Why does Salem, Va have the best run baseball team in VA?

The model minor league baseball operation – everything from the front-office to the fan base, to the public/private collaboration – is about three hours away.

Salem, for those of you who are not minor league baseball fanatics, is home to the Class A Avalanche. The team doesn’t have a great record or produce any more major leaguers than any other minor league team. In fact until recently, the team was affilated with the Houston Astros and had a mediocre record. Read more