[Husker] End of baseball season

[jon johnston]

Amen on that not understanding baseball thing. Funny thing is, I'd put  
Nebraskans love of collegiate sports above every other state in the  
nation, but there's a downside to that.

Come football season with that same attitude, we may ultimately prove  
to be our worst enemy.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Jun 2, 2008, at 5:34 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:

> As you all know, baseball's my first and foremost.  Here's my  
> breakdown of the end of the year
>
> In the regional:
> ===============
> Regarding what I think happened, I liked the rotation for the first  
> two games, but I'm not sure about why we didn't see Bird in game 3.  
> When you're coming through the losers bracket, you have to play to  
> win every game, imo.
>
> Plus, we abandoned the aggressiveness we saw early on and started  
> playing station to station offense. I think when you're struggling  
> it's twice as important to be aggressive.
>
> It wouldn't hurt to practice for a week how to run bases vs a lefty.  
> I'd probably have Jennings throw a big looping curveball for bp for  
> Farst, Belfonte, and Neer.
>
> Just for the record, I called that curveball just about every time  
> that guy threw it vs uci. Every time he threw his fastball for a  
> strike, he came back with that hook.  I kinda wish the guys would  
> pick up on that. To be fair, he had a great curveball that was 15-20  
> mph slower than his heater.
>
>
> End of the season:
> =================
> This team had great success for the end of the season, but the  
> reality is, we're in Nebraska where people don't understand  
> baseball.  In college baseball, the best teams win 75-80% not  
> 95-100% like in football.  The top 10 teams were 431-134 this year,  
> which is 76.3%.
>
> With that, you have to realize that there are going to be losing  
> stretches in there somewhere.  We had a crazy stretch of baseball  
> all year long and didn't really have any low points (maybe @OSU, but  
> we won the finale, coming back on a high).  Ours came at the wrong  
> time, that's just the way it is.
>
> I also think the aTm series was SO draining.  We fought a LONG 16  
> inning game the first night, have a double header where we come back  
> from 5 behind twice, then go play Creighton at Rosenblatt where  
> there's 18,000 fans and a lot of passion.  There was a let-down  
> coming and Missouri exploited it big time.  Then, confidence went  
> down (and in college baseball, confidence is king) and the team  
> stumbled.
>
> I thought we had that back, and I still think we win the series if  
> we find a way to beat UCI on Saturday.  We'd have confidence and we  
> could find a way to win one more, especially with Bird available.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
>
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jon johnston
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