February 26, 2007

Jason Glushon

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And the Oscar Goes to…

What better way to end a drama-filled weekend of close games and amazing storylines that with the 79th Annual Academy Awards live from Hollywood, California. And while Ellen hosted all the celebrities out on the west coast, your Eagles hosted family and friends from all over the country to an exciting 3 win-sweep of the Rawlings’ Tournament.

And the Nominees for Best Introductory Appearance are:

-Adam Genn’s first collegiate appearance throwing 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief including 2 strikeouts leading to our final comeback victory versus York on Sunday.

-Andrew Carroll’s game-tying RBI double in his first Eagles’ at bat to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning.

-Will Gumm’s 3 scoreless innings of relief in his first appearance, leading to his first collegiate victory in Saturday’s victory over York

-Matt McDonough and Dan Molnar’s first collegiate hits over the weekend, with Matt’s on Saturday and Dan’s on Sunday

-Michael Saleh’s first Eagles’ appearance at shortstop following a 4 run top of the ninth to help close out a 6-5 victory on Saturday

And the Oscar Goes to…Will Gumm’s 3 scoreless innings of relief and win on Saturday. This first appearance propelled the team back to victory on Saturday, and set the tone with the entire team that comebacks like these are possible, eventually coming true again on Sunday.

And now for Did You Know? sponsored by Kenny Mayne.
Through 5 games, Brandon Custer and Steve Bralver are tied for the team lead in home runs with 1.

And the Nominees for Best Actor are:

- Steve Bralver’s 6-11 weekend including 5 runs and 3 RBIs, capped off Sunday by his first Eagles’ home run

- Frank Pfister’s 5-14 weekend, 4 runs, 3 RBIs, and a game-tying 2 RBI hit followed by scoring the winning run during a 6-5 victory over York

- Joe Roth’s 4-9 weekend with 4 RBIs, including the game winner with 2 outs in the ninth inning on Saturday versus York

- Bo Schill’s 5-12 weekend with 4 RBIs, including a clutch RBI triple followed by a leadoff double on Sunday, with his hit leading to the eventual walk-off run

-Rich Babb’s 3 scoreless innings of relief, including 1 win and 1 save.

And the Oscar Goes to…Bo Schill’s 5-12 weekend. In a pivotal final game of the tournament, Bo not only helped continue an important rally in the bottom of the eighth by hitting a clutch RBI triple, followed by scoring the tying run, his tenth inning double helped propel the team to victory, with his spot scoring the eventually game-winning run.

On Sunday, your Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 102-85.

And the Nominees for Best Screenplay:

- Matt McDonough’s perfectly executed sacrifice bunt in the 10th inning on Saturday.

- Sacha Baron Cohen for “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”

- Tommy Dugan up at the plate on Sunday when Jake Ornstein scores the winning run on a wild pitch in the dirt

- 3 tournament wins, all comeback victories, to help capture the Rawlings’ Tournament

- Freshman pitchers Will Gumm and Adam Genn coming up huge in their first outings

And the Oscar Goes to…3 comeback victories leading to Emory winning the Rawlings’ Tournament. A team usually gets tested against adversity later on in the season and through playoffs to see how the respond, but this team showed heart and character by coming from behind in all three wins over the weekend. That means on the mound, in the field, on the base paths, and at the plate. A storyline like this really puts us in great shape.

One of the best parts of the weekend was some of the things off the field, which was seeing so many family and friends of Emory baseball from all over the country. Meeting freshman parents (McDonough, Ornstein, Saleh, Genn & cousin, Molnar, Baran, Katten), as well as seeing the old familiar faces (Pfisters, Shorts, Schills, Sotirious, Hisseys, Ma & Boy, Cunninghams, Vidals, Ganzers, Lollars, Lumsdens, Langbords, Coach Perez, Partins, & Chappells).

Another week in the books, with four games coming up this week, ending off with a 2 game series at Millsaps.

“I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.” – Jack Nicholson, The Departed

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