Houston is in for a soggy week, so it stands to reason Baton Rouge will be getting the same, if not worse. And lo and behold, the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge is already at flood stage (no rivers anywhere close to Houston are near flood levels I believe). Here's the NWS report...

The Flood Warning continues for
The Mississippi River At Baton Rouge.
* until Friday June 16.
* At 10:00 AM Monday the stage was 40.5 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and Major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 35.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will fall slowly but will remain above flood
stage for the next few weeks.
* Impact...At 40.0 feet...The grounds of the older part of Louisiana
State University's campus become soggy. This includes the area
around the Veterinary Medicine building, the Veterinary Medicine
Annex, the stadium and ball fields. The city of Baton Rouge and the
main LSU campus are protected by levees at this level.
* Impact...At 38.0 feet...River traffic and industrial activity on the
river side of the levees will be greatly affected. Navigational
safety regulations will be strictly enforced.
* Impact...At 36.0 feet...River traffic and industrial activity on the
river side of the levees will be greatly affected. Navigational
safety regulations will be strictly enforced.
* Impact...At 35.0 feet...River islands from Red River Landing
downstream to Baton Rouge will be inundated.

To be fair, the river is at a bit over 40 feet right now and it's not supposed to get any higher by this weekend - just maybe slightly lower. So if the area around Alex Box isn't flooded currently, it's probably going to be okay. But that's assuming no torrential rain between now and Friday I'm guessing? Maybe we can offer to host the regional for them? The Astros are on the road so we can even try to have it at Minute Maid if they complain Reckling isn't big enough.

No less than 40% chance of rain for each of the next 9 days

Well that's an interesting wrinkle...

Last year the rain really benefited LSU, as they were able to get in their 1st game before the weather delays, meaning their game 1 pitchers were on close to full rest for the last game against Rice (whereas Rice pitchers were run ragged by the weather-enforced compressed schedule and the high-scoring games). Hopefully if the waleather is a factor, it at least pushed back LSU's first game.

(05-30-2017 09:13 AM)mrbig Wrote:  Last year the rain really benefited LSU, as they were able to get in their 1st game before the weather delays, meaning their game 1 pitchers were on close to full rest for the last game against Rice (whereas Rice pitchers were run ragged by the weather-enforced compressed schedule and the high-scoring games). Hopefully if the waleather is a factor, it at least pushed back LSU's first game.

But that would push the Rice-SELa game to late Friday night.

(05-30-2017 09:17 AM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(05-30-2017 09:13 AM)mrbig Wrote:  Last year the rain really benefited LSU, as they were able to get in their 1st game before the weather delays, meaning their game 1 pitchers were on close to full rest for the last game against Rice (whereas Rice pitchers were run ragged by the weather-enforced compressed schedule and the high-scoring games). Hopefully if the weather is a factor, it at least pushed back LSU's first game.

But that would push the Rice-SELa game to late Friday night.

I meant that I hope they get pushed back to Saturday, if there are going to be delays on Friday. Last year, LSU finished their 1st game on Friday before the rain, while Rice's first game wasn't finished until Sunday morning (started on Saturday, finished on Sunday). This meant that by the time Rice had to play 2 games on Monday and 1 on Tuesday, LSU's 1st game pitchers had an extra 1-2 days rest.

(05-30-2017 10:04 AM)mrbig Wrote:  

(05-30-2017 09:17 AM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  

(05-30-2017 09:13 AM)mrbig Wrote:  Last year the rain really benefited LSU, as they were able to get in their 1st game before the weather delays, meaning their game 1 pitchers were on close to full rest for the last game against Rice (whereas Rice pitchers were run ragged by the weather-enforced compressed schedule and the high-scoring games). Hopefully if the weather is a factor, it at least pushed back LSU's first game.

But that would push the Rice-SELa game to late Friday night.

I meant that I hope they get pushed back to Saturday, if there are going to be delays on Friday. Last year, LSU finished their 1st game on Friday before the rain, while Rice's first game wasn't finished until Sunday morning (started on Saturday, finished on Sunday). This meant that by the time Rice had to play 2 games on Monday and 1 on Tuesday, LSU's 1st game pitchers had an extra 1-2 days rest.

Actually, LSU's Friday afternoon game was delayed by rain, but they managed to start at around dinner time, and got the game in inbetween rain storms.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/new...t-june2017

Now they're looking at possible tropical development emerging late this week and into the weekend. Baton Rouge now at 80-90 pct rain chances the next 8 days. Houston not looking much better really once we get to Thursday. UH probably needs to be talking to the Astros in case the forecast is accurate.

Coog and LSU regionals both at Minute Maid! Would be outstanding!!

Do they play baseball in the Super Drum?

S Miss will also have same problem.

They should start the games at 9 AM Friday.

(05-30-2017 10:01 PM)jhruzek Wrote:  Do they play baseball in the Super Drum?

I think you mean Superdome. The Superdrum is TU's basketball arena.

They have and can, sorta. The fences are pretty close, at least for MLB. And IIRC, there's one area in play that's sorta funky. Yeah, just what we need to play LSU, more ground rules. And if there's major flooding, the Superdome is going to be pretty inaccessible.

Just heard that per NCAA rules, if they can’t get the games in by Tuesday, the highest seeded team moves on.

(05-31-2017 09:08 AM)NYNightOwl Wrote:  Just heard that per NCAA rules, if they can’t get the games in by Tuesday, the highest seeded team moves on.

Wow. I had no idea.
But I guess it makes sense. If Baton Rouge is in a 4-5 day deluge and the field is unplayable, I suppose you couldn't hold up the rest of the post season for another week.

Entire South from Houston to Florida have rain chances greater than 50% through next Monday.

(05-30-2017 10:12 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  They should start the games at 9 AM Friday.

I am with you on this!

(05-31-2017 09:08 AM)NYNightOwl Wrote:  Just heard that per NCAA rules, if they can’t get the games in by Tuesday, the highest seeded team moves on.

Does college baseball work like MLB, where the host has control of whether a game will be played up until it actually starts, and then after that control goes to the umpires? If so, there's a lot of potential for gamesmanship with this rule. Major incentive for LSU to keep pushing back start times and essentially run out the clock.

The rain could affect 5 regionals. Surely they wouldn't advance that number of teams under that rule.

I think most weather decisions in a regional are made by the tournament rep, which is a person from an outside school.

No school would ever do something like this arbitrarily. I wasn't aware of the rule myself, but cancellations are always going to be done as a last resort.