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Thursday, May 13, 2004

Riverside Press-Telegram Compares Jered Weaver to Sandy Koufax

Here are some excerpts from Jim Alexander's piece in the Press-Enterprise (Riverside) this morning:

"Some who watch Long Beach State junior Jered Weaver see a young Don Drysdale, with that funky three-quarters delivery and a release point that seems to come from somewhere behind a right-handed batter's left ear.

Others, sensing that the San Diego Padres will take Weaver No. 1 in next month's major league draft, compare him to the Cubs' Mark Prior, the No. 2 pick in 2001 after a similarly dominant junior season at USC.

But, at the risk of baseball blasphemy, maybe we should mention Weaver alongside Sandy Koufax - and not just because of record-shattering strikeout numbers or moments of near-perfection.

Koufax in his prime lured additional people to the ballpark. So has Weaver, on a smaller scale: an average of more than 700 extra fans per home start for a team averaging 1,496 at the gate, as well as huge crowds on the road at Cal State Fullerton (3,317) and Cal Poly (3,279). He's such a hot item, Long Beach's athletic marketing department built a mini-season ticket plan around his scheduled Friday night starts...

Friday, it's Riverside's turn to take a look. Trust us, it will be worth every penny to show up at the Sports Center - even if it means wedging yourself in among the phalanx of scouts and their radar guns behind home plate - to see if UC Riverside can solve Weaver.

No one else has. In 14 starts, Weaver is 13-0 with a 1.29 ERA, 163 strikeouts in 104 1/3 innings and an opponents' batting average of .147. He leads the nation in victories and strikeouts and is third in ERA...

Twice, against USC and BYU, he has struck out the first 10 men in a game. Against UCLA, he struck out eight of the last 10 men he faced. Against seventh-ranked Wichita State, 13 of the first 14 outs and 16 of the 18 he recorded were strikeouts...

Friday night, you have a chance to say you saw him when."

Dirtbags fans, it would probably be a good idea to get there early! The full article is worth reading. Get it here. Registration is required, which is free.

posted on 5/13/2004 by Jeff Agnew

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