[Husker] Baseball

[Bob Beach]

gzimmerman at everestkc.net wrote:

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     I guess, to me, that is why I believe the pitching staff carried 
the team and how important pitching is in baseball.  What you say about 
the hitting and defense was true a lot of the time but the overall 
pitching was great, especially Dorn and Chamberlain.  In team batting 
average through 5-15-05 the Huskers were not ranked in the top 30, in 
team ERA they were ranked second with 2.47, in fielding percentage the 
ranking was 14th with a .973 percentage, were not ranked in the top 30 
in scoring, were not ranked in the top 30 in home runs per game, were 
not ranked in the top thirty in triples per game,  were not ranked in 
the top 30 in doubles per game,  were not ranked in the top thirty in 
slugging percentage, were not ranked in the top 30 in stolen bases, were 
not ranked in the top thirty in double plays per game, but WERE ranked 
seventh in winning percentage with .774. 


     I don't mean to bore anyone with statistics but looking at this it 
is pretty obvious what pitching meant to NU this year.  It is an old old 
adage in baseball but good pitching will stop good hitting most of the time.


Bob Beach