Not sure if any of you have seen this - but here is the video of when Neshek's jaw was broken off of a line drive in
the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Pat posted it on his website a little while ago. Interestingly enough, the bats that the teams were using, were brand new, and
provided by one of the manufacturers at the start of the tournament. The day before, we broke Nebraska's ace's jaw on a line drive off of Eddie
Olstza's bat. Hmm... juiced bats? Up until that point, we were winning the game- and then the wheel's came off following his exit, and ended up being
the end of our season with a 15-5 loss.
I haven't heard much about his arm lately- but the last I heard was that he wasn't going to have surgery...
Video of Neshek getting his jaw broken in 2000 NCAA Tournament
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Posts: 96 (05/19/08 07:12 AM) |
Nil,
I was at this game with Tony Hamilton and can remember vividly the thud of the ball hitting Neshek in the jaw, even in the press box. The two things that I remember from your tournament run was Neshek taking it the chin, just like the Nebraska pitcher (the funny thing was, the Nebraska kid picked up the ball and threw out the runner. One of the toughest plays I have ever seen), and the triple steal that you guys pulled off after a day long rain delay. I have never seen a press box react that way. Still one of my favorite memories of my time at Butler.
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Posts: 1306 (05/19/08 10:46 AM) |
The triple steal, and then Story's home run, and we were leading... that was great! It was the gutsiest call I've ever seen. And then thud...
(literally and figuratively)
How is Tony doing these days?
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Posts: 97 (05/19/08 01:28 PM) |
Tony is good. He and Carolyn have a little girl about 4 years old. He lives up in Chicago and is really happy working for one of the school districts. I
usually see him at Christmas when he comes in to see his family.
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Posts: 731 (05/19/08 06:46 PM) |
The triple steal was one of the most amazing plays I have ever seen in my career. I remember coach talking about it and putting the thought in our minds that
we would do that.
I will not forget that play. Anyone have video of that? Anyone see the story about some parents who are suing a bat manufucaturing for a similar thing? Parents these days. I would be upset if my parents did that and would hang up my cleats! |
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Posts: 1819 (05/19/08 09:25 PM) |
Triple steal? How the hell do you pull that off?
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Posts: 1309 (05/20/08 06:27 AM) |
I think we stole home 3 or 4 times in my 4 years, but none was as big as that one! Its kind of amazing how "easy" it can be to steal home if you
practice leads and breaks, and a pitcher is slow in going to the plate. You also have to have a lefty, that is going from the wind up. The coaches keep stop
watches on them to time these kind of things, and they know how long it takes the runner to get to the plate, so its basic math from there (and a little luck).
The play completely caught them off guard (who would have thought someone would do that anyways?). We had just started the game after rain had stopped the game the day before - and right out of the box, we are stealing home! Next thing you know, Eric Story, the Home Run record holder as far as I know - launched one and cleared what was left on the bases. They Shockers were in shock after that half inning. But then came Neshek's jaw, and our fortunes changed...
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Posts: 733 (05/20/08 07:28 AM) |
After Neshek's jaw and a couple of pitchers came me who was hit around just as hard as Neshek's jaw. Not a highlight of my pitching career!!!
Triple steal - bases loaded after a day long rain delay. New pitcher in for witchita state, lefty going from the wind. Probably was told "forget about the runners and work on the guy at the plate". We called a triple steal and I am sure he was worried about the runners after that - when he gave up the homerun. But unfortunately they did not concede the victory then. |
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Posts: 1312 (05/21/08 07:18 AM) |
witheto wrote:Stay tuned, I'm working on getting both games... I'll let you know.
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