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Author: Baseball Bob
What A Viral Leap: See Video Of The Fordham Baseball Player!
The video of Fordham baseball player Brian Kownacki leaping to avoid the Iona catcher’s tag has gone viral, and it’s really no surprise. The most exciting part of baseball is when there is a close play at home, and this moment came at a very important time in the Fordham-Iona game. Easily scoring one man, the go ahead hit in the bottom of the eighth inning had just been given by Kownacki’s teammate, Chris Walker. However, Kownacki was able to score another run right behind, thanks to an acrobatic, mid-air somersault that has to be seen to be believed. Kownacki literally vaulted the Iona catcher and caught the plate with his hand. He ended up being completely upside down! This amazing play highlighted a nine-run rally that was instant money for the Fordham Rams. They beat the Iona College Gaels with a 12-9.
Is this Fordham baseball player this exciting every day?
Brian Kownacki is a key part of the Fordham defense. The shortstop teamed with second baseman Nick Martinez to turn the double play like nobody’s business when they were freshmen in 2009. The duo’s dynamic keystone helped lead Fordham into the Atlantic 10 tournament in that season. However, 2010 has been somewhat less successful to date, which makes Fordham baseball player Brian Kownacki’s play at the plate all the more exciting. It stands out during a year where the Fordham pitching staff has been rocked for a collective 5.83 earned run average (versus a 4.29 ERA for opposing pitchers). Kownacki’s offensive stats – .265 batting average, 10 doubles, three triples, eight walks, 37 strikeouts and 20 RBI in 132 at-bats (through April 21) – indicate that defense is where he contributes most. To date in 2010 the Fordham Rams are 13-22.
Was history made by Fordham’s Brian Kownacki?
Yes would be a reasonable answer considering just how extraordinary the vault and score was. However, he’ll have to pick it up quite a bit if he’s going to rank with the two greatest players in St. John’s College/Fordham University history. Both ended up being in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
Around the turn of the 20th century “Big Ed” Walsh pitched for St. John’s College, Fordham’s original name. In major league history, Walsh became the greatest spitballer along with being one of the greatest pitchers overall. He has a 195-126 record with an all-time low 1.82 ERA for the Chicago White Stockings and Boston Braves from 1904 to 1917.
After becoming known as Fordham University rather than St. John’s College, the greatest player in their history was “The Fordham Flash,” Frankie Frisch. The amazing second baseman was one of the most aggressive players ever to take the field, and he used everything, his bat, his legs, his glove and his mind, to defeat opponents. Frisch ended with having .316 with 2,880 hits for the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals from 1919-1937. If he had been a spokesman for payday loans, he would have been the most type-A spokesman the industry ever saw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tUCExoiL8
Sources for the article
Greatest players in St. John’s College/Fordham University history
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/fordham_university_baseball_players.shtml
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