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Post by hcnation on Feb 16, 2020 13:53:36 GMT -5
JACK DILAURO , the freshman, pitching well .
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 16, 2020 14:12:43 GMT -5
JACK DILAURO , the freshman, pitching well . Hitting has been weak. The game ended 5-0 0-3
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Post by lou on Feb 16, 2020 14:20:07 GMT -5
SC got 4 in the 3rd, ball never left the infield
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Post by HC92 on Feb 16, 2020 17:42:12 GMT -5
Seems like D1 baseball players shouldn’t make nearly as any errors as we did in the first three games. Like watching CT high school baseball.
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Post by hcpucks on Feb 16, 2020 19:29:49 GMT -5
Good story HC 92. But HC student/athletes are different than SEC athletes. No chances of competing w SEC on any field. HC baseball players should strive for a PL title, an NCAA berth, a Cape Cod Baseball League summer and a degree. Enjoy watching the games but you’re not at Vanderbilt, Florida or Auburn for a reason!
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 16, 2020 19:51:23 GMT -5
True, pucks. While HC ballplayers may not be able to put good at bats together against superior SEC pitching, along with not having enough good arms to keep the bats at bay, they should be able to field ground balls and make throws to first base. Nine errors in 20 innings should not happen. Let's chalk it up to this being likely the first time seeing live outdoor action this year.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 16, 2020 22:48:24 GMT -5
True, pucks. While HC ballplayers may not be able to put good at bats together against superior SEC pitching, along with not having enough good arms to keep the bats at bay, they should be able to field ground balls and make throws to first base. Nine errors in 20 innings should not happen. Let's chalk it up to this being likely the first time seeing live outdoor action this year. This is what I was trying to say. No shame in losing to SEC schools in baseball but the 9 errors has nothing to do with playing an SEC opponent.
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Post by lou on Feb 16, 2020 23:00:49 GMT -5
SC was big, strong and fast. Some throwing errors were rushed
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 17, 2020 17:34:42 GMT -5
True, pucks. While HC ballplayers may not be able to put good at bats together against superior SEC pitching, along with not having enough good arms to keep the bats at bay, they should be able to field ground balls and make throws to first base. Nine errors in 20 innings should not happen. Let's chalk it up to this being likely the first time seeing live outdoor action this year. They have a turf lacrosse field and it has been a very mild winter so they could have been outside multiple times already.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 17, 2020 18:31:23 GMT -5
True, pucks. While HC ballplayers may not be able to put good at bats together against superior SEC pitching, along with not having enough good arms to keep the bats at bay, they should be able to field ground balls and make throws to first base. Nine errors in 20 innings should not happen. Let's chalk it up to this being likely the first time seeing live outdoor action this year. They have a turf lacrosse field and it has been a very mild winter so they could have been outside multiple times already. ? Pepper on a lacrosse field is NOT "live outdoor action".
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 18, 2020 0:38:37 GMT -5
They have a turf lacrosse field and it has been a very mild winter so they could have been outside multiple times already. ? Pepper on a lacrosse field is NOT "live outdoor action". Since grass baseball fields are so rare in the northeast, there are only a few schools that would need to use a football practice field but to use not being outdoors as an excuse is poor. They have three turf baseball fields in Northboro they could use, Clark has a turf field and Assumption. There is no excuse to not be outdoors this winter. Plus in addition, you could take fly balls and grounders on the football practice field.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 18, 2020 0:50:07 GMT -5
Fielding fungos isn't "live action".
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 28, 2020 14:43:22 GMT -5
Fielding fungos isn't "live action". Nichols, WPI, and many other schools have been having intrasquad scrimmages for weeks...no excuse Holy Cross couldn't be doing the same thing besides being CHEAP
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Post by hchoops on Feb 28, 2020 14:51:13 GMT -5
Fielding fungos isn't "live action". Nichols, WPI, and many other schools have been having intrasquad scrimmages for weeks...no excuse Holy Cross couldn't be doing the same thing besides being CHEAP Are you sure about this opinion ?
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 29, 2020 0:30:02 GMT -5
Nichols, WPI, and many other schools have been having intrasquad scrimmages for weeks...no excuse Holy Cross couldn't be doing the same thing besides being CHEAP Are you sure about this opinion ? That isn't an opinion....that is the truth. You can't be giving them a pass for not being outdoors when they have plenty of options to get outdoors and have full practices. If Holy Cross cared, they would have put field turf down and not have to move their first home game of the season already. Here is WPI practicing on Feb. 4th
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 29, 2020 1:20:44 GMT -5
As discussed previously, the football and baseball fields are in a flood plain. Turfing the fields is not a practical option and would require extensive permitting, insurance and flood water remediation. Why artificial turf these fields that are used less than 20 times a year in competition by HC? Has anyone talked to the coaching staff and can state definitively that the team has not practiced outdoors during the month of February at an off campus venue? I doubt that they have not been outside when the weather has cooperated. I am very glad that HC still has a baseball team. Schools such as Boston U, Providence, Colgate, Syracuse no longer have teams. Also there are teams in the Patriot League I.e., American, and Loyola also do not have baseball teams. By the way, O’Donnell Field at Harvard is a natural surface, I am sure they can afford artificial turf. Give their AD Bob Scalise a call and see when they are going to install artificial turf. Better do it soon, he will be retiring at the end of the academic year. www.gocrimson.com/sports/bsb/facility
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 29, 2020 1:50:18 GMT -5
Regarding being cheap, I totally disagree. Over the last five years, HC has committed and spent over 250 million dollars in new buildings, Joyce Contemplative Center, Luth Athletic, Prior Performance, The Jo Wellness.
A new Jesuit residence is currently in planning and design, with conversion of the current Jesuit residence in Ciampi to student residence by 2023. Renovation of current hill dorms as well as a new residential complex along city view street will be built in the next several years. These changes as well as renovations to Fitton and Dinard Library also are in discussion for upgrades.
Theses upgrades along with meeting financial aid obligations to students, including a generous financial aid package to students from Worcester counter your argument regarding being cheap. Deliberate and careful but not cheap.
For example, the cost of the Prior Center almost doubled from the original cost. The latest estimate is over 100 million. The architects are Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, who designed the latest addition to the Museum of Modern Art.
As you can surmise, putting artificial turf on the baseball field is of low priority in the grand scheme. I was on the turf of the football field in October. The new natural turf installation a couple of years ago, is in magnificent shape. why would you install artificial turf in a venue used in competition less than 8 times a year. Most institutions that use artificial turf on their stadiums due so because they are for multi purposes. H.C. does not have that need as there are separate competition venues for soccer, field hockey, lacrosse and track and field.
If you have an extra couple of 100 large, due HC a solid and contribute to the Crusader Athletic Fund. Marcus and Cara would appreciate the donation. You can even direct your gift to a pet project. 🤑
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 29, 2020 9:46:52 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure the baseball team has regularly practiced outdoors on the turf fields behind hart in previous years
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 3, 2020 23:07:22 GMT -5
Regarding being cheap, I totally disagree. Over the last five years, HC has committed and spent over 250 million dollars in new buildings, Joyce Contemplative Center, Luth Athletic, Prior Performance, The Jo Wellness. A new Jesuit residence is currently in planning and design, with conversion of the current Jesuit residence in Ciampi to student residence by 2023. Renovation of current hill dorms as well as a new residential complex along city view street will be built in the next several years. These changes as well as renovations to Fitton and Dinard Library also are in discussion for upgrades. Theses upgrades along with meeting financial aid obligations to students, including a generous financial aid package to students from Worcester counter your argument regarding being cheap. Deliberate and careful but not cheap. For example, the cost of the Prior Center almost doubled from the original cost. The latest estimate is over 100 million. The architects are Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, who designed the latest addition to the Museum of Modern Art. As you can surmise, putting artificial turf on the baseball field is of low priority in the grand scheme. I was on the turf of the football field in October. The new natural turf installation a couple of years ago, is in magnificent shape. why would you install artificial turf in a venue used in competition less than 8 times a year. Most institutions that use artificial turf on their stadiums due so because they are for multi purposes. H.C. does not have that need as there are separate competition venues for soccer, field hockey, lacrosse and track and field. If you have an extra couple of 100 large, due HC a solid and contribute to the Crusader Athletic Fund. Marcus and Cara would appreciate the donation. You can even direct your gift to a pet project. 🤑 Don't use the excuse that they haven't been outdoors as the reason they struggled against a SEC program to start the year.
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