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Dan Camano is a senior catcher from Wall, N.J. He is a Business
Administration major with a minor in English. Camano has been named to the
Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll. He will give insight on the Rams' program
under first-year head coach Kevin Leighton.
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April 23, 2012
Staying in the Hunt / Wounded Warrior Project
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last weekend, having been upended by the Dayton Flyers in the first two games of
our three-game series, we knew something had to change. A few timely hits in the
third game of the Dayton series and we were right back on track, salvaging the
weekend as best we could. The Dayton series was followed by two tough weekday
losses, but our Atlantic 10 homestand against the La Salle Explorers loomed
large in the near future.
Coach Leighton had set up this past weekend as a charitable one –
we sold camouflage Fordham Baseball T-shirts and got various sponsors to benefit
the Wounded Warrior Project. The Wounded Warrior Project (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org)
is an organization that provides programs and assistance for our country’s
bravest soldiers who have returned injured to the home front. Fordham Baseball
managed to raise over $4,000 dollars for the Wounded Warrior Project – although
baseball may seem like the most important thing in the world sometimes, this
weekend humbled us and reminded us that there are real heroes out there who
fight day in and day out in order that we can have things like college and
baseball.
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addition to raising money for the WWP, we wore camouflage jerseys (left) with a
large American flag on the back, above the number. We knew we would have to play
well this weekend in order to stay near the top of the conference, but more
importantly, to honor the servicemen and servicewomen we represented with our
special jerseys.
Our inspiration proved to be an effective one, as we took the
first two games of the series thanks to complete-game efforts from Joe Charest
and Atlantic 10 Conference Pitcher of the Week Danny Munday, and an offensive
charge led by Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week Mike Mauri. The third
game of the series was a toss up that we unfortunately let slip away in a
12-inning, 2-1 loss. Although the final game was a heartbreaker, the weekend was
a very big success both on and off the field, and Fordham Baseball is proud to
have done a part in honoring our country’s valiant heroes.
Until next time,
DC
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