Check out the new digs for the Demon Deacons of the diamond! Major upgrades for the players as well as the fans.
When the new black & gold seats come in and the trees from Hook get transplanted behind the outfield wall, it's really going to come together as a playing venue.
I hope all those kids coming to junior days are suitably impressed!
Posts: 3164 | Location: Virginia | Registered: February 01, 2006
Very nice digs. It will, as you say, be much better when the black and gold seats are installed. I wouldn't be crazy about that 320' down the line, or that magic door in center field!! Work from the knees down Daniel!!
Posts: 420 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: January 11, 2004
Just curious but I read that Clemson had 5,000 in attendance for a game this weekend. Is the weather that much better in South Carolina or do they recieve that much better fan support? (Maybe nothing else for the locals to do in that town.)
Posts: 291 | Location: illinois | Registered: August 24, 2006
igball, The attendance you see recorded for Clemson is based on pre season ticket sales, mostly full season tickets bought by alumni and boosters, staff, etc. you'll find this at other programs as well. I heard it was very cold this weekend and many seats were not occupied. Come warmer weather it becomes standing room only and outside the fence as well. Clemson fans travel well to away games, always lots of orange in the stadium. Conference games usually bring a full house and South Carolina series they are hanging from the rafters, rain or shine. And yes, there isn't much doing in the small Hamlet of Clemson so all sports draw a large crowd.
Forget the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey instead...anonymous
Posts: 12757 | Location: South Florida | Registered: July 28, 2003
Right now it looks like we got just enough in the freshman class to plug the holes we had. Our seniors have really been leading the way, but it's nice to have production from all 9 slots in the batting order.
Our senior starting pitcher threw a dominant game vs. ODU, and our three senior offensive starters are all tearing the cover off the ball. Our three freshman offensive starters (Stadler, Kroker and Lopez) have had outstanding starts that pale only by comparison to those of the seniors. We have another freshman (Heyman) who has reached base every time up, coming off the bench.
But the innings from the freshman pitchers so far have been encouraging. I just hope that continues as we now enter the ACC season. First we get UNCW Wed. night, and they are 7-0 and ranked in PG's top 50, too.
Young teams tend to have their ups and downs, but maybe, just maybe, we have enough veterans to hold it all together.
In the meantime, I think if you asked the freshmen how they feel about it, they would say they are happy to have had the opportunity to play. At so many other schools, they would've spent their first six games just watching.
Posts: 3164 | Location: Virginia | Registered: February 01, 2006
Check out the new digs for the Demon Deacons of the diamond! Major upgrades for the players as well as the fans.
When the new black & gold seats come in and the trees from Hook get transplanted behind the outfield wall, it's really going to come together as a playing venue.
I hope all those kids coming to junior days are suitably impressed!
Sorry I missed you last week at Wake --- but glad to hear Daniel was healthy and pitching in their regular rotation. Will be following you during the season. As I mentioned before, the coaches at Wake are a "class act"
Posts: 215 | Location: Maryland | Registered: November 12, 2006
Well, the 'hoos put a whuppin' on us last weekend, that's for sure. Daniel himself did OK, but believe me that didn't leave him feeling good about what happened.
It did put him in the weekend starting rotation, though, starting this Saturday at Clemson.
You know what they say -- "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!"
I will say, we had really nice crowds at the games. 900+ on Friday and 1300+ each on Sat & Sun. And that's with the students gone on spring break. Hopefully we'll win enough that they'll come back to see when we play NCSU in 2 1/2 weeks.
Posts: 3164 | Location: Virginia | Registered: February 01, 2006
Hopefully it will not be a "tweak" that my kid had that has sidelined him for 20+ months. Plan is for him to begin pitching regularly in about three weeks. ----
Posts: 215 | Location: Maryland | Registered: November 12, 2006
Well, the season went to Hades in the proverbial handbasket. Just about every front line pitcher we had went down with some injury or other, and the games got ugly over and over again.
And now the verdict: The whole coaching staff has been let go.
I guess we probably won't know a whole heck of a lot about candidates until after the NCAA's, since just about everyone likely to be looked at is probably with a team heading for the tournament with their current team.
Posts: 3164 | Location: Virginia | Registered: February 01, 2006
