CHARLOTTESVILLE — There were bets in the locker room that they wouldn’t do it, so Kenny Towns and Daniel Pinero felt emboldened. They consulted with each other and figured Virginia baseball Coach Brian O’Connor wouldn’t be mad, not in this moment and not this season.
The two crept into the news conference after Virginia’s 5-4 walk-off win against Maryland on Saturday to clinch their NCAA tournament super regional and a berth in the College World Series. Catcher Matt Thaiss was about to answer a question, but stopped to watch them. Towns and Pinero positioned themselves behind O’Connor, then Pinero raised his phone for a selfie.