David Driver
@DaytonVaDriver
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Husband/dad; @mccpeace in Poland/Ukraine; Co-author, "From Tidewater To The Shenandoah." Author "Hoop Dreams In Europe," Amazon. TA/EMU/RCBL(CH) baseball alum.
Maryland, USA
Joined March 2015
MLB: Seven natives of Virginia who made their debuts in The Show in 2025 - https://t.co/Evb6ULawkA The list includes Fairfax native Bryce Eldridge with the @SFGiants who began season with Richmond. @MiLB
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@VBCA2018
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Seven natives of Virginia made their MLB debut in 2025 – one less than in 2023. That year eight Virginia natives broke into The Show.
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Recruited by UVA, Virginia Tech, Henrico High grad Jada Walker now a pro in Hungary - https://t.co/sRoX7M0qCl Harrisonburg High grad Kristi Toliver and Turner Ashby and @JMUWBasketball alum Kirby Burkholder also played in Hungary as pros. Walker played at @BaylorWBB and Ky.
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Richmond-area basketball product Jada Walker is making sure she does not get pushed around in her first season as a pro point guard in central Europe.
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Another Virginia connection to the World Series. He played for Charlottesville.
Yesavage’s Historic Outing Has Toronto On Verge Of Winning World Series
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Harrisonburg was adopted home of two ex-Major Leaguers: One won a World Series ring - https://t.co/AFAaG45T4l Catcher was part of loaded Yankees in the 1940s; plus a note on Chase DeLauter of @JMUBaseball and @rcblonline and note on @StauntonBraves of the Valley League.
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Cedar Wood Cemetery in the small town of Edinburg is the final resting place of Vance Dinges, a former Major League Baseball player.
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What countries do you plan to visit?
I’m going to Europe for a while next month.. I got a feeling it’s either going to make me miss hooping and ima end up playing or it’s going to make me want to coach… and never really had intentions on being a coach. I’d go play before I coaches but I think it’ll give me some
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My mom is also devout and my high school baseball coach is also a Hall of Famer (several in Virginia) but I could never write a story this solid. Sorry for your losses.
Two funerals in the South, two funerals one day apart. Two people who helped raise me: My mom, and my baseball coach. They never met. Column is open. https://t.co/FlGKh3NgIZ
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Welcome back - I’m a year late; we drove past URI in March.
Questions on @RhodyMBB or @A10MBB? Send my way here in the next couple of days and will answer a bunch on https://t.co/MnRWRrtPZA prior to 11/3 URI opener v Stetson at home. Will be a non-premium newsletter available to both free and Ring of Honor subscribers and via web.🏀
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Toronto Blue Jays coach Mark Budzinski reminisces on days with Lynchburg, UR - https://t.co/ya8SrsawYN Bud played in @MLB for @Reds - like UR teammate Sean Casey; both were drafted by Cleveland out of @SpiderAthletics in 1990s. @atlantic10
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Mark Budzinski, 52, was a manager at one of the lower rungs of minor-league baseball, guiding the Single-A Lynchburg club in the Cleveland farm system.
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Fall Classic: Virginia ties to the World Series champions over the years - https://t.co/oPthfcM8lw Probably more years but had to start somewhere - fun to check out the connections since 1903 to the present.
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The starting and winning pitcher in the first World Series game in 1903 – Deacon Phillippe – was a native of Rural Retreat in Southwest Virginia.
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The PA native played in Harrisonburg at @JMUBaseball for the Dukes. One of 11 Dukes to pitch in the majors. @SunBelt
SCOTT FORSTER’S “CALLED UP” STORY: “I faced one hitter. It was Henry Rodriguez, who was actually a former Expo. I got him to hit a ground ball and I got a hold. Felipe Alou came out, patted me on the butt, and said, ‘Great job.’ Then, later that night, I proposed.” 👇 Full story
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O’Sullivan played for Harrisonburg Turks in Valley League in 1990 with teammates Brian O’Connor and Tom Walter in Virginia. Bryce Eldridge of Vienna made MLB debut last month with San Fran. @VBCA2018
@SFGiants
BREAKING: Kevin O’Sullivan headed to the San Francisco Giants and will serve as bench coach for Tony Vitello.
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Stuart Draft High School alum Aaron Nice brings power, lift to Bridgewater defense - https://t.co/9WwGITK3hS Plus some notes on @JMUFootball plus several D3 teams from Virginia have been ranked nationally. @CNUathletics
@RoanokeCollege
@RandolphMacon
@BridgewaterNews
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Bridgewater College football standout linebacker Aaron Nice, a star for the Eagles in 2023 as a third-team All-American, took last season off.
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MLB | Toronto Blue Jays, other World Series contenders, have Virginia ties - https://t.co/v0lOEFkWeq Toronto first base coach was teammates at @SpiderAthletics with Sean Casey at UR. @ESPNRichmond
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@Mariners
@Dodgers
@Brewers
@TheMayorsOffice
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Sean Ryan played baseball at the University of Richmond in the 1990s, and his roommate was Mark Budzinski, the first base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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In the pressbox trying to stay warm as temperature dropped about 20 degrees from the first pitch.
Seems like a good time to revisit Brandon Belt’s legendary home run in the 18th inning in the 2014 NLDS. Where were you when this happened?!
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A super pro and hard worker who always said hello; he will be missed at Nats Park pressbox and elsewhere.
Craig Heist will always be a World Series champ. Hard working and such a nice guy. RIP.
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UVA Basketball | Next stop for former fan favorite Ben Vander Plas is Poland - https://t.co/HTyqtbXSgR No surprise that the Wisconsin native wore a @packers T-shirt to our interview in Warsaw. @UVAMensHoops
@dzikiwarszawa
@USEmbassyWarsaw
@UVA
@OhioMBasketball
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Former UVA Basketball player and fan favorite Ben Vander Plas grew up in Ripon, a town of about 8,000 people in southeastern Wisconsin.
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From Spotswood High near Harrisonburg to South Bend. With stops in Lynchburg and Fredicksburg and DC along the way.
Competitive Environments 🍀
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Thank you for the kind words - enjoyed our conversation Saturday night in the beautiful city of Graz. @PatriotLeague
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@austria
@LehighU
@LehighAlumni
@fox5sandiego
Great piece on @Niclynch44's professional career from author @DaytonVaDriver!
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MLB | Virginia natives Justin Verlander, Cal Raleigh had historic seasons - https://t.co/SU2ocNn1N0 Richmond area pitcher and catcher born in Harrisonburg join impressive Hall of Fame company; plus notes on DeLauter of @JMUBaseball and @rcblonline circuit. @VBCA2018
@Mariners
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Justin Verlander, the former Goochland High and ODU star, made his final start of the 2025 season on Sept. 27 for the San Francisco Giants.
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Born in Maryland, high school in West Virginia and college and @rcblonline in Virginia.
Chase DeLauter talks about his dream coming true to play in the Big Leagues, but admitted he never thought it would be in a must-win playoff game. #GuardsBall
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