Lincoln-Way West’s Conor Essenburg reacts to being taken by Atlanta Braves in MLB draft. ‘Hit me like a train.’

Lincoln-Way West’s Conor Essenburg reacts to being taken by Atlanta Braves in MLB draft. ‘Hit me like a train.’

Conor Essenburg convinced himself that he could remain a cool customer throughout the MLB draft. But when Essenburg, an outfielder/pitcher who graduated this spring from Lincoln-Way West, heard his name called Monday, the moment was overwhelming. “I wasn’t expecting it at all, so it hit me like a train,” Essenburg said. “I wasn’t expecting to cry whatsoever, but once I heard my name on the TV and saw my picture up there, I came to a moment of re…