Jason Glushon

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March 13, 2006

Since Opening Day, the Eagles have played hard each time out, compiling 13 wins in a row and flying high on the way down to Sanford, Florida for the annual UAA Conference Tournament.

On Thursday, we not only hosted LaGrange College, we also celebrated the 22nd annual birth of Kai Beasley. Mr. Beasley is a transfer from Villanova, a film major, and brilliant when it comes to naming songs from motion pictures, although I believe I can challenge him for that title.

During the game, we jumped out early to take a 1-0 lead on a groundout by Griffin Baum, put in position by a Justin Gordon hit and a Bryan Langbord double. We also added another run in the 4th and 6th innings, before putting up 3 in the 7th inning. Young Dave, JGo, Splint, Baumers, Jo-Jo, Zander, and Frank all added hits on the day. G Unit, TGet, and Trav all added RBIs, with Joe Roth having 2 RBIs of his own.

In the bottom of the 5th inning, there was a two out bloop hit caught by the shortstop Jimmy Statler of LaGrange as he collided with second baseman Jose Navarro. Statler badly hurt his leg while still holding onto the ball, which if dropped might have scored a few runs. We wish him a healthy and speedy recovery.

Ian 'Terminator' Ganzer came in to pitch for the 6th and 7th innings, shutting down the downing before the game was suspended due to darkness. It will continued on April 1st with us leading 6-1 in the top of the 8th inning.

After the game, a few ballplayers were privileged enough to spend some time out with former Eagle, Michael Sayegh. Mikie was a member of the Eagles for two World Series appearances, as well as the #1 ranked team in the country in 2001.

On Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs 100-92.

On Saturday, Mike Kerfeld took the mound against Heidelberg College, dominating in his performance. He had a no-hitter through 6 full innings, striking out 6, before handing the ball over to Rich Babb who blanked the Berg for the final 2 2/3 innings, lowering his team leading ERA to 0.73.

The offense continued to pour it on, with Gordo having 3 hits and Joe Roth had 2. Hissey also had 2 RBIs each in the 6-1 victory down at Chappell Park. Congrats to our offense which continues to bulster the ball, amounting a team .337 batting average. Not too shabby!

Zander also had 2 hits and 2 RBIs on the day, as well as a spill over by the Eagles' bullpen (Go Utes!).
Bullpen 1 Zander 0

For all those young aspiring pitchers out there, here is your quote of the week: "I know that pressure is something that I can control. Pressure for me means oppurtunity" (Dick Mills, 1997).

For those who don't know, the baseball team travels by bus to and from Sanford, Florida, and while riding we like to enjoy a pluthera of movies. This is the first time we will give the fans a chance to vote for which movie we will watch first on the way back from UAAs on Saturday, March 18. Please email me your votes and they will be posted during the next entry.

The options are:
Joe Dirt, Orgazmo, Rent, Meet Wally Sparks, or American History X.

Saturday night called for a good time for the team to relax before Florida, as well as Sunday to celebrate Joe Roth's 20th birthday. The birthday dinner Sunday night was bbq-style, with a menu of hot dogs, burger, brats, and steaks by chef Justin Gordon.

Monday afternoon calls for a nice, long bus ride down to Florida where we will have 6 games in 5 days, starting off with a doubleheader on Tuesday vs. Case Western followed by Brandeis. We look forward to seeing family and friends of Eagles down for what hopes to be a successful, fun-filled week.

Jason Glushon is a Junior from Encino, Calif. He would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.