If you possibly can, you should plan a trip and go to the CWS in Omaha. It is one of those sporting events everyone should go to once, and if you are a true baseball fan and a UVa fan it is an absolute don't miss event.
Omaha completely endorses the CWS and college baseball. The city welcomes you and does their best to make your trip one you will not forget.
Take a chance and go, you will not regret it. A plane ride is pricey, but a car trip with friends from CVille can be an enjoyable 17 hour ride. You get to see the Mississippi River, the Arch in St Louis. some beautiful (and flat country) and the most impressive corn fields the eye can behold. Also, the wind towers in Iowa are mind boggling. And if you happen to run into a storm, you get to see it coming from 100 miles away, scary but impressive. The trip is worth the adventure, but the excitement is in Omaha.
Things you must do:
Go to the fan fest and load up on t-shirts, hats, and other goodies for your friends back home.
Have lunch at a local bar and enjoy some of the local brews.
Take in a game when UVa is not playing, sit in the outfield, and learn to become a part of the most impressive high speed and slow motion wave you have ever seen.
Take lots of pictures of the park, of fans, and of you and your friends to document your fun.
You most eat dinner at least once at "The Drover" for the best whiskey steak you have ever eaten.
Visit the team hotel and mingle with the kids, they are really great guys and truly appreciate you being there, See them off before a game, quite an experience.
And, of course, root hard for the Cavaliers, but suck in every single moment of the game, it can be a life changing experience.
Just my 2 cents
Omaha completely endorses the CWS and college baseball. The city welcomes you and does their best to make your trip one you will not forget.
Take a chance and go, you will not regret it. A plane ride is pricey, but a car trip with friends from CVille can be an enjoyable 17 hour ride. You get to see the Mississippi River, the Arch in St Louis. some beautiful (and flat country) and the most impressive corn fields the eye can behold. Also, the wind towers in Iowa are mind boggling. And if you happen to run into a storm, you get to see it coming from 100 miles away, scary but impressive. The trip is worth the adventure, but the excitement is in Omaha.
Things you must do:
Go to the fan fest and load up on t-shirts, hats, and other goodies for your friends back home.
Have lunch at a local bar and enjoy some of the local brews.
Take in a game when UVa is not playing, sit in the outfield, and learn to become a part of the most impressive high speed and slow motion wave you have ever seen.
Take lots of pictures of the park, of fans, and of you and your friends to document your fun.
You most eat dinner at least once at "The Drover" for the best whiskey steak you have ever eaten.
Visit the team hotel and mingle with the kids, they are really great guys and truly appreciate you being there, See them off before a game, quite an experience.
And, of course, root hard for the Cavaliers, but suck in every single moment of the game, it can be a life changing experience.
Just my 2 cents
