Bucky Named to League All-Star Team

Even though his team fell short in the playoffs, Bucky Jacobsen was named to the 2006 Atlantic League Postseason All-Star Team as the DH. Bucky finished the season with a league leading 89 RBIs, finished third in homeruns (21) and OBP (.410) and fifth in slugging percentage (.506). Bucky joins Mel Stocker as Long Island's representatives on the team.

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