[Husker] Baseball

[Skylar Dodds]

Yeah, just saw that.  Probably Neiderklien.  While I like Hauptman a lot as
a starter, I think they want to keep him in the bullpen.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony lambert [mailto:slimmer37 at hamilton.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:03 AM
To: Skylar Dodds; husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Baseball

Lemke has been scratched from the rotation this weekend do we Hauptman 
instead

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: "'Tony lambert'" <slimmer37 at hamilton.net>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 8:49 AM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Baseball


> Man Tony, you're reading my mind.  I was going to send one out today :)
>
> For college baseball fans, today is a "take a 1/2 day or call in sick"
> because this series is a big deal.
>
> Remember in the 90's when teams like the Clippers would advertise that
> Michael Jordan's coming to town to sell tickets?  Well, this afternoon
> Gerrit Cole Jr. will become the best college pitcher to ever step foot on
> the mound at Haymarket Park (in my opinion, with all due respect to Joba 
> and
> Komine).  Gerrit is challenging Matt Purke (TCU) as the best pitching
> prospect in the upcoming draft.  Both will probably go in the first 5-10
> picks.  He is that good.
>
> The unfortunate thing for the Huskers is, their Saturday starter is also a
> projected first rounder and their Sunday starter is a freshman stud who 
> has
> a 0.66 ERA so far this year.   Bottom line, if the team scores double 
> digit
> runs this weekend, Erstad's doing a good job.
>
> UCLA comes in ranked #5 in the country after making it to the CWS
> championship last year and they didn't lose a step.  Last year, we had a
> good shot at beating them in 2 out of the games in L.A., but ended up
> getting swept.  If we win 1 this weekend, it's a good weekend.  Maybe the
> chilly temps will give us an advantage  :)
>
> For Nebraska, the bats are going good....so far.  Kash is all of the 
> sudden
> on a tear and the team is hitting .340 on the early season.  So, we'll see
> how that stacks up to some real legit pitching this weekend.
>
> There's been quite the shake up in the rotation for this weekend.  True
> frosh Jon Keller will go today (who is very good in his own right if he 
> can
> throw strikes) and Senior Matt Freeman will go tomorrow after starting on
> Wednesday (only threw 27 pitches tho) with Sunday's starter not yet
> announced (probably Lemke).
>
> All in all, if you can make it out to Haymarket today and brave the 
> weather,
> it will probably be worth it.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony lambert [mailto:slimmer37 at hamilton.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 7:40 AM
> To: Skylar Dodds; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Baseball
>
> It's UCLA game day Skylar could you give us a look at the Bruins and what
> you think the Huskers chances are. Just heard on SN archive that Keller,
> Freeman and TBA. Looks like Erstad is having an effect on the hitters,
> What's your take ?
>