| Team Name |
UVA Men’s Gold
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|---|---|
| Location |
Charlottesville, VA
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| Division |
Regular
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| Captains |
Harry Marino and Nick Hagen
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| Team Color |
Orange and Blue
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| Team Mascot |
The Rory’s (the Corgie and the Lab); Rizzo DNP
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| Team 90s TV Show |
No time for TV in the 90s. Went straight from school to practice to sleep every day in preparation for this weekend.
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| Team Song |
“Redemption Song” by Bob Marley
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| Distance to Charlottesville, VA |
Not sure. Will consult with Jonathan York, who specializes in measuring distance and informing everyone of it.
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| Player Roster | |
| Harry “Hard Downhill Since 2012” Marino
Nicholas “Who Knew Balding Virginity Could Look So Good” Hagen Andrew Winter-Gear Danny “I’m Literally Playing with a Broken Foot Because This is My World Series” Friel Fr. Joseph Zaleski Tom “Age is Just a Number” Furman Vince “If someone had moved me to 3B in high school I’d be in the MLB” Flynn Jonathan “I Measure My Home Runs And That’s Not All” York Grant “Bi-Day Friday” Page Chet “It’s Hard to Make Fun of Me; Actually I’m Just Perfect” Otis Will “The Weatherman” Vieth |
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| Star Players |
Will “The Weatherman” Vieth
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| Law Review Nerds |
Chet Otis and Vince Flynn
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| Team History |
UVA Men’s Gold is coming off a disappointing early Sunday exit last year. The inability of more than half the team to stay healthy combined with a former “professional” athlete repeatedly striking out proved too much to overcome. The team looks to reclaim the glory of 2015, when captains David Martin (now literally saving immigrants world-wide as a judicial law clerk in Seattle) and Evan Guimond (now literally incapable of saving even $5 from his paycheck as a second-year associate in Washington, D.C.) led the team to victory.
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| Practice Regimen |
Batting practice and infield/outfield, more often than we would like to admit.
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| Want To Play Against |
Any other school in the T14
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| DON’T Want To Play Against |
Any school from Florida
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| Favorite Thing About The Tournament |
The expectations. Treating the tournament more seriously than anyone else. The knowledge that if we win no one will care and if we lose (again) we will be mocked.
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| The Tournament Would Be More Awesome If |
We weren’t trying so desperately to capture our lost youth with each swing.
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| Anecdotes |
Will Vieth sends the entire GroupMe the weather the night before any team practice or game, as if he doesn’t understand that everyone has an iPhone. Jonathan York once used a computer program to measure the distance of a batting practice home run, and also sent that to the GroupMe. |
