Should be completed by late September/early October, in time for Fall Ball...

https://twitter.com/RiceBaseball/status/...6192409606

...and comments from Cheito...

https://twitter.com/KPRC2RandyMc/status/...0198286343

Turf everywhere. Pulling in the fences 10 feet.

(07-29-2022 10:21 PM)owlaholic Wrote:  Turf everywhere. Pulling in the fences 10 feet.

That's the first I heard about the fences. Why do they feel a need to do that?

(07-30-2022 08:50 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(07-29-2022 10:21 PM)owlaholic Wrote:  Turf everywhere. Pulling in the fences 10 feet.

That's the first I heard about the fences. Why do they feel a need to do that?

Save on turf?


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(07-30-2022 02:56 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  

(07-30-2022 08:50 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(07-29-2022 10:21 PM)owlaholic Wrote:  Turf everywhere. Pulling in the fences 10 feet.

That's the first I heard about the fences. Why do they feel a need to do that?

Save on turf?


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Don't worry, they'll move it back out whenever we aren't batting.

(07-30-2022 03:17 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  

(07-30-2022 02:56 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  

(07-30-2022 08:50 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(07-29-2022 10:21 PM)owlaholic Wrote:  Turf everywhere. Pulling in the fences 10 feet.

That's the first I heard about the fences. Why do they feel a need to do that?

Save on turf?


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Don't worry, they'll move it back out whenever we aren't batting.

Or the Owls are consistently out-homered.

I seem to recall that the field dimensions, including foul lines, exactly mirrored that of Rosenblatt stadium in Omaha, per Wayne’s wishes. That seems to be a bit obsolete nowadays; I think we need the fences to conform to the Crawford Box distance and height, or something like that. Fans seem to like home runs.

(07-30-2022 08:37 PM)Ricefootballnet Wrote:  I seem to recall that the field dimensions, including foul lines, exactly mirrored that of Rosenblatt stadium in Omaha, per Wayne’s wishes. That seems to be a bit obsolete nowadays; I think we need the fences to conform to the Crawford Box distance and height, or something like that. Fans seem to like home runs.

Rosenblatt - 335, 375, 408, 375, 335
Reckling (current) - 330, 375, 400, 375, 330

Close, but not identical

For reference ….

MMP - 315, 366-399, 409, 370, 326

(07-30-2022 09:30 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(07-30-2022 08:37 PM)Ricefootballnet Wrote:  I seem to recall that the field dimensions, including foul lines, exactly mirrored that of Rosenblatt stadium in Omaha, per Wayne’s wishes. That seems to be a bit obsolete nowadays; I think we need the fences to conform to the Crawford Box distance and height, or something like that. Fans seem to like home runs.

Rosenblatt - 335, 375, 408, 375, 335
Reckling (current) - 330, 375, 400, 375, 330

Close, but not identical

For reference ….

MMP - 315, 366-399, 409, 370, 326

You prompted me to look it up, and it turns out that the dimensions of Charles Schwab Field are the same as those for old Rosenblatt. That’s pretty cool.

(07-30-2022 08:37 PM)Ricefootballnet Wrote:  I seem to recall that the field dimensions, including foul lines, exactly mirrored that of Rosenblatt stadium in Omaha, per Wayne’s wishes. That seems to be a bit obsolete nowadays; I think we need the fences to conform to the Crawford Box distance and height, or something like that. Fans seem to like home runs.

What our fans would like even more is to make reference to Omaha no longer obsolete.

I have a good feeling about the baseball program

(08-01-2022 02:04 AM)Ourland Wrote:  I have a good feeling about the baseball program

Despite the fact that the HC had no previous college coaching experience?

(08-01-2022 09:03 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(08-01-2022 02:04 AM)Ourland Wrote:  I have a good feeling about the baseball program

Despite the fact that the HC had no previous college coaching experience?

Winner!

(08-01-2022 09:03 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(08-01-2022 02:04 AM)Ourland Wrote:  I have a good feeling about the baseball program

Despite the fact that the HC had no previous college coaching experience?

Lol. At least he has been in professional baseball for the last 25 years, and not practicing medicine. I'll give him a pass.

So I took a peek at the turf work at Reckling while attending the volleyball matches last weekend. The field still looks like a giant sandbox. Anyone know the schedule for completing the transformation? Fall ball is fast approaching, and it would be nice to have a field to use.

(09-14-2022 04:54 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  So I took a peek at the turf work at Reckling while attending the volleyball matches last weekend. The field still looks like a giant sandbox. Anyone know the schedule for completing the transformation? Fall ball is fast approaching, and it would be nice to have a field to use.

The original schedule called for completion early October, with Fall Ball beginning mid-october (a couple weeks later than usual). Baseball camps are already locked in beginning the 3rd week in November.

Is it going to be blue ? ?