[Husker] Baseball

[Tony Lambert]

You have Gordon hitting in the hole and Fusilier hitting cleanup I had those 
turned around. and you think Simokaitis hitting second will he be that good 
to hit there ? I like him down in the order seven or eight hitter. And i did 
not know much about the out field other than Fusilier played there how will 
the outfield shake out Bruce in right Fusilier in left and Trey Adams in 
center, Or am i all wet with that line up. And one more Question is Duensing 
back or is there still some problems. I have read in the paper that he has 
his stuff back. Or is that horse pucky ?
Tony Lambert
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From: <NUStLNorris at aol.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Husker] Baseball


> In a message dated 2/13/05 1:24:19 PM Central Standard Time,
> slimmer37 at hamilton.net writes:
>
>
>> I would agree that Fusilier is a key hitting in the three hole, but what
>> about the five spot we need someone there. Can Ledbetter produce there or
>> will Buckman be at that spot. Simo needs to be better in the eight or 
>> nine
>> hole. And will Boyer lead off. And on the Pitching front how has that 
>> Watson
>>
>> developed ?
>
> I asked a friend, whose opinion and knowledge of Husker baseball I trust, 
> the
> same question the other day about Watson and his potential contribution 
> this
> year, Tony.  He said that word is Watson just can't find the plate thus 
> far in
> pre-season workouts.  Not good.  Hopefully he can turn it around, because 
> he
> was very highly regarded when recruited.
>
> Alex Gordon will probably again hit in the three-hole with left-fielder
> Fusilier hitting clean-up.  Buckman is a highly regarded juco who will 
> hopefully
> serve well in the designated hitter role (he can also play first). 
> Buckman hit
> about 16 dingers last year at the juco level so he's got some pop ... we 
> need
> him to be a consistent, reliable run-producer.  Ledbetter is a big kid 
> with
> power, but some definite holes in his swing.  I hope that Buckman is good 
> enough
> so that Ledbetter can hit sixth.  If a highly-regarded, quintessential
> lead-off-type, table-setter outfielder recruit named Adams (Trey Adams, I 
> think) can
> produce and lead-off our batting order, we can hit shortstop Joe 
> Simokaitis
> second.  Jessie Boyer or Daniel Bruce would play rightfield and hit 
> seventh,
> with a freshman named Nimo supposedly good enough to push for playing 
> time.
> We've got some outfield depth with Fusilier back ... to the point where 
> Jessie
> Boyer and veteran Daniel Bruce will HAVE to produce or look at serious 
> playing
> time reduction.  Then again, injuries could help things sort themselves 
> out.
>
> A big blow occured last week when it was determined that catcher Adam 
> Moore
> was gone for the season with a pending knee surgery.  Now it's all up to 
> Alex
> Gordon's former high school teammate Jeff Christy to shoulder the load.
> Christy and highly-regarded Papillion recruit Ryan Wehrle (2nd base) will 
> probably
> hit eighth and ninth.  We were looking at good depth at catcher to replace 
> team
> leader-but-big-disappointment-at-the-plate-his-final-season John Grose, 
> then
> the injury to Moore (who sounded a bit like Jed Morris in terms of his
> offensive ability to go with his catching.  Morris came to NU a good 
> hitter, then
> developed into a great collegiate hitter between his sophmore and junior 
> year).
>
> Sorry for the length ... and a lot of speculation with regard to batting
> order and-the-like.  It's just based on what I've seen from watching 
> Husker
> baseball and from what I hear from people who follow the program fairly 
> closely.
>
> Dave Norris
>
>
>
>


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