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Yes Chicago Cubs fans there is hope.  There is a chance that one day the Cubs will be more than the team who doesn't have  a fan living that saw their last title they are all dead.  Wednesday night and early Thursday morning the team with the worse record ever to win the College World Series the Virginia Cavaliers 44-24 a member of the ACC beat the defending National Champions  Vanderbilt  4-2!

1955 national baseball power Wake Forest won the title.  Since that time almost 30 teams wearing the ACC Moniker on their sleeve have played in Omaha and everyone of them were better than this year's Virginia team but Yahoo for the Wahoos.  They removed the monkey from the ACC's back.  I would suspect this is the opening of the door for the ACC much like when Duke finally won their first basketball title.  They will now come in bunches for the ACC.

Both games Tuesday and Wednesday were hard to watch as both took near four hours to complete.  Too many batters staring at their bats in the batters box.  The Virginia catcher stared into his dugout looking for the pitch call more than he watched his pitcher.  The pace was mighty slow.  However there was enough spectacular defense to keep you awake by both sides.  If it wasn't for the defense the Championship game may have taken five hours.  Regardless of how tire I am it's worth it to see the ACC win it all.  How good of a year was this for the ACC?  Third in football first in basketball and first in baseball.

Virginia went 15-15 during conference play and at one time was 10-14. Won their play in game and then lost three straight games in bracket play in Durham.  Went west and maybe the weakest regional in the entire tournament and played as a three seed.  Saw two major top eight teams in their bracket lose and hosted the Super Regional after Maryland who was an upset winner  in their bracket never made a bid during the season to host a Super Regional.  Omaha saw the Whoos beat the top seed Florida twice and then knocked off the defending champs twice after being down by losing the first game of championship series.

Virginia was a patsy in baseball until coach Brian Conner arrived.  Conner play his college ball in Omaha for Creighton and pitched in the World Series  in 1991. His home town of Council Bluffs Iowa is just across the state line from Omaha.  Some times the stars just line up right.

Virginia is  a prime example of when coaches tell players never give up.  They got many breaks along the way.  Today They  have come from the dead to be National a Champions.