(02-16-2013 08:45 PM)speedfreak Wrote:  Yes Campbell is definitely a better baseball school than people know about. Just had a new stadium built (hint hint) and everything.

Stonybrook has a good baseball program for sure. Would be a tough place to get to during the season.

Baseball game is cancelled for tomorrow unfortunately.

Guess we will have to wait until WSU next weekend. They will be a tougher match up.

Wow, I re-read this post and missed that you indicated Sunday's game had already been cancelled on Saturday (no surprise though).

Lot of cold weather even going into Florida.

The Eagles leave for Washington State today.

I hope they brought their long johns.

Dear Baseball Fans,
Isn't Washington State located in Pullman, Washington? From my understanding, this is not exactly the tropics. With weather like Michigan in winter. Do they have an indoor facility for baseball? If not, they will be playing in very cold weather. Anyone have any explanation?

(02-22-2013 11:06 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Baseball Fans,
Isn't Washington State located in Pullman, Washington? From my understanding, this is not exactly the tropics. With weather like Michigan in winter. Do they have an indoor facility for baseball? If not, they will be playing in very cold weather. Anyone have any explanation?

The weather is probably more like D.C. or maybe Cincy.

Ave. highs in the low 40s which mean that typical Pullman weather for this time of year is not very comfortable.

I wouldn't be surprised to see one or more game not played.

I think scheduling baseball games in mid-Feb to mid-March is problematic as so many schools reside in areas where the weather is uncomfortable for outdoor sports (even including FB!).

I'm sure all teams want to play games in the South and a lot of Northern teams have to settle for what they can get.

Dear Friends,
I just checked the weather for Pullman. Highs: For Friday 43, Saturday 37, Sunday 39. I also checked Washington State's facilities. Baseball stadium, totally outdoors. This is crazy. For Eastern to fly all the way out there to play a possible game (as Steve has said), what a total waste of money. They may as well have scheduled it for here in Ypsilanti. They also said there could be snow flurries. Please!
I agree scheduling, even down South can be a problem, but scheduling a Northern State at this time of year is just stupid.

(02-22-2013 11:29 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
I just checked the weather for Pullman. Highs: For Friday 43, Saturday 37, Sunday 39. I also checked Washington State's facilities. Baseball stadium, totally outdoors. This is crazy. For Eastern to fly all the way out there to play a possible game (as Steve has said), what a total waste of money. They may as well have scheduled it for here in Ypsilanti. They also said there could be snow flurries. Please!
I agree scheduling, even down South can be a problem, but scheduling a Northern State at this time of year is just stupid.

If I were Mark Emmert (sp) head of the NCAA I'd push back the start of the baseball season two weeks and start March 1.

Let the first two weeks be played in southern, warm weather states and then by late March home games can go further north esp. border schools like Ohio U, Miami U, etc. then schools like EMU in full swing by early April.

I don't like games in Michigan before April 1.

(02-22-2013 11:29 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
I just checked the weather for Pullman. Highs: For Friday 43, Saturday 37, Sunday 39. I also checked Washington State's facilities. Baseball stadium, totally outdoors. This is crazy. For Eastern to fly all the way out there to play a possible game (as Steve has said), what a total waste of money. They may as well have scheduled it for here in Ypsilanti. They also said there could be snow flurries. Please!
I agree scheduling, even down South can be a problem, but scheduling a Northern State at this time of year is just stupid.

You hit the nail on the head Ken. It is crazy. To waste all this money just to play MAYBE a couple games is retarded plain and simple. I'm sure there had to be SOMEONE they could've scheduled further south this time of year. Apparently this coaching staff does not know their geography very well.

I agree they should start the season in the middle of March. That would make it almost bearable. So what if it goes into June....nobody gives a sh!t about college baseball around here anyways so give the northern schools a chance at some better weather.

And by the way....it's snowing where they are right now.

(02-22-2013 12:05 PM)speedfreak Wrote:  

(02-22-2013 11:29 AM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear Friends,
I just checked the weather for Pullman. Highs: For Friday 43, Saturday 37, Sunday 39. I also checked Washington State's facilities. Baseball stadium, totally outdoors. This is crazy. For Eastern to fly all the way out there to play a possible game (as Steve has said), what a total waste of money. They may as well have scheduled it for here in Ypsilanti. They also said there could be snow flurries. Please!
I agree scheduling, even down South can be a problem, but scheduling a Northern State at this time of year is just stupid.

You hit the nail on the head Ken. It is crazy. To waste all this money just to play MAYBE a couple games is retarded plain and simple. I'm sure there had to be SOMEONE they could've scheduled further south this time of year. Apparently this coaching staff does not know their geography very well.

I agree they should start the season in the middle of March. That would make it almost bearable. So what if it goes into June....nobody gives a **** about college baseball around here anyways so give the northern schools a chance at some better weather.

And by the way....it's snowing where they are right now.

I bet this statement has been said maybe hundreds of times:

" I'm sure there had to be SOMEONE they could've scheduled further south this time of year. Apparently this coaching staff does not know their geography very well."

I bet there are scores and scores of schools feel EXACTLY like you.

It would be nice if southern schools wouldn't play other southern schools in February but I'll be there are a lot of warm weather teams playing at other warm weather schools.

Here is today's MAC baseball schedule: LOT of games to be played in areas where weather can be a big issue?

http://www.mac-sports.com/Sports/Basebal...sults.aspx

Are all MAC schools dumb at scheduling or is it a case of having to make do with the best one can????

I have my ideas.

The weather is crappy across large parts of the lower Midwest, plains, east, etc. etc.

It is 34 degrees with light snow showers in Washington, D.C.

It should be in the mid-upper 40s based on historical averages.

I am guessing that Washington State paid us alright to go there...

Edit: this is coming from a person who has no clue about baseball scheduling

(02-22-2013 12:23 PM)realistEagle Wrote:  I am guessing that Washington State paid us alright to go there...

Edit: this is coming from a person who has no clue about baseball scheduling

Bingo.

I don't know, but I bet the old phrase is operative: "If the price is right you can get whatever you want..."

Paying opponent guarantees is supply / demand. If everyone wants to do it (e.g., play USC in SoCal) then the guarantee will be reduced.

If few want to play a Pac-12 school in questionable weather, then the guarantee has to go up.

The problem with baseball in February: If temps are below normal they are cooked (or frozen, I should say).

The D.C. area home to Georgetown, Maryland, George Mason, George Washington, etc.

the ave high : 48.

Weather not: 36 and rain:

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/arlingt...her/331250

Well to my knowledge this isn't football. I doubt they got much of anything to go there. I'm sure this whole trip is on EMU's dime. They played much better early schedule last year, there' no reason to go backwards.

And even if it was upper 40's that's lousy too.

They need to go to Florida, California, Texas, or Arizona. Anything further north than that and you get crap weather.

Oh well....they're only supposed to get a half inch of snow and ice today. No big deal...

Got to hand it to both teams for playing in some seriously cold weather.

In the 2nd game, Lewis pitched a gem only to be wasted by a questionable pitching "non" change at the end. Both pitchers pitched their a$$es off in game 2.

In game 2 we had our chances at the end also, but couldn't come through with the much needed hit (this is what I was talking about in the first post of this thread - top of 9 lead-off guy get's on, next guy bunts him over - then with 1 out and a man on 2nd we can't get him in ).

It'll be a tall order but we need to try and win 2 today for a series split.

GO EAGLES!!

Phew....glad that series is over with.

I'm hearing that the tourney in Kansas may get cancelled because of the impending snow storm out there.

There's talk of possibly going to Alabama for some games. This is a good thing.

Dear speedfreak,
I thought Eastern was supposed to have better pitching this year? Except for the 1-0 game, Washington State was having a field day with Eastern pitching.

(02-25-2013 07:16 PM)Ken Barna Wrote:  Dear speedfreak,
I thought Eastern was supposed to have better pitching this year? Except for the 1-0 game, Washington State was having a field day with Eastern pitching.

I said I hope the pitching staff has a chip on their shoulder and wants to prove something....this weekend was not it obviously.

They lost Weber for the season which hurts. They also have some guys coming back who haven't pitched in a year. You can also blame at least 25% of those runs on some horrible defense behind the pitchers. Lot's of errors and just plain bad play. But they are a young infield and you will have that...hopefully not all year.

A weekend series does not a season make. But the pitching staff was not great by any stretch of the imagination.

Great to see the team going down to Texas to play some ball!

LETS GO!

Series split with the Kansas Jay Hawks.

Last 2 games were some of the worst baseball I think I've heard/seen

The baseball team will have a new score board this season, I saw it still in the crate next to the stands.

(03-05-2013 03:00 PM)emussuperfan Wrote:  The baseball team will have a new score board this season, I saw it still in the crate next to the stands.

That's phenomenal news. That scoreboard they had at Oestrike was probably the worst scoreboard I've ever seen in my life at any level. Considering everything it's a pretty nice place to watch a baseball game.