Good - - A northern team that can recruit the country and wins on a consistent basis.
Bad - - Depending on position especially pitcher it would be real difficult to get extensive playing time with all of the young talent they have (Grant Johnson, Jeff Manship etc..)
"I throw the ball right down the middle. The high-ball hitters swing over it and the low ball hitters swing under it" ---Saul Ragovin
Posts: 164 | Location: Joliet,IL | Registered: January 02, 2003
Tom...You would be surprised as you travel around nationallly.
For every person that likes Notre Dame, there are at least two that can't stand the school.
I've liked them since the days when we got free tshirts from the nuns as altar boys.
That said, however, with the "problems" that they've had in their football program in the not-too-distant-past, that has left a bad taste in many people's mouths.
Their success and national notoriety is in the football program and not in their baseball program.
The baseball program has gained success in the past couple of years. They went to the CWS in 02. There is great hope they will return sometime in the next 3 years.
College baseball as a whole should improve since more kids are choosing college over pro.
Thanks for listening to one opinion.
Karen
God bless us all.
Posts: 122 | Location: Pelham, AL | Registered: December 26, 2002
We just had a player turn down Wake Forest, Virginia, Florida to name a few schools to commit to Notre Dame. One of the main reasons he committed is because of the aura (and the great education, and the great baseball program and the great scholarship he recieved and the fact he loved it there).
Notre Dame is now a baseball powerhouse. Plus the fact that they now have one of the best recruiters in Terry Rooney coaching at the school is a huge plus for the program's future.
Even though ND plays a great schedule and travels to many warm locations, if you are being recruited by a southern school?.....baseball is made for warm weather! Think hard about it unless you love indoor practices and lots of snow. Good luck
Posts: 2 | Location: East Peoria, IL USA | Registered: September 24, 2003
If you think about it, when and if a player goes pro, they might have to playin New York or Chicago in October, which is pretty cold for baseball. They will have to get used to it somewhere, why not college.
Posts: 5 | Location: Kansas | Registered: February 12, 2003
quote:Originally posted by KSLefty04: If you think about it, when and if a player goes pro, they might have to playin New York or Chicago in October, which is pretty cold for baseball. They will have to get used to it somewhere, why not college.
I think the point was they don't conduct spring training in New York or Chicago, they go to warm weather. ND holds pre-season in South Bend.
Posts: 1219 | Location: Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States | Registered: December 26, 2002
Gary...Last year, ND opened the season in Arizona; went to the Metrodome for their weekend series; and, then, they were in Florida for a week or so. So...They, too, head South to warmer climes.
They should have plenty of money for their spring trip this year after the football season when they buy-out Willingham's contract.
Only so many times a football team can play Army, Navy, Air Force and hamburger U in a season.
