By Harry Minium
COLUMBIA, S.C.
It was, for a few moments, perhaps the highlight of Robbie Petracci's fledgling college baseball career. On April 30, he hit a two-run home run for the Old Dominion University baseball team that helped the Monarchs defeat Charlotte, then the top-ranked team in Conference USA.
He was amped up as he rounded the based and jumped into the air to exchange high fives with teammates with a bit too much enthusiasm. His foot landed awkwardly on a teammate's cleats and he immediately felt a stabbing pain in his knee.