Adam Genn

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April 1st , 2008

For those of you who doubt that Global Warming exists and were not convinced by Al Gore and his complicated graphs and riveting presentations, believe me when I tell you it is real.  In the past weeks we have played in 80-degree sun, freezing rain, and everything in between, including snowflakes falling on the Emory campus last week.  During these weeks we have played seven games with a record of 5-1-1.

In our first week back from the UAA Championship Tournament, we had a three game home stand against Purchase and Rhodes.  Against Purchase, our offense was led by the bats of David Hissey (3-4) and Michael Saleh (4-5).  Our team suffered a scare when Elliot Coor got in a fight with a line drive - he won, but the fight left him with a broken jaw and a few missing teeth.  As a tribute to his character, after leaving the game in the second inning, Elliot came back for the end of the game to be with the team and do see how we had done.

Over the weekend we split with a good Rhodes team led by two all American pitchers.  Our team was led by the stellar performance of freshmen pitcher Charlie Robbins who threw a seven-inning gem leading us to a 10-1 win.  The offense started early and never looked back, putting up two runs in the first two innings, and eight in those to follow.  We were lucky to have quite a turnout for both games, and it was great to have so many parents supporting us at Chappell Park over Easter weekend.

We continued our offensive onslaught on Tuesday at LaGrange, where Dan Molnar went 4-4 with a walk, Joe Roth went 3-3 with a walk and 4 RBIs, Dave Hissey was 2-5 with 2 RBIs, and Tommy Dugan was 2-4 with 3 RBIs.  Altogether, we put up fifteen hits and scored eleven runs against a good south region team.

Wednesday against Depauw, freshmen Andrew Johnson took the mound for his first start as an Eagle and had a very strong five-inning, one earned run effort against a good hitting team.  Our defense was on point on Wednesday, making plays behind Johnson who threw ground ball after ground ball.  The big story of the day, however, was Frank Pfister’s 200th and 201st career hits.  Frank is currently one hit behind Bryan Langbord (’06) for sixth all time in career hits.

This past weekend we traveled to Fayetteville, North Carolina to face off against a very good South Region team in Methodist University.  We stopped at a sports restaurant on the way called “The Swamp” to watch some of the elite eight, and got to the hotel with plenty of time to relax and watch the end of the later games.  The weekend proved to be a test of our will, and we played like it was a regional-type atmosphere.  We fought through cold, wind, and rain and left 1-0-1.  Saturday’s 7-6 win was big, and our comeback from a six run deficit the next day, and scoring a run in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 8 was even bigger.  Unfortunately, due to rain, cold, and a soggy field, the game was called in the top of the eleventh inning.  The tie on Sunday left something to be desired - some sort of conclusion to our efforts.

Adam Genn is a sophomore from Baltimore, MD. He would love to answer e-mail questions from Emory recruits and fans.