March 6, 2007

Jason Glushon

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It is midterm week at Emory, and we stand now just one week from Spring Break. However, before we party down in Sanford and battle for the UAA Championship, we take a look at three games in the week past, and look forward to four in the week ahead.

On Wednesday, we hosted Adrian College of Michigan who was visiting Atlanta on their early spring break. Making his first ever start was freshman Adam Genn, who looked anything but a rookie in 5 great innings, surrendering only four hits, no walks, and six strikeouts while not allowing a run. At the plate, Zander & Dan Molnar each had two hits and two RBIs, with Custer and young Matty McDonough each adding two hits apiece.

Julian Smith and Brian Cournoyer made their first appearances of the spring, each only allowing 1 hit without surrendering an earned run. With Brian pitching to start the eighth inning, it marked the first time brothers were playing in the same game since the Kramer brothers in the spring of 1994. Those are the same Kramer brothers who threw from pole to pole.

On Friday, March 2nd, it was the 18th birthday of Jamie ‘Dooker’ Glushon.

After Adrian tied the score and Rich Babb stopped the bleeding, Alex Sotiriou collected his second hit and second RBI in a walkoff single in the bottom half of the ninth inning, scoring Jake Ornstein who scored the winning run for the second game in as many games. With that win, the hard & intimidating Babb collected his second win to go with two saves.

This being midterms week, it is time to buckle down and study. That is why I am working hard to study for four of my midterms in the following classes: PE Fitness Walking, Music of the 1960s, Fundamentals of Acting, and Making Effective Decisions. Luckily I don’t have midterms in my NBA Organizations and NFL Sports Management classes.

The main event was a showdown with #13 Millsaps in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday and Sunday. Not only would we be pushed to the limits on the field, we also had a chance to catch up with an old friend, and former Eagle, Kelly Melton.

Kelly was formerly a trainer at Emory who has moved on to train at Millsaps, and it was very good to see her during the senior class’ last trip through Mississippi.

During Saturday’s game, it was a hard fought battle that saw us fall behind 1-0 through six innings. In the seventh, after a leadoff Brandon Custer double, Bo Schill hit an RBI groundout to make things all square. In the eighth, we strung a few hits together with Zander, Hissey, Bralver, & Roth, followed by a sacrifice fly by Dan the Man, and we took a 5-1 lead. Babb came in throwing gas to close the door and a huge win to start the weekend. In the end, we collected two-hit games from Zander, Bralv, Frank & Joe, as well as three hits by Young Dave Hissey.

After a Steamroom dinner with the McDonoughs & Cunninghams, we settled in to prepare for our Sunday matchup (Todd Schill was also able to travel down and support the Eagles, and we thank him for his continued support).

And now for Did You Know? Sponsored by Kenny Mayne.
Did you know that the most home runs by an Eagles’ team in a season is 50 in 1998, while the lowest total home runs by a team is 4 in 1991. The current Eagles are on pace to hit 11 home runs this season.

Well truth be said, Sunday was not much a nail biter as we suffered our first loss of the season, 12-2. However, although tough to handle, there were still some good parts to Sunday’s game. It featured a first career start by Tommy Dugan, three assists and two putouts from ‘Sweet Hands’ Michael Saleh, an RBI single in his first ever at bat by freshman Nick Wills, as well as first pitching appearances by Matt Katten, Robert Baran, and Scott Widyn, who all threw scoreless innings in relief, each with a strikeout.

With four games to go before spring break in Florida, it is important some steam behind us as we face four good teams before attending to our conference tournament. I especially look forward to seeing former Eagles’ coach Bill Walkenbach as he brings his visiting Diplomats from Franklin & Marshall to Emory on Sunday.

“Sometimes when you win, you really lose. Sometimes when you lose, you really win. Sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose.” – Rosie Perez, “White Men Can’t Jump

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