By: Betsy Helfand
Ben Meyer rocked back into his windup Saturday afternoon at Siebert Field and fired a fastball into the strike zone.
Swing. Miss.
Meyer pitched eight innings, didn’t allow a run and struck out a career-high eight batters in one of the best outings of his collegiate career.
Meyer’s comfort on the mound was evident, as it should have been. He was born to do this.
He’s not the first to play college baseball and won’t be the last. His father and grandfather were collegiate pitchers, and soon his younger brother will be, too.