I am disappointed with the University of Virginia's baseball team not winning the National Championship this year but I couldn't be more proud to be their fan. The young men played their asses off and battled the defending National Champions for 13 innings before meeting defeat.
The post-game emotion poured out; tears of dreams now lost forever. During the press briefing afterward, one reporter who drinks at the throne of the cow college in Blacksburg asked the losing pitcher how he would ever cope with this loss. The young man gave a very polite and honest answer as he fought back the tears.
Watching him stand tall in this unenviable spot, watching as this jack-ass tried to hit him with questions to sell his rag copy to fans of an institution that will never sniff the College World Series, let alone an ACC Championship, I couldn't help but be proud of how he handled himself and represented the team on his jersey.
He could have pulled a Vick, said a few obscenities, and stuck up his middle finger, or maybe stomped on the reporters foot...but instead he gave him a well-thought out and articulate answer. Yes, Virginia, there is life after football for Cavaliers...not so much for castrated turkeys.
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