Son's new team Texas A&M- Kingsville's Javelinas opens their season in Houston tomorrow at Minute Maid Park! The nation's fifth-ranked D2 team opens the weekend series against St. Cloud at 1:30 pm. TAMUK was the only Texas team to make last year's D2 World Series, and has a nice group of returning players, although they lost a lot of pitching. Coach Gonzales' pitching corps has been bolstered by some JUCO transfers in addition to my son Eric, who was at the University of Nebraska - Kearney last year. The school announced that they were eliminating the sport a week into the season last year, and Eric went on to become the closer and get nine saves, which ended as tied for 19th in all of D2.
As a senior now, Eric hopes to continue at the next level following this season. Hoping to get the attention of scouts as a submarine reliever who gets a lot of off-center contact but still averages better than a strikeout an inning. Can hit 85 from the low arm angle. Here's a brief clip of part of his warm-up at UNK last year.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi8eft1l8uk"]Eric warmup - YouTube[/ame]
As a senior now, Eric hopes to continue at the next level following this season. Hoping to get the attention of scouts as a submarine reliever who gets a lot of off-center contact but still averages better than a strikeout an inning. Can hit 85 from the low arm angle. Here's a brief clip of part of his warm-up at UNK last year.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi8eft1l8uk"]Eric warmup - YouTube[/ame]
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