Years ago, young kids with dreams of being a professional ballplayer watched reruns of a black and white show from 1960 called Home Run Derby. After an episode they’d run out to the backyard and hold their own. Those watching the start of the game tonight between Nebraska and Northwestern were having flashbacks, wondering if what they were watching was a new version of the old series.
Will Walsh and his Wildcat counterpart Sam Hliboki looked like BP pitchers the way balls were flying out of Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. In the first four innings, the two teams combined for eight home runs, five for the fellas from Evanston.