I believe the between batter music is referred to as walk-up music and is chosen by the player themselves, therefore, not "randomly chosen".

(03-12-2014 04:23 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  I believe the between batter music is referred to as walk-up music and is chosen by the player themselves, therefore, not "randomly chosen".

Fair point -- and it's perhaps the least annoying (because shortest-duration) of all the dead-ball music.

I liked the good old days when any ballpark music was played on an organ, even though that was mainly at major league parks.

(03-12-2014 03:43 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 03:36 PM)grol Wrote:  

(03-12-2014 03:32 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  I would love to attend a game without the constant barrage of noise during every dead ball. I suspect that such blaring is what the "Sports marketing for generic audiences: Beginner's Edition" prescribes, but it adds nothing to -- and in fact detracts from -- our game experience.

I second that, George. The idea that we have to be entertained between innings, between batters, does not fit with my idea of a good baseball game experience.

And the idea that loud, randomly chosen snippets of pop music constitute "entertainment" is also a weak (though supremely conventional) assumption.

I think it's interesting that the baseball team is 5-1 in true road games (and it's very probable that some of our best hitting efforts have been on the road). Much like basketball, I wonder if the dwindling attendance and support has effected our on-field performance.

I don't think it was a coincidence at all that our best effort in perhaps any sport over the last few years was the CUSA football championship game at home. That Marshall game was one of the few home contests perhaps in the last 10 years that our student turnout rivaled those from our SWC days (but to be fair, I'm not a good judge to gauge our student turnout at baseball games).

(03-16-2014 09:16 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I think it's interesting that the baseball team is 5-1 in true road games (and it's very probable that some of our best hitting efforts have been on the road). Much like basketball, I wonder if the dwindling attendance and support has effected our on-field performance.

I don't think it was a coincidence at all that our best effort in perhaps any sport over the last few years was the CUSA football championship game at home. That Marshall game was one of the few home contests perhaps in the last 10 years that our student turnout rivaled those from our SWC days (but to be fair, I'm not a good judge to gauge our student turnout at baseball games).

When The Reck first opened, students sat in EE. The last few years, they've been pushed down the left field line. I'm going to guess someone in marketing or ticketing thought EE would be a big revenue generator if the tickets were available to to the general public. Heaven forbid walk-up buyers should have to sit in the sun out in left field !

Which brings me to an observation made during big-time college MBB television broadcasts. Students in other schools ( Duke for example ) get the courtside seats which Rice considers so valuable there's a huge bounty on them. I guess Duke feels the premium they could reap is recouped by other forms of revenue. Seems counterintuitive, perhaps "unconventional".

C-USA rules have a lot to do with where students sit. Might be a seating rule for baseball.

(03-16-2014 10:10 AM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  C-USA rules have a lot to do with where students sit. Might be a seating rule for baseball.

Add this to the encyclopedic list of reasons that we need to get out of C-USA as quickly as possible. First they neutered the MOB and then diminished the game day experience for the students by exiling them to the worst seats in the stadium. Rice should be in control of these sorts of things.

(03-16-2014 10:07 AM)Da.Owl Wrote:  

(03-16-2014 09:16 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I think it's interesting that the baseball team is 5-1 in true road games (and it's very probable that some of our best hitting efforts have been on the road). Much like basketball, I wonder if the dwindling attendance and support has effected our on-field performance.

I don't think it was a coincidence at all that our best effort in perhaps any sport over the last few years was the CUSA football championship game at home. That Marshall game was one of the few home contests perhaps in the last 10 years that our student turnout rivaled those from our SWC days (but to be fair, I'm not a good judge to gauge our student turnout at baseball games).

When The Reck first opened, students sat in EE. The last few years, they've been pushed down the left field line. I'm going to guess someone in marketing or ticketing thought EE would be a big revenue generator if the tickets were available to to the general public. Heaven forbid walk-up buyers should have to sit in the sun out in left field !

Which brings me to an observation made during big-time college MBB television broadcasts. Students in other schools ( Duke for example ) get the courtside seats which Rice considers so valuable there's a huge bounty on them. I guess Duke feels the premium they could reap is recouped by other forms of revenue. Seems counterintuitive, perhaps "unconventional".

...since courtside seats at Tudor are such a hot ticket. Sometimes I feel that if there was no business team at the Athletic Department and they just let a team of students make the off-the-field decisions, the department overall would be better run

New attendance numbers through 4/14 - Rice remained in 31st place for average attendance, averaging 2,262 per game, up slightly from the 2,135 per game avg in mid-March. For comparison, UVA was also up from 3,136 to 3,350 avg...and i'm guessing that may go up more yet as they just set a three-game home attendance record against UNC of 14,282. Stanford and UNC, both historic powers, lag far behind averaging less than 1500 per game.
http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/...140414.pdf