Tom Mieczkowski

Past Entries

Entry 1

February 23, 2004

This poem is intended to better Jason Glushon and give further evidence to the fact that Grabber is the King of the Emory baseball diary.

Clouds disappeared, water drained away,
So it was time to get the 2004 season underway.
Up first on the schedule was Sewanee, to lose to them would be a sin,
Because every time Will Carr steps on the mound it's a guaranteed win
Each time I ask him, "Will, how do you do it, what could it be?"
He always responds, "I'm telling you it's the D."
I don't mean to slight the offense, they surely were great
Pinckney went deep and Schorr went 4-for-4 at the plate
That game ended with Emory 12 and Sewanee 4,
Little did we know that the next day against W&L wouldn't be a bore
We had only 1 hit through 7, yet were leading 1-0
To put the game out of reach we needed a hero
Just like that they stole a run before the final out
But we were going to win this game, there wasn't a doubt
There wasn't one hero, in fact there were thirty-one
We all went crazy when Justin Gordon scored the game-winning run
Daniel Kaufman got the win, he never ran out of steam
Even though he pitched the last 6 of this game that went 15.
On Thursday we had off; what a beautiful day!
But most of us just slept it away
Saturday meant Brescia and a chance for revenge
They took one from us last year, it wouldn't happen again
The bats got hot with 2 runs in the first inning
But Brescia didn't know that it was only the beginning
Pinckney had 3 hits, even he was having fun
But the place went wild on Josh Barrett's home run
Zaychik pitched well, he made it look effortless
Just like his changeup, which made batters whiff
Sunday's game was filled with runs, sun, and fun
Cunningham dropped a bomb; Brescia knew it was done
Carr pitched eight strong and Glush shut it down
Brescia left the field with only a frown
Being 4-0 is great, what a start!
But they were hard fought battles won with heart
This week will be rough, 6 games in all
So come to Chappell Park and watch Emory ball.

Tom Mieczkowski is a sophomore from West Chester, Pa. He would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.