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Thursday, February 10, 2005

Neil Jamison Appears On The Weatherless Mike Weathers Show

Dirtbags Coach Mike Weathers was a little under the - he was sick - so Assistant Coach Don Barbara sat in for him on the Mike Weathers Show Wednesday night. The guest player was Long Beach State closer Neil Jamison. Here's what longbeachstate.com had to say about Neil in the current weekly press release:

Senior righthander Neil Jamison (San Diego) has been just as good at the end of games at the start of the season, as maybe he'll be later this season at the front of games. Jamison, who is still in the plans to start this year, is 2-0 with a save in four appearances to start the year out of the bullpen. Jamison, a pre-season All-American, has yet to allow a run in four appearances, shutting the [opposition] down once setup man Brian Anderson (Aliso Viejo) pitches the eighth (0.00 ERA). Jamison has 16 career saves, third-best all-time.

Here's some of the Q&A from the radio show:

...Neil was asked by Rob Buska why he decided on Long Beach State, given the good baseball programs in the San Diego area where he's from (SDSU, San Diego). Neil said he's wanted to be a Dirtbag ever since he watched Long Beach State play in the College World Series in 1998. Turned out Troy Buckley recruited him before he ever took a recruiting trip (to Long Beach State, or anywhere else), and he had a good relationship with him from the beginning. Neil never did take any recruiting trips.

....Rob asked Neil about his pitches. Neil says his out pitch is his slider, which he started developing in high school. He also throws a fastball and change up. He says the change up has been slower in developing, but it's coming along.

...Houston Bob then took the mic...asking Neil why he decided to come back to Long Beach State for his senior year (Neil was drafted by the Mets in the 8th round). His first response was "mainly you, Houston. I came back for you, Houston." The crowd got a good laugh out of that one. Then Neil gave his serious response. That he came to Long Beach to make it to Omaha, and he wanted to come back to finish what he came to do, and he felt he could develop better spending another year with pitching coach Troy Buckley.

...Kathy from Long Beach asked if Neil played a position (other than pitcher) in high school. Neil said he was a shortstop. He said he and Tulo had announced at a dinner (didn't catch which one) that they were going to switch...Neil would play shortstop, and Tulo would close. It also sounded like he's ready to grab a bat!

posted on 2/10/2005 by Jeff Agnew

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