So I guess baseball season starts this Friday. I've never really followed our baseball team but I'm gonna try to this year. Anyone on here ever follow them? I kinda wanna know what to expect for this year. I know nothing about them right now, so even knowing who our best player is would be more info than I have.
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Basic info
We have a good core of players returning from last year.
Tech preview :
http://www.chasingomaha.com/college-baseball-news/virginia-tech-2013-pre...
Acc Preview:
http://www.chasingomaha.com/college-baseball-news/acc-2013-conference-pr...
Meh
Coach Hughes is kind of like Greenberg in that he will get Tech better than they have been in a while, but it will still be hard to beat UNC and other top teams. I usually go to at least the VMI game and we usually destroy them, but other than that I only go to a weekend game if there isn't really anything else to do.
Tyler Horan is a BEAST
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1287523-tyler-horan-2013-mlb-draft-pr...
spring
its one of the few spring sports i pay attention to (mostly because a freshman year in cochrane gave me lots of connections) anyway, we're decent, we swept miami last year whom was #6 however we were swept by UVA. games are usually entertaining if you can get into baseball
Wake me up
When I can buy one of those 80s-Astros-style VT Baseball jerseys.
they auctioned those off a couple years ago I believe.
Well
They should make more. If Weaver cares as much about money as I think he does, he should greenlight this.
Per Baseball America's ACC
Per Baseball America's ACC preview, the Hokies are projected to be an NCAA tournament team. 3B Chad Pinder (#3) and OF Tyler Horan (#5) are listed in the ACC's top 15 draft prospects for 2013, and should both be top 3-5 round picks at least. Horan is also rated as the highest raw power in the league with Pinder the best defensive 3B.
Their other notes (none of this was behind the paywall, FYI):
Virginia Tech has only made one regional appearance as a member of the conference, in 2010, but a failure to reach the postseason this year would be a big disappointment.
The Hokies return the league's most potent offense with a nice balance of right- and lefthanded hitters, power and speed. Just Florida State and Georgia Tech hit more homers than the Hokies among ACC teams last year, and most of Virginia Tech's power is back.
Bullish Jr. LF Tyler Horan is a college Greg Luzinski with brute power and a home run track record (15 last season, record-tying 16 in the Cape Cod League).
Jr. 3B Chad Pinder and Sr. CF Andrew Rash hit seven homers apiece last year, while So. C Mark Zagunis hit .344 with five homers while providing a team-best 17 stolen bases.
They'll need to improve on the league's ninth-best team ERA (4.16), looking for help from JC transfer Jr. Brad Markey out of Santa Fe (Fla.) JC. He started his career at Georgia Tech but transferred after pitching just five innings.
Last year's wins leader, 5-foot-9 Sr. RHP Tanner McIntyre (7-0, 2.32), slides into the rotation after working last year in middle relief.
Our catcher lead the team in stolen bases?!
And was a freshman All American
I struck Chad Pinder out in High School... just sayin
Pinder
I played against him as well in HS States, good ball player. Quick hands. All around a great prospect for what he can do on both sides.
And I hit a home run off Jeron G-W in little league. The glory days.
And I burned Torrey Smith (Ravens WR) in one on ones in high school football practice. He bit hard on a double move and I was so in shock of how wide open I was that I dropped a floater that hit me in the stomach.
I can say I was almost talented. ALMOST.
While we're at it
I juked Aaron Brooks and made him fall when I was a kid at his and Mike Vick's football camp in Newport News. He chose me to demonstrate how to make an agile move so he could demonstrate how to cover it as a defender. Guess my feet were quicker than he expected and he wound up on his back. My dad took a picture of me helping him up. Got Vick's autograph that day too.
In High School
In high school I once had a three homerun game off of Justin Verlander while I was hungover from heavy drinking during lunch period. I got offered a full ride from Standford that night after the game but turned it down to play club baseball at VT.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
......
Mackey? That you?
Seating
The most important thing you need to know is where to sit for the games. You can bring a folding chair and a cooler for "soda" if you sit just outside the fence on the third base line. The greatest times of my Hokie career have been sitting up on that hill drinking and watching with friends
Baseball @ Tech has changed
For the better. When I was there, the field was situated between Lane & Cassel. I got to see Franklin Stubbs bounce a couple HR off of the rear of Cassel (awesome!). We weren't better than average, but it was a great way to spend a spring afternoon.