Every year on the eve of the Virginia Conference 6 baseball championship, Madison Coach Mark Gjormand takes his seniors out to dinner, a tradition that also has become a luxury of sorts for a team that has appeared in five of the past six title games. This year, as the senior quintet laughed and reminisced prior to Friday’s matchup with Fairfax, Gjormand noticed something different in Brian Eckert’s demeanor, as if the pitcher’s mind were somewhere else.Read full article >>