re: Official 2011 baseball commitment thread

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My best friend played with Jake Cave at the Commonwealth Games a couple years ago (mainly for seniors, Cave was invited as a sophomore). Cave was already committed and already throwing in the 90's. My friend doesn't think it's likely he'll end up on campus anywhere.
Also, word is that UVA's pitching coach called him up and cursed him out for not choosing UVA.
Sounds like a complete stud at the plate as well, but I think pitching is his future.

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Cave is definitely the real thing. My little cousin was a year behind him at Hampton Christian (a very small private school not far from Bethel HS where Allen Iverson went) before Jake transferred to public Kecoughtan (pronounced KIK-uh-tan) for the increased competition. I think LSU has at least a fighting chance to get him on campus, but it ain't gonna be easy.

BTW, that sounds sadly typical of U.Va. -- the errors the Cavs have made over the years are mind-blowing. Some examples: Don Shula was once an assistant football coach there (the school didn't fight to keep him b/c they weren't sure he was all that good); Michael Jordan's first choice was U.Va. to play with Ralph Sampson -- the Hoos didn't even recruit him b/c they didn't think he was any good (incidentally, NC State was his second choice, Chapel Hill was #3). Unbelievable. . . .