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50 is the Final Number and the Team Champs are Teresa's Turks !

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I want to start out by saying that while I stayed away from doing a great deal of guessing I never envisioned 50 people making to the ATV-60 Finish Line! I had ordered some inspirational coffee mugs to award as one last bonus prize to the two teams that showed the greatest support in the program and 1ST Place was a run-a-way as Harrisonburg finished with 18 Loopsters ! Each of the Turkoopsters were awarded a Crystal Clear Delivery Coffee mug at their playoff game at Luray the other night. The second highest total went to the efforts of the Luray Wranglers/ATV-60 Staff that claimed 10 of the 32 remaining spots. These folks were also awarded their YES I CAN/ CCD coffee mugs at Bulldog Field back on Tuesday night. The most pleasant surprise was the 3 finishers from Haymarket ! When we set out I wasn't looking for fans from Fauquier , Haymarket or Covington to be able to complete the Loop because so many of the 11 parks would be major road trips for the fans... We will have m...

Looking to place the order for the 50 Around The Valley Wind Breakers- Needing help!

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We are trying to finalize the order for the 50 Wind Breakers for the ATV-60 Loopsters and we are in search of a little help. Here is what I can tell you for sure- The company we are dealing with has the following sizes to choose from: (All Adult-Male) - Extra Small -Small -Medium -Large -1X -2X -3X -4X We have received a jacket size from most of the finishers but we will need to convert some of the sizes over to match their chart. The jacket will be a pull over Windbreaker and after a great deal of discussion with the folks here as to what will make the logo look the best, the color will be khaki. The back will consist of the Around The Valley logo and on the front will be two smaller logo's- 1 of the VBL and the 2ND of your favorite team. If you are on of the 50 folks that completed the loop and have a question please contact us as soon as possible by posting a response or by e-mail @ crystalcleardelivery@hotmail.com ... Here is a shot of the air brushing that will be on the b...

Now that all of the serious stuff is posted(7 posts): A lighter look at Day 61 from Around The Valley in 60 Days

This will serve as the 8TH and final post from Day 61 which now has become Day 62. Here are some of my thoughts for last night and the action tomorrow: 1. I am already looking forward to checking in at http://allthingsvalleyleague.typepad.com/ in the morning and seeing John Leonard sift through all of the info, links, stories and then mix-in the box scores that Kevin is working on back at the VBL's office. John will take 20 different pieces of info and then in a manner that very few can, will make it all look professional. 2. How sure was I that Luray would find a way to win game #2 and force the series back to Luray for the deciding game tonight? To borrow a line from my dear friends back at New Market- we had them the whole way! The Bulldogs (that is what they were called yesterday) had their fearless leader back in the dugout and another ace heading out to the mound... The atmosphere back at Bulldog Field should be great as the two rivals will both have crowd support. 3. It...

To Borrow A Line From Jack Buck - I don't believe what I just saw: Senators 2 Generals 1

By: Scoop Carter ATV-60 Correspondent HAYMARKET - Baseball fans that remember that famous call know that what Jack Buck just called was a game ending Home Run from a hobbling Kirk Gibson off Dennis Eckersly . It would be the only at-bat Gibson would have in the Dodgers 4 game World Series sweep of Eck's A's and to this day remains one of the 10 most remember able home runs in MLB history! Now fast forward to the contest tonight between the #1 seeded Waynesboro Generals and the #8TH seeded Haymarket Senators. To make even more of the David vs. Goliath angle the contest was also the defending VBL champions vs. a VBL team in search of their first ever playoff victory. The roster limits for the teams are 28 and the deadline for adding players to your roster is July 15TH and when the hometown Senators took the field Wednesday night they had 16 players left in uniform after losing 6 position players in the past two weeks. They fought tooth and nail the night before down in W...

Box from Waynesboro @ Haymarket

Senators 2, Generals 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E WAY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 HAY 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2 5 1 WP- Matt Davis (6.0 innings/1 run/7 hits/4 K's) Save-T.J Knowlton (3.0/0 runs/2 hits/5 K's) LP- Daniel Bradshaw (7.o innings/ 2 runs/ 5 hits/ 9 K's) Other- VandenBout (1.0 inning/ 0 runs/ 0 hits / 2 K's) Home Runs- Andrew Lawrence (1) Scoring Summary: Top Fifth: Waynesboro -Webb singled to left, Sizemore scored, Morgan out at home, Webb to second Bottom Six: -Lawrence homered to right field, Miller scored

The following is from Mr. Ken Hockin (Royals Web Master)

Info from the Royals! The Royals defeated Staunton 8-3 Wednesday night a Moxie Stadium to force game three Thursday at Bridgeforth field. The Braves broke out early by scoring three in the first inning an home runs by Max Most and Blake Mcdade of Royals starter Taylor Hill. Hill settled down and gave up no runs on one hit thru the 5 th to get the win. Chris Rigo pitched the last 4 innings allowing no runs on 3 hits while striking out 5. The Royals were held hit less thru five innings by Braves starter Gerard Sokolis . The Royals broke thru in the 6 th by scoring 4 runs on four hits. Aaron Dudley's bases loaded single was the big hit of the inning as all runners scored after a throwing error by the Braves. Dudley scored on Galbraiiths fly out to center. The Royals came back and scored 4 in the 7 th on five straight singles by Matias, Agreste , Townsend, Wiswall , and Dudley. Wiswall 2, Dudley, and Galbraith had RBIs in the inning. The Royals host game 3 of 3 Thursday ...

Notes from Covington vs. Fauquier per Lumberjack Owner Dizzy Garten

I wanted to post a few quick notes from the one series that will not be needing a 3RD game on Thursday night. Covington swept Fauquier 2-0 on the strength of a 9-1 victory that was also delayed by a rain storm. When I met (Grandfather) Mr. Sizemore up in Haymarket he noticed me running around trying to share score with everyone that might need them. He thanked me for taking the time to do that and mentioned that it really helps fans & family from out of town (in this case-Jacksonville,Fl) to keep up with the VBL . It takes two to tango as they say and on this one it was "Dizzy" that was keeping us updated. Here is how it went: Call 1 came in the fifth inning up in Haymarket - The game was late starting due to a storm and his Lumberjacks hung a 5 spot on the board during the bottom of the first. Two Lumberjacks went yard and I am sure John Leonard will be able to tell us later who they were. Call 2- Dizzy had more good news for the home team as Covington had stretched...