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UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program
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UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 7:27 PM

because of poor teams and little fan support. They have gone from the brink of existence to the top of the college baseball world. During this same period our team has gone in the opposite direction. I'm looking forward to better days with the full Monte.

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Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 7:35 PM

Might want to review your sources and check your facts, they have been in NCAA TOURNAMENT every year since Brian O'Conner got there in 2004.

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Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 7:40 PM

It was longer than 6-7 years, but the rest is totally true.

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Re: John Grisham helped a bit***


Jun 26, 2015, 7:53 PM



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They have a full slate of scholarships has a TON to do with


Jun 26, 2015, 10:22 PM

it...

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Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 10:32 PM [ in reply to Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program ]

Never let the facts get in the way of a good piece of BS. ;)

> Might want to review your sources and check your
> facts, they have been in NCAA TOURNAMENT every year
> since Brian O'Conner got there in 2004.

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Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 27, 2015, 11:24 PM [ in reply to Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program ]

When you get old like me you quickly lose grasp if time. :)

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Well, Jack ALMOST axed our baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 8:05 PM

So I guess we'll win one in 6-7 years. Sweet!

~JKB

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what kind of question did they axe it?***


Jun 26, 2015, 8:09 PM



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Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 8:15 PM

It was 2000. Virginia did financial projections on non-revenue sports and came back with the recommendation of axing baseball. The higher ups decided that it was important to their overall rankings to keep baseball. They then decided if they were going to keep it they should invest the money to be good.

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Re: UVA about 6-7 years ago ALMOST axed their baseball program


Jun 26, 2015, 9:53 PM

Writer John Grisham saved the baseball team with a very large donation to the team. He lives in Charlottesville and is a big baseball fan. Without his donation they don't have the program they do today.

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kinda like how Boyd Tinsley have them a huge donation


Jun 26, 2015, 11:01 PM

to upgrade tennis facilities, a sport they were also going to axe. And now they haven't lost an ACC match since 2007 and have won two national titles and been national runner up 2 more times since 2007.

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Re: kinda like how Boyd Tinsley have them a huge donation


Jun 27, 2015, 4:51 PM

UVA never had plans to cut tennis. As another poster said, UVA did a major review of every aspect of their university in 2000. In the Athletics review they proposed tiering their sports teams. The athletic department totally rejected that and decided to go all in, in all sports. The only sports that the commission proposed cutting were baseball and indoor men's track. Tennis was put on tier 3 (the lowest level).

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