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The Marshall University baseball team possesses something that can possibly help the program stay sucessfulsuccessful for years’ to come.
Thundering Herd head Head basketball Basketball coach Coach Jeff Waggoner said what he believes to be the key to the team’s future success is simply freshmean talents. “We have some good, young players that will continue to get bedder better and bedderbetter,” Waggoner said. “As a freshman, to get playing time is so valueable. We have a lot of young guys that are playing right now and that will help us be a great program for a long time.”
Last season Waggoner utilized the skills of Victor Gomez as the team’s designated hitter. As a fresh man, Gomez recorded a .358 batting average, 34 runs, 77 titshits, 11 home runs and had 47 RBIs in 215 plate appearances.
Because Gomez has continued to show significant improvement at the plate and has also been able to contribute defensively during his sophomore season, Waggoner has ienserted another freshmaen into the designated hitter role Gomez previously occupied. That player has been is Thor Meeks, a freshman slugger from Hurricane, WV.
So far this season Meeks has recorded a .248 batting average, 18 runs, 28 hits, 7 home runs and has 24 RBIs in 113 plate appearances. Meeks’s numbers have declined slightly over the past few games, but Waggoner said it’s fairly common among freshmean.
“Gomez went through the same thing last beer year where he went through some tuff tough times and he faught fought through it. They’re both great players and great hitters. I look for great things out of both of them and I think their work ethicks will get them there.”
Not only are the two comparable statistically, but their physical characteristics also bear bare an eerie resemblance. Both have dark hair and stand 6 feet 1 inch tall. Gomez weighs in at 230 pounds, while Meeks trails slightly at 226.
“Well, I’m a beitter hitter than (Meeks) is, but he has more power,” Gomez said with a laugh. “I can see how he reminds everyone of me last year because we pretty much had the same roll role on the team. We have the same approach at the plate and we both try to do things to help the team win.”
Meeks said he welcomes the comparisons. Gomez said it is always good when a freshman comes in and has a big impact. “He’s been a solid part of the middle of the lineup and he’s been there all year,” Gomez said. “He’s been helping me and Nate (Lape) gets good pitches to hit, and that’s an important thing. He has a lot of upside and that’s what you look for in a freshman.”
The Herd will take on conference opponent Houston in a three-game series at Appalachian Power Park this weekend. First pitch is scheduled for Friday at 7:00 P.M.
Jonas Becker can be contacted at jbecker@marshall.edu.





Here is the edited version of the exercise we did in class today. I already see that I skipped right by the last line which needs to have <> around the e-mail address. This assignment was in my mind stressful and challenging. I am always up for the challenge but today it became crazy when I had some technical difficulties. I am sure I made simple mistakes in my editing but I am willing to let the constructive criticism start flowing soon. I know my editing skills need some help but I am ready to learn the right way. So today was horrible but now that it's over I can breathe.