What's Bucky up to?

Dean Rutz/Seattle Times Photo

The Seattle Times had a nice article on our fan club favorite, Bucky Jacobsen. Use the links below to access the story and photos.

Seattle Times article, Mariners Whatever happened to Bucky Jacobsen? by Geoff Baker


Photo Slideshow by Dean Rutz of the Seattle Times

Bucky Playing Winter Ball

With lots going on, I missed this development: Bucky was playing winter ball in Mexico. It looks like he had been playing with Yaquis de Obregon for 17 games. In those games, he batted .233, had an OBP of .361 and hit 6 homeruns with 14 RBIs. He has evidently left the team and rumor has it is in Japan.

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'