QB Joe Bauserman (official thread)

[Buckskin86]

Joe Bauserman
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Quarterback
Tallahassee, FL
Lincoln H.S.

Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 215 pounds
40-time: 4.7 seconds


article on his lastest pitching performance

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/talla...ol/8068215.htm

Joe Bauserman registered a complete-game victory as visiting Lincoln edged Madison County 3-2 on Saturday in a nondistrict showdown.

Nearly 40 professional and collegiate scouts showed to watch the pitching duel between Bauserman (1-0) and Madison County's Jeremy Haynes (0-1), an early signee with Florida State. They certainly couldn't have been disappointed.

Bauserman, relying on a 90-mph-plus fastball and lively curve, allowed two hits, struck out nine and surrendered one earned run. Haynes struck out eight and allowed two earned runs but was tagged for six hits, three doubles.

"It was an awesome game," Haynes said. "Anytime you can face Lincoln and pitch against Joe Bauserman, you don't even go to sleep at night because you can't wait for the game. This one will help us."

best hope for the bucks is that he doesnt make it above AA and comes back to tOSU for the 07 season (at the earliest).

seems slated to go in the first 4 rounds of the mlb draft.....

[JCOSU86]

Joe won't set foot on the OSU campus.

But I feel good about it. He was up front about it the whole way. Good luck to Joe Bauserman, I hope to see you in the majors.

[daddyphatsacs]

I think that he has a better shot at pro baseball than football at this point. Also, he will be getting paid much earlier if he goes the baseball route. Best of luck to him regardless.

[7 45 33 48]

Say goodbye to Bauserman at QB unless he bombs like Drew Henson or Weinke in baseball. I agree he will never set foot on OSU campus.

[BIATCHabutuka]

i would advise any baseball/football player to take the for sure money and give baseball a shot first if you believe you have the talent to play the game.

football is a brutal sport and careers aren't long at all if they ever even get started professionally. baseball offers the money right away and the potential for a long career.

[BuckBackHome]

Exactly right, Biatch. The wear and tear on your body in football versus baseball is not even comparable. Yeah, you get lots of injuries playing both sports, but their is not a whole lot of tackling in baseball, except by the fans on the umps. Kind of like a comedian commented once, the purpose of baseball is to sit down. Get up, bat, run the bases, go back and sit down.

I do also appreciate him being up front with the staff. Glad that goes both ways. I was disappointed to hear he had a good curve, as I was hoping he would be in both football and baseball uniforms for the Bucks. But you cannot begrudge a kid with that much talent who also seems to be a pretty good kid.

great posts about bauserman's class in being upfront about the situation.....and i wish him the absolute best in whatever direction he goes....

[diehardbuckeye]

Would it be possible for him to do the pro baseball and college football at the same time?

DiHard.....

it is possible....ala ricky williams.....but i think it would be a horrible decision for a quarterback.....

he/bauserman....is better off giving baseball a shot...and then coming back to the buckeyes if baseball doesnt work....

just think about a 24 year old....talented...freshman qb....with professional experience......any coincidence that weinke did so well at fsu????

it is a no-lose/win-win situation for JT and the bucks.....

[diehardbuckeye]

I didn't know if it was a door that was left open or if JT said go ahead and play baseball but we might not have an opening later. I think that if the kid can hit 90 on the gun in HS then yes he should give it a try in the pros. Although I went to high school with a guy that was drafted by the Blue Jays in round 20 something. Went on to play Mili way and wound up the 22 pick over all after 3 years of college. (took a ball off the face in Columbus in his "homecoming" game and didn't pan out for that Yankees that I know of anyways)
It doesn't sound like a bad place to be in as an 18-19 year old SR in high school though does it?

[sears3820]

Originally Posted by DiHard

DiHard.....

it is possible....ala ricky williams.....but i think it would be a horrible decision for a quarterback.....

he/bauserman....is better off giving baseball a shot...and then coming back to the buckeyes if baseball doesnt work....

just think about a 24 year old....talented...freshman qb....with professional experience......any coincidence that weinke did so well at fsu????

it is a no-lose/win-win situation for JT and the bucks.....

It would definitely be very hard for a QB to do both at the same time liek Dihard said but it would be a way to free up a scholarship if he played both at the same time.

Cedric Benson is not and Ricky Williams and was not on scholarship while at UT. The Dodgers for Benson and Phillies for Williams both payed for the player's tuitions allowing them to walk on the football team, thus freeing up schollies.

[Buckskin86]

http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/ar...s/sports03.txt

VALDOSTA -- Major league baseball scouts came to Bazemore Field Wednesday to see Lincoln (Fla.) Tallahassee pitcher Joe Bauserman dominate in the Wildcat Invitational.

For six innings they got what they came to see in Lincoln's 4-3 win over Lowndes High in eight innings.

Bauserman battled with Vikings' starter Clay Hamm for six innings, staking his Trojans to a 2-1 lead heading into the seventh.

Leading 2-1, Lincoln catcher Kyle Delvecchio's bloop single to left scored pinch hitter Mike Carswell, knocking Hamm from the game in the seventh.

Hamm went six innings, allowing three runs, only two of which were earned, and struck out five on 88 pitches. Lowndes reliever Brandon Smith got out of a bases-loaded jam to hold Lincoln to just one run in the inning.

"Clay threw well and that's what we've got to have," Vikings' head coach Danny Redshaw said. "It was a good baseball game. The only down part was that we lost. Besides that, [there were] a lot of positives."

Lowndes spoiled Bauserman's bid for a no-hitter in the seventh when Matt Harper singled to center. The Vikings then took away a win from the Ohio State football signee, tying the game at 3-3 on Jake Summers two-out double to right, scoring Matt Harper and Derek Newham.

Bauserman, whose heater registered 91-92 miles per hour on the radar guns, went 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on two hits to go along with 10 strikeouts.

"That guy is as good as we'll see," Redshaw said of Bauserman, who'll decide between college football and baseball depending on where he's selected in this summer's major league draft.

With Bauserman gone, Bo Love singled to center for what looked like the winning run, but Lincoln centerfield Ricky Moulton's laser throw home beat pinch runner Wesley Weldon to the plate and sent the game to extras.

"The kid made a great throw," Redshaw said. "You got a run there and [Moulton] threw it on the money. That's baseball. They made one more big play than we did."

Lincoln (3-3) came back with a run in the top of the eighth when Bryan Kendricks's liner deflected off Kalen Grant's glove, scoring Tyler Davis from second to put the Trojans' ahead 4-3.

In the bottom of the eighth, Shaun Riddle singled and R.J. Harris walked to put runners on first and second with no out, but Lowndes failed to come up with another game-tying hit and dropped to 1-4 on the season.

[Buckskin86]

Here is Baseball America's take on Joe from a couple of months ago

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...skba04jan.html

26 Joe Bauserman, rhp, Tallahassee, Fla. Ohio State (QB)

Bauserman currently projects as a second- or third-round pick in June. Though he plays both ways at Lincoln, he'll be drafted as a pitcher. He's a strong 6-foot-2, 220-pound righty with an effortless delivery. He has a low-90s fastball and a decent curveball. It doesn't have tremendous break, but he throws it fairly hard and commands it well.

Though he's the only quarterback who has verbally committed to be part of Ohio State's 2004 recruiting class, Bauserman reportedly won't file a letter of intent on national signing day (Feb. 4). He wants to see where he'll go in the baseball draft, and if he joins the Buckeyes it likely will be for the 2005 season

[MililaniBuckeye]

Well, with the way he's been pitching and with the draft position he is likely to be picked, he'd be stupid not to pursue baseball for now. DiHard mentioned Weinke, who was 28 or so in his senior year at FSU. Who knows, maybe Bauserman plays 6-7 years of pro baseball, retires, and pulls a Weinke plays college football at 29-30 years old. Hey wait, "pulls a Weinke"? Maybe I should've rephrased that...