Defensive mindset

By Lindsay Schnell - April 06, 2007

And Joey Wong just proved why he was the best high school baseball player in the state last year.

Wong stopped a nasty grounder from Bowden that got the Beavs out of the inning. Before Bowden, LF Lucas Duda ripped a triple all the way to the fence, so the Trojans were in position to tie up the game. But Wong's quick glove saved the day. In the press box, the talk among all of us sports writers is that Wong might be as good -- and potentially better -- than last year's Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, Chris Kunda.

As you might remember, the Beavers lost a TON on the mound and a good portion of their infield, but Wong and other newcomers have filled in nicely.