As he stood alongside his teammates during the National Anthem Friday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, Kier Meredith could not help but get a little emotional. Not only was the junior coming back from another injury that held him out for most of the 2019 season, but for the first time in his baseball career, he was playing without his father watching in the stands.
Meredith’s father, Tracey, the man who introduced him to the game he loves so much, passed away last summer after an extended illness.
“My emotions were a little bit everywhere,” Meredith said.