During my twelve year run with the Valley League I was involved with a number of the teams in different capacities. The team in the town in lived in for a decade plus, Luray, was owned by Bill Turner.
I wore a number of hats 👒 with this group when I was not off in another corner of the Valley. One year in particular, I was both the voice of the team and minority owner and one day during that season, Bill Turner came up with a brilliant idea 💡.
The Vienna Senators play Baseball in a suburb of Washington DC and they were holding down the highly coveted #1 seed in Summer Ball in the Country. Bill Turner was comparable to one of my early heroes, Al ” Just Win Baby ” Davis who owned the Oakland Raiders.
Mike BoCock was the Skipper and the duo had assembled as impressive of a roster as I have ever seen in the VBL. Turner was sure that our Wranglers would give the Senators a run for their money 💰.
But they played in a different league and off days were rare so it was just a pipe dream. Enter Lee Corso saying, Not so Fast….
Vienna would finally agree to come to Bulldog Field with one condition, Luray had to produce a second opponent to make the trip worth while. Enter Lawrence ” Big Picture ” Nesselrodt and the Waynesboro Generals. Now our limited volunteer staff had a Show to put on and not much time to do it.
We will do a deep dive into quite possibly the most memorable evening of Baseball ⚾️ that I ever hosted ! It was all made possible by Wild Bill !!!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 