by Mike Babcock | May 7, 2017 | Baseball
Derek Burkamper completed a brief interview following Nebraska’s 9-3 victory against Rutgers at Hawks Field on Saturday with: “Honestly, I’m like rattled. I don’t even know why.” Maybe it was the handful of reporters asking about his performance as...
by Erin Sorensen | Mar 18, 2017 | Baseball
Starting pitcher Derek Burkamper didn’t like how the first inning went. He felt off, so he did the one thing he thought might help calm his nerves: Pop in a stick of Juicy Fruit gum. “I don’t know what was up with the first inning,” Burkamper said. “I was just rattled...
by Hail Varsity Staff | Mar 3, 2017 | Baseball
The Huskers open action today in Frisco, Texas in a tournament hailed as the “Toughest Outside Omaha.” See what Darin Erstad, Ben Miller and Derek Burkamper had to say entering the weekend. Hail Varsity...
by Mike Babcock | Feb 23, 2017 | Baseball
Second verse, same as the first. Well, not quite. For the second weekend in a row, the Nebraska baseball team (1-1) is scheduled to play four games in the Phoenix area, at the spring-training home of a major league baseball team – or in this case...
by Mike Babcock | Feb 17, 2017 | Baseball
Jesse Wilkening’s first at-bat at Nebraska was brief. “I looked at three pitches down the middle,” the sophomore catcher said. “It was like surreal I was there almost.” Most, if not all, freshmen go through something similar to what he experienced, which is why...
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