Big UCD baseball development ?
  • yolohw
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    Unless multiple opposing team websites are wrong or baseball players all suddenly have perfect night vision it would appear that UCD will finally play under lights in 2025 !!!!! While the schedule isn't out yet some opponents have released theirs, and they show some evening start times in Davis.

    I have not been to campus since the 2024 season ended, so I haven't seen any lights for myself.

    Here is what is out so far-

    Feb 14-16 Gonzaga (opening game at 6pm)
    Feb 28-Mar 2 @Utah Valley (yeah that'll happen)

    Mar 7-9 @Creighton. The Bluejays play at TD Amerirade Park in Omaha, home of the College World Series.

    Apr 8 Sac State (6 pm)
    Apr 11-13 UC Irvine
    Apr 15 Sac State (6 pm)
    Apr 21 @Stanford
    Apr 23 Washington State (6 pm game)
    Apr 25-27 Cal State Fullerton (1st two games at 6pm)
    Apr 29 @Sac State

    May 2-4 @Long Beach State
    May 13 Utah Tech (7 pm)

    Another change this year is the Big West Tournament happening May 23-25. Only the top 5 teams get in, so the Aggies' season will end a week earlier than usual unless they significantly improve in conference.

    I totally missed this, but former Aggie C/OF Tyler La Torre is the new head coach at Pepperdine. He'll likely make a lot more there than he did as a minor league baseball player.
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  • yolohw
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    Just some thoughts on TD Ameritrade Park. I've seen it on TV several times during the CWS, and it seems ather bland and lacking in personality. Everything looks modern but it's basically Generic Convention Center Ballpark USA

    By contrast San Jose State shares city-owned Municipal Stadium with the Single-A Giants, and it's clear the Giants have made it theirs. Giants crap everywhere.

    This is probably due to TD Ameritrade Park being marketed as a neutral event venue. Creighton seems to be more like an office space tenant. You'd barely know they played there. Even the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers don't play there. A big, mostly empty venue but for about two weeks a year. I hope the Nebraska taxpayers didn't foot a lot of the construction costs.

    I have read that the old Rosenblatt Stadium is still in operation, but it's been turned into a park for kids.
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  • BaseballAtDobbins
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    When did the Big West start a tournament???

    Is Dobbins using the lights provided by the Pioneer League? I hate John Fisher as an A's fan but I'm glad that if nothing else, lights will make the team more competitive.
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  • yolohw
    14
    ↪BaseballAtDobbins
    The Big West tournament was announced a couple of years ago but 2025 is the first season of it.

    I would assume that's how they got the lights. I will have to see them for myself to believe it. There's still the possibility Dobbins doesn't have them yet but Nicholson + staff are scheduling gametimes in anticipation of them.

    As far as the A's are concerned I've purposefully skipped their games since May 2021, and I will skip the Sacramento version too.
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  • yolohw
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    Edited to add the three Sac State games.
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  • Russ Bowlus
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    Baseball/Soccer lights project: https://dcm.ucdavis.edu/projects/baseball-soccer-lighting
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  • yolohw
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    ↪Russ Bowlus
    That document might be slightly outdated as Rocko DeLuca indicated in the Davis Enterprise article about the High Wheelers moving that construction was already underway. It's from just a few days ago.

    DeLuca further stated that UCD has started the process of installing lights at the stadium, which should be ready in time for the start of the 2025 Aggie baseball season.

    Perhaps baseball will be ready in Feb + soccer in March ?
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  • BaseballAtDobbins
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    ↪yolohw
    this will be useful. Next they will need a clubhouse but lights is obviously the first thing on the list. Plus May can sometimes get hot. Of course, soccer having lights will be big for them too. It can get darker later in the season.
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  • BlueGoldAg
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    ↪BaseballAtDobbins
    I think being able to play games that aren't scorching hot is a big deal for both baseball and soccer and their fans as well. Later games should bring better crowds. No one wants to sit on aluminum seats in 90-100+ temperatures. I've broiled in the full sun at a few Giants games in the past when the temperature was only in the low 80's!
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