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Thanks, they have done some nice work on it since I was there...it was a piece of junk then. Fun place to watch a game now.
FO, you ever been there?
FO, you ever been there?
I read on another site that they replaced the old turf at Tech with the new kind of field turf and got rid of the dirt infield and they have brown turf where there would normally be dirt. It said the only dirt on the entire field was around the pitchers mound.
Any truth to the rumor? The guy claimed his son went to a camp there last weekend and this is what was there.
Interesting to say the least if it's true.
Any truth to the rumor? The guy claimed his son went to a camp there last weekend and this is what was there.
Interesting to say the least if it's true.
They did the entire field in field turf - just like KState's field. You can see it on their website...
TT New Field
TT New Field
Strange -- no digging-in in those batters' boxes.
Yep, they got some new carpet, but kept the luxurious and palatial sky boxes...............
Here's the new carpet.
That old stadium is where I really began to understand the concept's about heating and refrigeration. Now I know why things stay cold in a refrigerator when you blow cold air under the metal grill and how heat and radiation transfer from the same metal grill to put the nice criss crosses on whatever you are cooking.
Most deer stands are better insulated than those sky boxes.
Connecticut Yankee would just drip right through that grill in about two or three minutes.
One of the best things about that old stadium is that I never did have to pay to get in, or buy any bats or shoes while he played there.
They are very smart about how they handle their coaches too. They keep the old coaches when they hire new ones. That way they will always have someone to fire and will always have experienced coaches too.
Should one receive an opportunity to suit up there, I would highly recommend it, however.
You do travel to other facilities while you are there. Most are better but none more friendly.
His car is in that picture threeboysdad put up but, he's not on that team anymore.
He starts a new select team this spring.
We don't have to pay to play on the new team, like other select teams do, which is not bad, but there is no discussion with the coach about playing time.
The new team's stadiums still have dirt.
I will still get tickets to the games, but HE has to buy his shoes, bats, gloves, and cups.
Here's the new carpet.
That old stadium is where I really began to understand the concept's about heating and refrigeration. Now I know why things stay cold in a refrigerator when you blow cold air under the metal grill and how heat and radiation transfer from the same metal grill to put the nice criss crosses on whatever you are cooking.
Most deer stands are better insulated than those sky boxes.
Connecticut Yankee would just drip right through that grill in about two or three minutes.
One of the best things about that old stadium is that I never did have to pay to get in, or buy any bats or shoes while he played there.
They are very smart about how they handle their coaches too. They keep the old coaches when they hire new ones. That way they will always have someone to fire and will always have experienced coaches too.
Should one receive an opportunity to suit up there, I would highly recommend it, however.
You do travel to other facilities while you are there. Most are better but none more friendly.
His car is in that picture threeboysdad put up but, he's not on that team anymore.
He starts a new select team this spring.
We don't have to pay to play on the new team, like other select teams do, which is not bad, but there is no discussion with the coach about playing time.
The new team's stadiums still have dirt.
I will still get tickets to the games, but HE has to buy his shoes, bats, gloves, and cups.
Fight Raiders, Fight
Fight Raiders, Fight
Fight for the school we love so dearly.....
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful institution.
Did I mention what a wonderful institution Tech is?
Thanks for sharing, TBD!
FO, you're so blessed! and lucky!
Fight Raiders, Fight
Fight for the school we love so dearly.....
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful institution.
Did I mention what a wonderful institution Tech is?
Thanks for sharing, TBD!
FO, you're so blessed! and lucky!
Yep.
FO,
Is FO son starting the season in Kane County? I heard that Matt Sulentic is headed there and I am pretty sure FO son finished the season there last year.
UE
Is FO son starting the season in Kane County? I heard that Matt Sulentic is headed there and I am pretty sure FO son finished the season there last year.
UE
threeboysdad,
UT gets the pick of the litter in Texas and has tremendous facilities.
They are well coached,the talent oozes and they execute their game with perfection.
Preston Clark, Drew Bishop and Matt have been playing on the same teams and against each other since they were 12.
Ken Kasparek pitched briefly and Matt caught him in the TCL for the Marshals until Kasparek hurt his arm and had to have surgery.
On a visit to the mound with Kasparek, Matt had to stand on the rubber and get 6'10" Kasparek to stand in the normal catcher's spot so they could "almost" see eye to eye.
Matts first Big 12 AB was against Kasparek, I think.
I won't ever forget seeing Kyle Russell run down baseballs in the huge and windy TT outfield when he was just a freshman.
Now Cameron Rupp and Hunter Hill, my younger son's former teammates, will compete for their chance to play for UT.
I know the highs and lows they face and I hope for their success just like I do for my sons.
I don't think of them as rivals.
Uncle E, Matt did start at Kane County in the Midwest League last summer.
Stuggled with his bat a little, in a pitcher's league, while he focused on learning all the new pitchers and the defensive side of the game where he did very well.
On that career path, Kane County is the next step after the short season rookie league, so it is logical that Matt would return there, since that is where he would likely be going had he been assigned to the short season team last summer.
But, he was assigned to Kane County last summer due to injuries on that team, and injuries to other catchers have occurred throughout the A's farm system and that will have a significant impact on where he ends up.
He heads to Arizona on 3/3 for about a month. My understanding is that team assignments are made, or annouced during the last week of spring training.
How was the fall for your son?
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UT gets the pick of the litter in Texas and has tremendous facilities.
They are well coached,the talent oozes and they execute their game with perfection.
Preston Clark, Drew Bishop and Matt have been playing on the same teams and against each other since they were 12.
Ken Kasparek pitched briefly and Matt caught him in the TCL for the Marshals until Kasparek hurt his arm and had to have surgery.
On a visit to the mound with Kasparek, Matt had to stand on the rubber and get 6'10" Kasparek to stand in the normal catcher's spot so they could "almost" see eye to eye.
Matts first Big 12 AB was against Kasparek, I think.
I won't ever forget seeing Kyle Russell run down baseballs in the huge and windy TT outfield when he was just a freshman.
Now Cameron Rupp and Hunter Hill, my younger son's former teammates, will compete for their chance to play for UT.
I know the highs and lows they face and I hope for their success just like I do for my sons.
I don't think of them as rivals.
Uncle E, Matt did start at Kane County in the Midwest League last summer.
Stuggled with his bat a little, in a pitcher's league, while he focused on learning all the new pitchers and the defensive side of the game where he did very well.
On that career path, Kane County is the next step after the short season rookie league, so it is logical that Matt would return there, since that is where he would likely be going had he been assigned to the short season team last summer.
But, he was assigned to Kane County last summer due to injuries on that team, and injuries to other catchers have occurred throughout the A's farm system and that will have a significant impact on where he ends up.
He heads to Arizona on 3/3 for about a month. My understanding is that team assignments are made, or annouced during the last week of spring training.
How was the fall for your son?
Send me a PM if you don't want to drop your drawers right here in public.
Just send the PM. Don't put a post out there that says you sent a PM.
collikar would peek.
FO........
Not gonna be the same without you at the ballpark every game. Come out and see the Bulldogs play if you get a chance.
Tell Matt good luck this year and Andrew, too!
Not gonna be the same without you at the ballpark every game. Come out and see the Bulldogs play if you get a chance.
Tell Matt good luck this year and Andrew, too!
quote:Originally posted by FormerObserver:
Yep, they got some new carpet, but kept the luxurious and palatial sky boxes...............
Here's the new carpet.
That old stadium is where I really began to understand the concept's about heating and refrigeration. Now I know why things stay cold in a refrigerator when you blow cold air under the metal grill and how heat and radiation transfer from the same metal grill to put the nice criss crosses on whatever you are cooking.
Most deer stands are better insulated than those sky boxes.
Connecticut Yankee would just drip right through that grill in about two or three minutes.
One of the best things about that old stadium is that I never did have to pay to get in, or buy any bats or shoes while he played there.
They are very smart about how they handle their coaches too. They keep the old coaches when they hire new ones. That way they will always have someone to fire and will always have experienced coaches too.
Should one receive an opportunity to suit up there, I would highly recommend it, however.
You do travel to other facilities while you are there. Most are better but none more friendly.
His car is in that picture threeboysdad put up but, he's not on that team anymore.
He starts a new select team this spring.
We don't have to pay to play on the new team, like other select teams do, which is not bad, but there is no discussion with the coach about playing time.
The new team's stadiums still have dirt.
I will still get tickets to the games, but HE has to buy his shoes, bats, gloves, and cups.
I hear there is a lot of infighting in the coaching ranks this fall. The pictures of the new field look great, but its not baseball when its played on plastic.
quote:I hear there is a lot of infighting in the coaching ranks this fall. The pictures of the new field look great, but its not baseball when its played on plastic.
Jerry,
When you and I played baseball, we called it a cherry or strawberry you would get sliding into second or home. Now they call it carpet burn!
How does that stuff work? Does everyone now wear turf shoes except the pitcher, or can you still wear spikes. 
Spikes work but I'd be interested in knowing how many injuries occur because they get caught, etc. You hear very few complaints about the new turf technology.
I would also like to know the fielding percentages between these new fields and the traditional dirt infields. Advantage? 
"You hear very few complaints about the new turf technology."
I would agree the new turf technology has had very good results for football, especially places where the fields are used by several teams or are at multiple purpose stadiums where the grass fields get torn up and have to be replaced regularly. It is much better than the old artificial fields that were common place in the 70's and 80's, but I do not hear or see many baseball teams going to this turf, it is not better than natural grass / dirt.
I would agree the new turf technology has had very good results for football, especially places where the fields are used by several teams or are at multiple purpose stadiums where the grass fields get torn up and have to be replaced regularly. It is much better than the old artificial fields that were common place in the 70's and 80's, but I do not hear or see many baseball teams going to this turf, it is not better than natural grass / dirt.
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