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Braves to host optional pre-season workout for teams on Saturday, September 4 at James River HS
Many of the Richmond Braves fall teams will participate in a voluntary workout on Saturday, September 4 at James River High School at 3700 James River Rd, Midlothian, VA 23113. Practice times have been staggered to accomodate the various age divisions. Here is the schedule. Attendance is optional.

9:30 am: 14U Red, 15U Red and 15U Blue
11:30 am: 16U Red, 16U Blue and 17U Red
1:30 pm: 17U White and 18U Red
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Tryouts: If you are looking for a fall team, please contact Tommy Mayers at 804-241-0833 to schedule an individual tryout.

Richmond Braves 2011 National Team wins National Championship!
Braves teams place high in national and world championships
The Richmond Braves 2011 National Team won the 2010 Triple Crown US Baseball National Championship in Richmond, Virginia. The Braves went 8-0 in route to the championship. The Braves Showcase team placed 3rd in the 18U division of the same event. The 2012 National and 2013 National teams tied for 3rd and the 2012 American team finished 5th in the 16U division of the same event. The 2014 National team finished 5th in the 14U division of the Triple Crown World Series in Myrtle Beach and the 2015 American team finished 5th in the 13U division of the same event.

Richmond Braves player named College World Series MVP
Jackie Bradley, Jr. shines on college baseball's biggest stage.

Congratulations are in order to former Richmond Braves National '08 star Jackie Bradley Jr. who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2010 CWS and to the South Carolina Gamecocks for winning this year's College World Series, their first national championship during the last year of Rosenblatt Stadium. Here is a round up of what people are saying about one of the Braves all time greats: Jackie Bradley, Jr.

From PerfectGame.org
By Patrick Ebert

Jackie Bradley, Jr. quietly opened the year as one of the top prospects eligible for next year's draft, coming off of a strong campaign playing for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League, in which Allan Simpson rated him the 23rd best prospect in the circuit coming off of his freshman year in college.

He is a potential five-tool athlete that has good, not great speed and a very strong throwing arm. He has very good bat speed and budding power potential, swatting two home runs in Omaha and 13 overall on the season, tied for the most on the Gamecocks. He also led South Carolina in hitting (.368), on-base percentage (.473), RBI (60) and walks (41). Those walks are a good indication of how well he manages the strike zone, and also continued to show that ability to get on base in the College World Series.

In Omaha he hit .280/.400/.440, but was hitting .350 prior to the final game when he went 0-5. He hit a home run in each of South Carolina's first two CWS games, the second of which was a key three-run shot in the second against Arizona State as the Gamecocks sent the top-seeded Sun Devils home.

He also scored the winning run in a 12-inning elimination game against Oklahoma, also contributing with an RBI single to get on base during that final frame. Overall he scored five runs and drove in nine during the seven games South Carolina played in Omaha, of which they lost their first game and won their next six to take home the championship.

Bradley certainly has put his name in the conversation for the first half of the first round in next year's draft. He could hit anywhere first through third in a big-league lineup, although he doesn't possess prototypical game-changing speed to leadoff. His ability to get on base could make up for that and then some, and his knack for the big hit will serve him well wherever he hits.

News 19 interview with Jackie Bradley, Jr. following 2010 CWS
Gamecocks Online video
Baseball Beginnings Scouting Video (Nov. 2009)

Braves' senior class smashes record for number of college baseball scholarships received.

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