Sounds like Rocko DeLuca appreciated your suggestion and got in touch with the right people to make it happen.
I've made the mistake of not contacting the AD before when asking about baseball tickets. Instead some apathetic clown in ticketing. acted as if season tickets for baseball was a bizarre concept. . They could have just said they didn't offer them due to a lack of demand, and that wouldn't have been idiotic at all. People !
The $175 pricetag is a bit high considering current demand for UCD baseball tickets, but it's less than what the Bay Area schools charge. Have to bring in more money with all the upgrades. Stanford charges $225 for season tickets.. Cal charges $275+ for their Diamond Club seating, which is to say not the benches w/no back support- per their website.
I think I'd probably need to see a minimum of 17-18 games to get my money's worth out of the new season plan. I average about 3-4 games per season so that's a no-go. They still do offer the flexbooks with 10 vouchers for $80-pretty good deal.
In a different topic you mentioned the numbering on the bleacher seats. Don't think that's new. I recall they assigned seats in 2021 to force people to social distance.