lie baseball blues
Memories of near-miss season still linger
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
Nebraska baseball coach John Sand
ers learned a painful le1 on last season,
but said the Cornhuskers will benefit
from it when they take the field in 1988.
Senders watched Nebraska blow an
opportunity to win its first Big Eight
title in 37 years last season by losing
three of four games to Kansas State.
Nebraska had entered the series one
game behind conference-leading Okla
homa State, and needed the Cowboys
to split a four-game series with Iowa
State.
But while the Cyclones defeated the
Cowboys twice, Nebraska lost three of
four games to the Wildcats and finished
third in the Big Eight.
“We didn’t like what happened,”
Sanders said. “Past experiences are
past experiences, but we think we’ll
learn from it.”
Sanders said the Huskers hope to
avoid a repeat of 1987 by remembering
they can’t assume anything. He said
Nebraska assumed too much when it
entered the series with Kansas State.
"We will take a good look at what
happened,” he said. “We felt like we
could beat Kansas State, but we were
very disturbed after the series.”
Sanders said Nebraska will use youth
and experience in its quest for this
year’s conference crown. He said the
Huskers have eliminated the unpredict
able elements that surrounded last
year’s team by adding quality depth.
Sanders said it is important that the
younger players perform above their
class levels because the Cornhuskers
will face a challenging schedule. He
said Nebraska will play approximately
60 games against Division I opponents,
including Arkansas, Oral Roberts, Okla
homa State and possibly Hawaii.
"It’s a very competitive schedule,”
Sanders said. “It’s about as good as we
could do.”
Sanders said Nebraska will be a
different team this season because the
Cornhuskers have added five right
handed pitchers. He said the addition
will help Nebraska overcome a lack of
pitching depth that hurt the Huskers
in the past.
“We feel pitching was the strength
of our recruiting class,” he said.
Sanders said that he credits Nebra
ska assistant coach Tom Pratt for the
success of this year’s recruiting class.
He said he worked with Pratt in a team
recruiting effort.
The recruits include:
• Bobby Ber\jamin, an all-state
center fielder from Columbus, Ohio.
Bet\jamin hit .630 as a senior and stole
135 bases during his three-year high
school career.
• Aaron Bilyeu, a walkon pitcher
from Millard North.
• Mate’ Borgogno, a second-team,
all-Southern California shortstop in
West Covina, Calif. Borgogno was listed
among the top 20 high school prospects
in the West and the top 40 overall by
Collegiate Baseball.
• Shawn Buchanan, a third base
man from Gary, Ind. Buchanan, who
was drafted in June by the Atlanta
Braves, was named the Most Valuable
Player at Horace Mann High School in
baseball, football and basketball.
• Dennis Burlingame, a pitcher
from Mullica Hill, N J., was also drafted
by Atlanta. Burlingame posted a 0.83
earned run average and struck out 83 in
42 innings.
• Eric Helfand, a catcher from San
Diego, Calif., was drafted by the Seattle
Mariners. Hefland was listed by Baseball
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Sanders
America as one of the top 58 baseball
prospects, including both college and
high school players.
• Doug Tegtmeier, a pitcher from
Beatrice was drafted by the New York
Yankees. Tegtmeier was a member of
the out-of-state all-star team and was
recruited by Texas and Oklahoma.
• Mike Zsyeski, a pitcher from s
Orland Park, 111. Zajeski was listed as
one of the top 20 high school pitchers
in the West and among the top 40
overall by Collegiate Baseball.
• Marcel Johnson, a transfer from
Laney Junior College in Oakland, Calif.
Johnson hit eight home runs in a 40
game schedule.
• Bob Vivian, a transfer from North
eastern Oklahoma Junior College in
Miami, Okla. Vivian hit .293 and stole
21 bases last season.
• Orlando White, a transfer from
Sacramento (Calif.) City Junior College.
White, a switch hitter, hit .493 with 11
doubles and five home runs last season.
Sanders said Paul Henry, a senior
from Beatrice, will also attend Nebraska
after transferring from Kansas.
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