Canisius @ Appalachian - Roll Call

[AppinVA]

Sunday's cold-out is sounding more and more like Moo-U decided they didn't want any more of Appalachian. The UNC-C game was delayed over an hour-and-a-half by rain. The puppies won 5-0. I sure hope we can get them in the regional or super regional.

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-basebl/s ... 3/st2.html

[Gonzo]

What kind of stellar regular season would it take of a SoCon school to host a regional?

[asumike83]

What kind of stellar regular season would it take of a SoCon school to host a regional?

It'd take a very good one, a regular season and conference tournament title for sure, but it's not impossible. Several schools outside the 'Big 4' have hosted regionals in recent years - Rice, ECU, Coastal Carolina, and San Diego come to mind.

Plus, unlike in many other sports, the SoCon is a well-respected baseball conference that is usually in the top 6-10 in conference RPI. Last season, we were projected as high as a #2 seed a few weeks before the end of the season. Had we played better down the stretch and won the SoCon tournament, it's possible we could have played our way into a #1 seed and hosted a regional last year but we went 7-7 leading into the tournament and slipped to a #3.

However, our stadium is not big enough to host a regional. I want to say the minimum size is 2,000 but I could be wrong. If we'd gotten a #1 seed, the games would have most likely been played at the minor league park in Hickory. I think The Citadel, Charleston and Georgia Southern are the only SoCon schools with big enough ballparks to host a regional on campus.

[Gonzo]

What kind of stellar regular season would it take of a SoCon school to host a regional?

It'd take a very good one, a regular season and conference tournament title for sure, but it's not impossible. Several schools outside the 'Big 4' have hosted regionals in recent years - Rice, ECU, Coastal Carolina, and San Diego come to mind.

Plus, unlike in many other sports, the SoCon is a well-respected baseball conference that is usually in the top 6-10 in conference RPI. Last season, we were projected as high as a #2 seed a few weeks before the end of the season. Had we played better down the stretch and won the SoCon tournament, it's possible we could have played our way into a #1 seed and hosted a regional last year but we went 7-7 leading into the tournament and slipped to a #3.

However, our stadium is not big enough to host a regional. I want to say the minimum size is 2,000 but I could be wrong. If we'd gotten a #1 seed, the games would have most likely been played at the minor league park in Hickory. I think The Citadel, Charleston and Georgia Southern are the only SoCon schools with big enough ballparks to host a regional on campus.

Any idea how many seats they're planning to add to our park? The strategic plan indicates we will be adding seats, weight room, backed-seats, but I wonder how substantial an addition it will be and if that would push us into a realm where we could potentially host a regional one day.

[JTApps1]

JT, I was sitting right next to the camera. The first guy had never filmed baseball and a guy was going over about 300 things he had to do and remember. Later another experienced guy went to the camera. I'm guessing this is when the filming got better. Cold as quite a few football games and it really got bad when the north wind picked up. Heard 225 were there.

That makes sense Robert. Maybe they should let him film at practice a few times to get the feel for it before being put on the air so to speak.

[JTApps1]

I believe the first change to seating will be to replace all bleachers with chair backs. After that who knows how many we would add but there is plenty of room down the 1st base line. I wish they would raise the current seats so that all of them are above the top of the dugouts, and then move the light poles back so we can have seats wrap around from the far end of each dugout.

[Robert Norton]

JT, Billy said about $50,000 to convert bleachers to seats. When I hit the lottery it's done as is moving speakers, putting a large ASU in outfield (I think your dad told me Wake has this), Old Yosef in on- deck circles and a Block A behind homeplate and anything else they want.

[Gonzo]

State is putting the wood to Nova right now, even more so than when they beat UNC-Harrisburg. They're up 14-1 at the end of four.

We should be ranked.

[JTApps1]

Make it happen Robert... I know you have the funds!

[AppSt94]

I am going to be in NC in March and plan on taking in the UNC-A game. Do they sell merchandise at the game? I am particularly interested in the black jersey that was worn last year. One more question, are they set up to take donations to the Dugout Club on gamedays? Thanks.