bull2saintleo Posted December 12, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 131 Content Count: 3,097 Reputation: 163 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/17/2004 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) I'm also curious if this change would allow some softball games with larger crowds to be played there, or softball tournaments to allow for two venues. Since the whole turf would be in the infield, you could configure the softball bases and such and put a temporary fence in the outfield. Edited December 12, 2022 by bull2saintleo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeB Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 961 Content Count: 9,759 Reputation: 592 Days Won: 9 Joined: 08/05/2005 Share Posted December 13, 2022 The outfield is still grass. Many of our conference opponents have turf too, (Wichita St, Memphis, Cincinnati, Tulane) come to mind. I especially don't like that the mound, basepaths, and batters box will not be traditional clay but I guess the almighty dollar is the reason for the change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,331 Content Count: 97,070 Reputation: 10,843 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted December 13, 2022 It’s a **** eyesore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsbuxcane Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 1 Content Count: 16 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/25/2017 Share Posted December 13, 2022 UT went turf this Fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 604 Content Count: 16,483 Reputation: 2,938 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted December 13, 2022 MLB>NCAA Baseball. Wooden Bats>Aluminum Bats, Grass & Clay Fields > Artificial Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinRicky Posted December 13, 2022 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 583 Content Count: 22,718 Reputation: 5,859 Days Won: 109 Joined: 09/13/2007 Share Posted December 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Bull Awakening said: MLB>NCAA Baseball. Wooden Bats>Aluminum Bats, Grass & Clay Fields > Artificial Fields Try watching a 4.25 hour MLB game. College baseball isn't a lot quicker but not quite as bad as the pros. As to real grass, I remember going to my first night game at Connie Mack stadium as a kid and just being mesmerized walking out and seeing how green the grass looked under the lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull2saintleo Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 131 Content Count: 3,097 Reputation: 163 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/17/2004 Share Posted December 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Bull Awakening said: MLB>NCAA Baseball. Wooden Bats>Aluminum Bats, Grass & Clay Fields > Artificial Fields MLB has plenty of turf fields, and not just in the only fixed dome Tropicana Field. Toronto, Miami, Arizona, and Texas have turf as well with their retractible roofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lewis Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 18 Content Count: 2,919 Reputation: 2,352 Days Won: 33 Joined: 09/25/2013 Share Posted December 13, 2022 13 hours ago, JoeB said: The outfield is still grass. Many of our conference opponents have turf too, (Wichita St, Memphis, Cincinnati, Tulane) come to mind. I especially don't like that the mound, basepaths, and batters box will not be traditional clay but I guess the almighty dollar is the reason for the change. Long range plan is for the entire field to be turf. From the Master Plan page on gousfbulls.com - Baseball & Softball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USF_Bullsharks Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 11 Content Count: 879 Reputation: 480 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/24/2021 Share Posted December 13, 2022 20 minutes ago, John Lewis said: Long range plan is for the entire field to be turf. From the Master Plan page on gousfbulls.com - Baseball & Softball Hey John - out of all of the upgrades listed in the master plan, how much of the expenses are earmarked already? Or are we fundraising for nearly all of it still? (Also, I do not see anything that says baseball outfield goes to turf in Phases 1, 2, nor 3, I may have missed something though.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lewis Posted December 13, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 18 Content Count: 2,919 Reputation: 2,352 Days Won: 33 Joined: 09/25/2013 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 minute ago, USF_Bullsharks said: Hey John - out of all of the upgrades listed in the master plan, how much of the expenses are earmarked already? Or are we fundraising for nearly all of it still? (Also, I do not see anything that says baseball outfield goes to turf in Phases 1, 2, nor 3, I may have missed something though.) We will be fundraising for all of it. They started with the infield for Baseball from the gift given last year. Coach Mohl does want the entire field to be turf as soon as we have the $$$ for it. As the slides indicate from the master plan, Baseball and Softball will eventually have a clubhouse our between their respective stadiums in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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