A: I gave up 21 runs in my first 10 innings as a freshman, and after a pretty bad inning at Western Carolina, [head coach Scott Bradley] told me in front of the team that, believe it or not, there had actually been worse starts to a Princeton career than mine. It wasn’t very comforting.
Q: What’s the greatest highlight of your sports career?
A: Winning the flag football intramural championship against the men’s lacrosse team this fall.
Q: What’s the funniest story you have about your coach?
A: Every Winter, hundreds of geese fly onto our field and poop all over it. [Bradley] told us that one time he was chasing geese off the field and a goose started flying at him, so he stepped back and punched it in the face.
Q: Who’s your quirkiest teammate? Why?
A: [Senior infielder] Dan DeGeorge. He hates ketchup, mayonnaise and milkshakes. His mom picked all of his college classes for him before he even got to school. He goes home every day to hit with his dad and only comes on campus when we have practice. He didn’t even eat a banana until freshman year. He had his thesis pretty much finished by fall break, and he has braces.
Q: What was your most embarrassing moment?
A: I gave up seven hits, seven runs and three home runs in one inning at UNC. Solid outing.
Q: What’s the best part about being an athlete on campus?
A: Chicks dig the long ball.
Q: What’s the worst?
A: Sometimes, we just get too much respect.
Q: What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re not playing or practicing?
A: MarioKart.
Q: If you could play any other sport, what would it be?
A: Professional ping pong.
Q: If you were your coach for a day, what would you do?
A: Play in the Old Timers Game at Yankee Stadium. [Bradley played for the Yankees as a catcher in 1984 and 1985.]
Q: What’s your favorite class that you’ve taken at Princeton?
A: HIS 383: The United States since 1920.
Q: Who gets the most girls on the team? Who has the most game off the field?
A: [Junior catcher] Jack Murphy has no game, but he’ll pretty much give anything that walks a chance. Our trainer, Charlie Thompson, definitely has the most game though.
Q: Do you have a pre-match ritual?
A: I sit in my room and listen to Kenny Powers’ “You’re Out and I’m In” audiotapes: “Undaunted I knew the game was mine to win, just like in life, all of my successes depend on me. I’m the man who has the ball, I’m the man who can throw it faster than [expletive deleted]. That is why I’m am better than everyone in the world.” It really inspires me.
Q: Do you have any specific music to inspire you?
A: “Sky’s the Limit” by Lil Wayne.
Q: What’s the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
A: “All my Life” by K-Ci and JoJo.
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