[personal] [Husker] Baseball

[Tony Lambert]

Okay i see where you are coming from. And yes he pitched from behind a lot. 
Did you play for Jim Boeve ?

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skylar Dodds" <Sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [personal] [Husker] Baseball


> Hello Husker Fans,
>
> The reason I say his control wasn't great was not because of the
> number of walks.  It has more to do with pitching behind the count for
> a good part of the night.  Walks or not, a 2-0 or 3-1 pitch is a TON
> easier to hit than a 0-2 or 1-2...
>
> Most college/pro coaches will harp and harp and harp on the first
> pitch strike.  (My college coach was a little more lenient and would
> settle for a second pitch strike).
>
> He was ahead of 13 batters and behind 12 and even with the rest (most
> of times he was ahead came in the three inning stretch where he really
> dominated).  Maybe a better way to say it would be, "He got behind a
> lot early".
>
> Most coaches I've had want you to be ahead of about 70-80% of the
> batters. He threw 125 pitches, 83 were strikes (66.4%). Again, a
> little lower than most coaches would like.
>
> I'm not trying to take away anything from Joba, like I said, it was
> his first really good performance in a while.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Go Skers,
> Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net
>
> TL> His control wasn't great tonight.
>
> TL>  How can you say this. Twelve strikeouts and only two base on balls 
> with eight hits in 7.1  innings. sounds like he had his stuff last night.
>
>
>
> TL> Tony Lambert
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