[Husker] Baseball

[Lynette Tillner]

The problem is that in the CWS, good pitching often isn't enough
alone, just like good hitting isn't enough in the CWS.  You need at
least good hitting and good pitching and most of the time the winner
has GREAT hitting and/or pitching!  

Lynette

--- Bob Beach <rbeach at neb.rr.com> wrote:
> gzimmerman at everestkc.net wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >I hope the Huskers are better than the team I've seen play this
> year. Granted, I've only seen one game in person (loss at KU) and
> the ESPN televised games. What I saw was so-so pitching, very
> average defense, and erratic hitting. 
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
>      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
> 
>     
> 
> 
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Lynette Tillner
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