forever during the past three months but as it becomes time to look back and reflect on the experience... The jackets are in the Final stages and will soon be ready for us to distribute to all of the Loopsters . Daniel is hard at work on the project and hopes to be finished sometime in the next week. Once he is done we will begin working on getting them passed out. The instructions for cleaning are- COLD WASH ONLY/NO DRYER ! I encourage everyone looking for more and more info on the VBL past and present to stay in touch with John Leonard's site @ http://allthingsvalleyleague.thinkpad.com . As we move closer to finishing up I will hang a "Closed" sign on the front page of the site. There are still some questions as to what the...

45 Year Old Jamie Moyer and 42 Year Old Greg Maddux turned back the clocks last night at Petco Park with Moyer and the Phils getting the better of the home team by a final score of 1-0. There wasn't a pitch that registered 85 the entire 7 innings that both veterans tossed before giving way to the bullpens. Maddux went back to the mound at the start of the 8TH inning where Moyer was due to lead off but the lefty was lifted for a pinch hitter. Once the PH was announced skipper Bud Black went out and took the ball from Maddux as well. Maddux finished his night with 85 pitches and 59 went for strikes as he went after win #354 for the first time. The next "W" Maddux picks up will move him into a tie with Roger Clemens but that will have to wait for another five days... I was able to take more pics than I will know what to do with and will write about the trip/game once the trip ends and we make it back to the Shenandoah Valley...

I love the old commercial with the guy from the Hair Club where he says I am not just the owner but I am a member too. I mention as often as possible that I check out things John Leonard posts at his site http://allthingsvalleyleague.typepad.com/ . I use all of the info that appears on the screen and that was never more true than last night... Back on August 9TH, John posted a story about a young man that had pitched for New Market back in 2000. Brad Ziegler was a Rebel before my time in the Shenandoah Valley so I was UN -aware of his ties to the VBL until I read John's story on his amazing start with the Oakland A's. Now fast forward to last night here on the West Coast. Our Padres game was a day game so there was plenty of time to watch all of the highlights on ESPN over and over again. You could see the Chi- Sox go yard four straight times on ESPN-News and then there was the diving catch as the lone highlight from our game. Then they show two clips from the Rays @ A's...

In it's latest edition, the Page News and Courier ran a story entitled "Circuit Riders" about the Around the Valley in 60 Days promotion, as I've mentioned. I know that some of this site's readers aren't able to get the PNC so here are a few pictures of the story. They're not quite clear enough to read but if you want us to buy and save you a copy, let us know! Only $0.50!

By: Scoop Carter ATV-60 Correspondent SAN DIEGO- The beginning of the end started for the 2008 Padres when the decision to not re-sign Mike Cameron or Milton Bradley to help the offense. The team instead banked on Jim Edmonds to pick up the offensive slack but he was never healthy before leaving town. The second thing that happened to the Friars was an arm injury to staff Ace and last seasons Cy Young winner Jake Peavy . Peavy has returned to the rotation and this afternoon the righty quickly became locked into a pitchers duel with the Brewers Ben Sheets. The two starters made quick work of the opposing batters in the first six innings, allowing a TOTAL of three hits between them. Peavy (9-8) fanned 8 Brewers over the seven innings he worked but did allow one run to score in his final inning of work. Milwaukee collected their third and fourth hit of the afternoon with the RBI going to the above mentioned Cameron. In the past Cameron collecting RBI's during a Peavy start woul...

We have to go back to 1984 Cubs Draft Room (1/4 century ago) to talk about the pitching match-up for Philadelphia @ San Diego Friday night... It would appear that someone had done their homework... The Cubs General Manager that season was Dallas Green. Green had two first round picks that year and selected Drew Hall and Damon Berryhill (4TH overall) The second round pick for the Cubs was a young pitcher from ValleyHigh School in Las Vegas, Nevada that most scouts stumbled across when looking at his older brother Mike. Greg Maddux was drafted in the second round and he managed to make his MLB debut on my birthday in 1986. I was turning 23 that day and I noticed this 20 year old rookie pitching for the Cubs. The story just developed from there. Older brother Mike is still wearing a big league uniform as well- as the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers. The sixth round draft pick that day for the Cubs was a pitcher from St.Joseph's named Jamie Moyer . Yes, that Jamie Moyer . M...