The Duluth Huskies are proud to welcome Assistant Coach Anthony Lim to the 2019 Coaching Staff. Coach Lim is from East Palo Alto, California and is well versed in the world of baseball. With starting his coaching career while in college at Whitman in Walla Walla, Washington. He coached youth baseball in the fall of 2018 and then joined the De Anza College staff of Cupertino, California, Where he is currently coaching.
For Coach Lim, life wouldn’t be the same without the sport of baseball. “Baseball is and will always be my life.” From starting out as a little guy in little leagues to playing all the way through four years of college ball at Whitman College. It is pretty obvious that becoming a coach was the next best thing for him.
As most are probably wondering why he would come to Duluth, Coach Lim answered with “I figured Duluth would be a good experience to coach a high level of baseball in a part of the country I have never seen before.”
Through all of this experience, the thing he is most nervous for this summer doesn’t have anything to do with baseball instead it’s more about a new area and getting familiar with his surrounding. He even takes his nervousness and puts it in a good light by looking at it like an opportunity to get better.
As most focus on the nervousness of new things, Coach Lim is focusing more on the excitement of being able to coach and help the players be their best throughout the entire season. When asked to explain himself as a coach he mentioned person developer. “ I appreciate what the game of baseball has given and taught me and I would like others to have that same experience.”
Coach Lim also wants all Huskies fans to know they should be ready and expect another exciting season with “exciting plays and exciting players”.
The 2019 season is less than one hundred days away and Coach Lim is ready to hit the field with his new team. “ I love opening days.” So don’t miss out on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 when the Huskies open up their home season against the Eau Claire Express. Until then, don’t forget to stay connected with the Huskies on the official website duluthhuskies.com and on all social media platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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The Duluth Huskies are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.duluthhuskies.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Huskies as your favorite team.
