Parker, whose induction into the Hall is scheduled for July 27, played in Salem in 1972 before winning the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Oakland Athletics.
Sports
VHSL: Auburn, Appomattox win state baseball titles, Eastside takes softball championship
Here are scores and reports from the state tournament.
VHSL: Glenvar boys win third straight soccer state championship
Here are scores and reports from the state tournament.
VHSL: Salem boys win state lacrosse championship
Here are scores and reports from the state tournament.
VHSL: Both Marion boys and girls teams win tennis titles; Radford, Salem, Patrick Henry and Fort Chiswell players win singles and doubles
Of 11 state tennis champions in team play, eight were repeat winners, highlighted by Western Albemarle’s boys who won their eighth championship in a row.
Summer baseball returns to Marion — and the field where the legendary Nolan Ryan got his professional start
The town once hosted a minor league team that left in 1976. Now a collegiate-level team, the Marion Hungry Mothers, has taken the field.
Staunton River student wins a scholarship — in rodeo
Emma Bays and her two horses, Soldier and Louise, are heading off to Kansas State University, where she’ll join the rodeo team.
108 years ago today, my grandfather pitched against Shoeless Joe Jackson (and didn’t give up a hit)
On Tuesday, Major League Baseball made Jackson, tied to the “Black Sox” scandal, eligible for the Hall of Fame.
‘I got to live the way I wanted to and I didn’t have to go to work’
Buena Vista dedicates baseball field to former Major League player and manager Charlie Manuel, who grew up there.
Oak Hill Academy in Grayson County hires former NBA star Carmelo Anthony
Anthony is likely to work remotely in his new position as co-general manager of the highly regarded private school basketball program.

