(06-27-2016 06:27 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  [quote='gsuncc' pid='13354278' dateline='1466951865']talk has been to build a new baseball facility on the footprint of the old baseball stadium, using the same home plate spot where Hank hit 715...kind of a cool recruiting tool. "Hey son, wanna stand where Henry stood when he broke the Babe's record?"

For me, personally, that would be an awesome selling-point. But I honestly wonder if recruits born in the 2000s will have any real concept of the magnitude of Aaron's achievement. My parents were at the #715 game. In terms of individual accomplishment, in terms of baseball history, and in terms of national media coverage, it was a Very Big Deal. But it was also a long long time ago.

Either way, I hope and expect Panthers baseball will be played there. I'm kind of looking forward to that even more so than football at the Ted.


You might be right, maybe the recruits won't feel any nostalgia, but they likely understand more than we credit them...one can hope anyway. I think GSU still has the outfield wall too, which if it does it needs to be retro-fitted into the new baseball stadium as well. Regardless, having a new stadium on a historic spot will be better than playing at Panthersville.