The best setting in college baseball...

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Originally posted by Holden Caulfield:
Or to put that a slightly different way, any college stadium where you can watch your son play.

I'm on board with that sentiment too, but I have to say I REALLY enjoy his home games. Especially since they're in Hawaii

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Originally posted by rz1: I doubt there is a college field in the country that has the backdrop the Univ of Illinois-Chicago has.

OUCH .. that's IUC bundled up in the dugout




why do you suppose he pitched so well at Tech? it was just like home .. inc the 37 deg game temp

Bee,
That is "scary funny" because I think that is my "little guy" hiding behind the scorebook second from the left We havn't seen him since xmas. I'll have to show his mom/grandma/great-grandma this pic so they can say "I can't believe how much he's grown".

Oh my, that pic just reminded me, my son is up to Blacksburg, VA where it is supposed to snow this weekend and he has no GLOVES!

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my son is up to Blacksburg, VA where it is supposed to snow this weekend and he has no GLOVES!

Maybe he can bumb some batting gloves from one of the coaches?

I didn't want to come right out but my son's school Coastal is nice. They don't have a large grandstand but their facilities are nice. The outfield fence is lined in palm tress and that is nice.

He is going to play at Nebraska in a couple of weeks and I will update this thread at that time. From all accounts, it sounds like he'll love it

Oh, that Hawks park in Lincoln, Neb is a beautiful site to behold... Get there early so you can just admire the place.

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Originally posted by Tiger Paw Mom:
Oh my, that pic just reminded me, my son is up to Blacksburg, VA where it is supposed to snow this weekend and he has no GLOVES!

Reminds me of something or other from my toddling days...

One Not So Little Kitten Lost His Mittens!

One not so little Tiger kitten, he lost his mittens, and then he began to cry,
"Oh Tiger mother dear, I sadly fear that I have lost my mittens."
"What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kitten! Then you shall have no pie."
"Meeow, meeow, meeow, now I shall have no pie."
The not so little Tiger kitten he found his mittens, and then he began to cry,
"Oh Tiger mother dear, see here, see here, for I have found my mittens."
"Put on your mittens, you silly kitten and you shall have some pie"
"Meeow, meeow, meeow, now let me have some pie."
The not so little kitten put on his mittens and soon ate up his pie,
"Oh Tiger mother dear, I greatly fear that I have soiled my mittens."
"What! Soiled your mittens, you naughty kitten!"
Then he began to cry, "Meeow, meeow, meeow" then he began to sigh.
The not so little kitten he washed his mittens and hung them out to dry,
"Oh mother dear, do you not hear that I have washed my mittens."
"What! Washed your mittens, you are a good kitten."
But I smell a Hokie close by.
"Meeow, meeow, meeow" I smell a Hokie close by.

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PGStaff...

Point Loma Nazarene! Very well done! Not only a great answer for best ballaparks...but a great trivia question too! Very successful program, NAIA, kid from our high school had a great career there...nice stadium and a nice program!

Gotwood,
Was I supposed to get a chuckle out of that one?

Yup!

It isn't often that unseasonably cold weather, a not so little Clemson Tiger baseball player, an adoring and proud mom of that not so little Clemson baseball player, and the not so little Clemson baseball player not having warm gloves for the occasion come together and attract my attention. Of course the nursery rhyme, The Three Little Kittens came to my mind.

Your comment about the gloves really did remind me of that nursery rhyme. Of course I had to revise it to be more relevant. Just trying to be creative and silly...no judgment about warm winter hand gear.

DK can handle the cold I'm sure!

Point Loma Nazarene: Yep. We have a winner.
Never been there but it is definately on my wish list.

Tulane and UNO sell beer, even imports, and even on Sunday. That can always enhance a stadiums appearance!

They sell gin, vodka and whiskey at the convenience stores and have drive-through windows at the bars in Louisiana. Tings are different in LA.

Two things for sure at "The Tigue" Ragin Cajun field....There will be more pitchers in the stands than on the field, and.......... the roasted peanut man will always be there!!..Guaranteed!!

You go there to drink beer, eat peanuts and watch Buddy pitch!!

Makes for a great day!

Not that that's a bad thing! The first time I wernt to N.O. I was shocked to get a great daquiri from Fat Tuesdays thru the Drive Thru! Only in AMerica? No, only in New Orleans!!!