State of BC Baseball

[Dirtywater]

This was the first year in a while that I did not make it to a few games. Putting aside the stadium issue which everybody knows about, there seems to be an amazing lack of coverage/commentary regarding our team and the performance of our new head coach. I say amazing in view of the fact that we compete in one of the best baseball conferences in the country. They clearly had a piss poor season but I am at a loss as to whether we should be optimistic for the future in view of the younger talent displayed this year, the quality of the new coaching staff or their recruiting prowess. I know more about woman's soccer and field hockey at BC than I do about our baseball club. Does anybody have any insight on the health of our baseball program? Thanks in advance.

[bignick33]

pessimistic until they upgrade the facilities

[Endless Mike]

pessimistic until they upgrade the facilities

Are the Brighton loons causing the holdup?

[bignick33]

pessimistic until they upgrade the facilities

Are the Brighton loons causing the holdup?

I was under the impression that as a last-minute appeasement to the neighbors, Menino mandated that construction on the stadium couldn't commence until after the completion of the first dorm on that land. Nonetheless, it's been upwards of a decade since BC acquired the archdiocese's land and close to that long since BC joined the ACC, and it's inexplicable to me that BC is still playing their baseball games on a tailgating field.

[DavidGordonsFoot]

build the dome

[Dirtywater]

God almighty - my worst fears - nobody has a clue about our baseball team. Woman's field hockey really does have more support.

[claver2010]

For me, my BC baseball experience was going to the ramp with some beer on a nice day...

[Dirtywater]

For me, my BC baseball experience was going to the ramp with some beer on a nice day...

Without diminishing the sorry state of our facilities, if you can find an open space on the ramp and don't mind standing, the view you get of the game from there is about the best you can get at a ballgame. You are literally next to foul territory looking right down on the infield. No upper deck anywhere gets you that close to a game.

For what its worth - I read on TOS that a number of players are disenchanted with Gambino and we are expecting some transfers. This is the first and only thing I have seen about the new coach (other than the original announcements around his hiring). I have no idea if this is fair or even true.

[Dirtywater]

God almighty - my worst fears - nobody has a clue about our baseball team. Woman's field hockey really does have more support.

I know that Boots Connelly played baseball. That's good, isn't it? I also watched a girl give coach Pellagrini a hand job on the vistor's bench in McHiugh Forum in 1969.

Not quite - 1969 is a little stale. Now if you see Gambino being serviced - that may be enough to save the program from oblivion.