Word: klimkiewicz
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...Klimkiewicz had other plans. After his MVP junior season, Klimkiewicz was approached by professional scouts interested in drafting him directly out of high school. But after he tore his ACL, professional interest died down...
...Some of the scouts and the big Division I schools weren’t as sure about me after the knee injury, but Coach Walsh told me he had seen the injury before and actually even recommended a rehab guy for me to work with,” Klimkiewicz says. “Sometimes you dream about being down south, playing baseball all year in the warm weather, but you don’t turn down Harvard, especially when you have just as good a chance of being drafted playing here as you do there...
...Klimkiewicz has not given up on his dream to play professional baseball...
Make no mistake about it—these two high school teammates are for real. In Harvard’s 10-9 loss to perennial powerhouse, No. 13 Miami, Farkes went 4-for-6 with three runs scored. Klimkiewicz added three RBI, singling and doubling in four at-bats...
...Klimkiewicz had the opportunity to face Harvard’s most recent MLB draft pick, Ben Crockett ’02, in a charity game in the summer...