Bucky Continues to Power through Season

Heading into the second half of August, Bucky Jacobsen is still near the top of many of the Atlantic League's offensive categories. Going into Friday night's game against Somerset, Bucky was 3rd in league in homeruns at 19, three behind the league leader. He's leading the Atlantic League in RBIs with 76. Bucky is 3rd in on-base percentage (.401) and just out of the top 10 in batting average at .299. Bucky's slugging percentage is up to .550 (2nd in the league) and has a total of 43 extra base hits (3rd place). He's also 6th in doubles at 22.

In terms of where Bucky stands on the team, Bucky leads the Long Island Ducks in all of the above categories in addition to walks (53). He's 2nd in hits (99), and 3rd in runs scored (55).

Ducks Playing as a Team

Here's an article by Mark Herrmann from Saturday's Newsday about the Bucky and the Ducks: There's no 'I' in ducks, just 'us'

Updates

After a crazy beginning to the summer, I've finally started to update the backlog of boxscores. I've also (finally) moved articles from the old web design to Blogger, so you should be able to read about the early years of the BuckyBackers. Just click on the the buckybackers.blogspot.com link and look under the Archives. You can access articles all the way back to May 11, 1998.

Bucky named to Atlantic League All-Star Game

Bucky Jacobsen, along with six other Long Island Ducks, was named to the Atlantic League's North Division's starting line up. The game is being played in Bridgeport on Wednesday, July 12th, at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.

Bucky finished the first half of the season leading the Atlantic League with 13 homeruns, 48 RBIs, and 29 extra base hits. He is tied for second with 15 doubles and third in the league with slugging percentage (.529).

League Press Release
Duck's Press Release

Bucky's Big Memorial Day

Bucky Jacobsen found his form this weekend, hitting two homeruns Monday night with a franchise record seven runs batted in. Both shots are reminiscent of homers we've seen in the past. His three-run shot highlighted the Long Island Ducks third inning, and Bucky added a grand slam in the seventh. The first homerun cleared the 24 foot high second fence in left which stands 350 feet from home plate. The grand slam was to straight center landing more than 400 feet away. Said Ducks' manager Don McCormack, "His ball will go out anywhere when he hits it. Left. Center. Right. The moon. Yellowstone." The Long Island Ducks' website, liducks.com, has audio clips of Bucky's thoughts of his night as well as manager Don McCoramack.

The two homer game follows Bucky's Sunday performance where he hit a double and his first triple of the season.