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Staunton, Virginia native Larry Sheets made his MLB debut 40 years ago today - September 18, 1984 for Baltimore Orioles with infield single in first AB at Yankee Stadium; EMU Athletics hoop star was O’s MVP in 1987 and also played for Detroit Tigers Seattle Mariners and in Japan; hit 31 HRs in 1987.

Rapid rise continues for the product of James Madison High in Vienna, Virginia. School has sent four to majors and Eldridge and James Triantos are knocking on the door. #FromTidewatertotheShenandoah Pudge Gjormand Mid Atlantic Scouts Association Virginia Varsity Baseball NoVA HS Baseball Minor League Baseball SFGiants

Saw his grandfather hit a homer in Baltimore many Septembers ago at first MLB game I attended in person.

Another title for a baseball team in Virginia.

Per Baseball References the White Sox scout that signed Hall of Famer Harold Baines was Ben Huffman, who was born in Rileyville, Virginia and is only major leaguer from Bridgewater College; Huffman passed in Luray in 2005. Mid Atlantic Scouts Association Chicago White Sox

Birthday greetings to former Nats pitcher Gio Gonzalez, 39, born in the Miami area in 1985. He began his minor league career in Bristol in the Appalachian League in the White Sox system; led NL in wins in 2012. Washington Nationals

Former MLB player Vern Benson was born 100 years ago today in Granite Quarry, North Carolina. Catawba College product passed in 2014 in Salisbury, NC. He played for A’s and St. Louis Cardinals and also managed one game in 1976 for Atlanta Braves of Atlanta.

Bumbry was born in Virginia and Richards played for Harrisonburg Turks in Valley Baseball League in Virginia.

You are welcome - would love to see your entire Hall of Fame list; I attended your annual meeting in Maryland when my former high school coach Ray Heatwole of Turner Ashby Baseball was honored in the 1990s.

One of four Harrisonburg, Virginia natives to pitch in majors and one of three alums from RCBL this year.

Birthday greetings to pair of former Washington Nationals infielders who played in Woodbridge, Va. while in minors - Ian Desmond was born in 1985 and Steve Lombardozzi was born September 20, 1988; All Star Desmond grew up in Sarasota, Lombo in Howard County, Md. federalbaseball

The hits keep coming for James Madison High product from Vienna, Virginia. NoVA HS Baseball Virginia Varsity Baseball

Thank you! That’s a very impressive list - several of them called Virginia home while scouting the region.

Happy birthday to former MLB players born in Virginia - Norfolk native D.J. Dozier, born in 1965, and Jeremy Jeffress, born in South Boston on September 21, 1987; Dozier went to Kempsville High, Jeffress to Halifax. Virginia Varsity Baseball Matthew Hatfield

Bill Harman - the only native of Bridgewater, Virginia to play in majors - died on September 22, 2007 in Delaware. Product of Episcopal in Alexandria and Virginia Baseball played for Phillies in 1941; played in minors for Petersburg in Virginia League. Curt Dudley

Former big leaguer Dan McFarlan died 100 years ago today in Louisville; he went to Washington and Lee and Hampden-Sydney, both in Virginia, per Baseball References.

Virginia product gains honor for the Giants. SFGiants

Johnny Reder was born September 24, 1909 in Lublin, a city in southeast Poland near the Ukrainian border. He played with the Red Sox in 1932 and passed away in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1990. Polish American Baseball & Softball Foundation National Polish American Sports HOF Red Sox

Class of 2016 at Turner Ashby Baseball