[Husker] Baseball

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 04/19/2007 08:24:30 AM:
[snip]

> On another note, can those of you closer to the baseball program provide
> any insight into this year's team?  It seems like they've been
> struggling a bit more this year.  What's going on?  I did hear the end
> of the last Oklahoma game on the radio, and it was said that maybe this
> team would start to peak late in the season, as opposed to last year's
> team which did the opposite.  Just wondering how things are going.
> 
> Chuck Knox
> Pella, IA
> 

They seem to be coming around, though. You look at last week, and if it 
weren't for Charlie Shirek having a truly awful outing against Wichita 
State and giving up a lead, Nebraska would have been 4-1 against good 
teams. 

The bullpen hasn't been as reliable as it needs to be - and the offense 
struggled earlier in the season, but they have won their last two Big 12 
series, and their offense came up big last week against Oklahoma. 

This Texas series is enormous. If we win it, we continue to climb in the 
Big 12, and right now, Texas is easily on top the conference with Oklahoma 
State.  Missouri, Texas A&M, and Nebraska are right around the same 
records, so we're close, but need to continue to play well. If we don't 
win it, we'll take a step back, and we need to finish in the top four in 
the Big 12, probably, to get a regional. 

The Big 12 is currently the top baseball conference in the nation in terms 
of RPI. Texas is 4th to 6th in the nation. They are very very good. Kyle 
Russel for them leads the nation in slugging percentage and home runs. 

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com