Word: kalinoski
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Dates: during 1969-1969
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During the second week of freshman football practice, Kalinoski broke his collarbone when a quarterback fell on top of him. Although he recovered for the baseball season, he found himself in a pitching rotation that included Ray Peters, Bob Dorwart, and George Lalich. At the fourth spot, he won three games...
...Kalinoski, returned to the gridiron as a sophomore and succeeded in tearing a knee cartilage in the fourth day of practice. That accident ended his football career, but playing with his knee, taped, he won four games that spring on the J.V. nine. "He was throwing as well as the varsity staff," Ignacio recalled...
Limiting himself to house football last year, Kalinoski only sustained a broken finger and seemed headed toward his first healthy baseball season. "It was the day baseball practice started, and although I didn't have a restless night, I woke up that morning with a retorn cartilage," Kalinoski said. He kept silent about the injury for three weeks...
...have any problems? "As long as I switched my weight to my left leg very fast and didn't stretch too far, it didn't bother me too much." Coach Norm Shepard finally caught on and Kalinoski was out--for three weeks. He came back and pitched J.V. while slowly developing water on the knee and phlebitis of the calf...
This season Kalinoski was healthy and the statistics indicate the change. He was the only undefeated pitcher in the EIBL. "The big difference this year was that I could pitch on two legs instead of one," Kalinoski explained...