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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 21, 2022 16:32:58 GMT -5
Did the team scrimmage last week? It was good weather but likely would have had to rent a field. Would HC even pay for that? HC baseball or softball don’t need to rent no stinking field or have no stinking badges. HC has the Luth Indoor Practice Facility. Roll in the batting cages, and drop the curtains for practice hitting. Can't take flyballs indoors or replicate being outdoors. With the gorgeous weather last Saturday, they had the chance to be outdoors practicing. |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Feb 21, 2022 16:59:57 GMT -5
Maybe they were, maybe they were not.....Did you ask the coach if they practiced at Fitton or another field on the weekend in questions? Or are you just making a comment without substantiation?
The ceiling in the Luth are 60 ft. High. Have you been inside the IPF on the turf? Plenty of room to simulate most game conditions except triples and home runs. Just like the AstroDome. 😂
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Post by hcbball on Feb 21, 2022 17:08:17 GMT -5
The team did scrimmage outdoors last week, as a result of the warmer weather. They did so at the Northboro turf fields, so feel free to redirect the discussion on the pros & cons of a grass field
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Post by hcgrad94 on Feb 21, 2022 19:01:00 GMT -5
Think UNH has turf (Foles can u confirm?) and Durham has had a light snowpack so I’m sure they are prepped and ready for their trip to FL this weekend. Let’s go “Cats!
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Post by hchoops on Feb 22, 2022 14:43:36 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Feb 22, 2022 15:39:09 GMT -5
We all love the results in football, but before we go from 60 -> 63 schollies, could we please recruit a couple of pitchers with scholly $, like we did way back in the Coach Hop years! Between Title IX and FB Scholarships, HC BB, once the best team in the country has been left behind. A real shame. There were irrelevant long before Title 9 and the restoration of football scholarships. |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 22, 2022 16:11:09 GMT -5
I did a little math in my head (always dangerous) and to generate $600,000 per year for four full scholarships for baseball and softball would require a $12 million bequest if you withdrew 5% per year to fund eight $75,000 scholarships.
HC only takes 4.5% per year from it's endowment, but I don't compute fractions in the noggin.
That's the dilemma unfortunately and illustrates that quality coach selection skills of the AD is one of the most affordable ways to leverage improvement, much more affordable than directing $12 million from other needs. If you look at it this way, an extra $20,000 per year to attract a skilled coach (not commenting on our current coach, he's here and deserves support) could be a wise investment.
The tradition of Holy Cross as the perfect place to take your first head coaching gig and get your learning curve out of the way (all sports not baseball specifically) might be penny wise and pound foolish.
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Post by hcbball on Feb 22, 2022 16:40:59 GMT -5
I did a little math in my head (always dangerous) and to generate $600,000 per year for four full scholarships for baseball and softball would require a $12 million bequest if you withdrew 5% per year to fund eight $75,000 scholarships. HC only takes 4.5% per year from it's endowment, but I don't compute fractions in the noggin. That's the dilemma unfortunately and illustrates that quality coach selection skills of the AD is one of the most affordable ways to leverage improvement, much more affordable than directing $12 million from other needs. If you look at it this way, an extra $20,000 per year to attract a skilled coach (not commenting on our current coach, he's here and deserves support) could be a wise investment. The tradition of Holy Cross as the perfect place to take your first head coaching gig and get your learning curve out of the way (all sports not baseball specifically) might be penny wise and pound foolish. Appreciate the math, but there’s essentially no such thing as a full ride scholarship in baseball. For a fully funded program, there’s 11.7 scholarships to go around, with a 25% (disregarding Covid exceptions) minimum. Most top level programs balance scholarships with academic money and need based aide to get close to a full ride. Regardless, there’s math to be used, where you could spread it among more players, but only as an offset to the $75k. Not only could it help recruiting (whether that’s desired is debatable) or even get some transfers to improve the roster. |
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Post by longsuffering on Feb 22, 2022 22:55:44 GMT -5
I did a little math in my head (always dangerous) and to generate $600,000 per year for four full scholarships for baseball and softball would require a $12 million bequest if you withdrew 5% per year to fund eight $75,000 scholarships. HC only takes 4.5% per year from it's endowment, but I don't compute fractions in the noggin. That's the dilemma unfortunately and illustrates that quality coach selection skills of the AD is one of the most affordable ways to leverage improvement, much more affordable than directing $12 million from other needs. If you look at it this way, an extra $20,000 per year to attract a skilled coach (not commenting on our current coach, he's here and deserves support) could be a wise investment. The tradition of Holy Cross as the perfect place to take your first head coaching gig and get your learning curve out of the way (all sports not baseball specifically) might be penny wise and pound foolish. Appreciate the math, but there’s essentially no such thing as a full ride scholarship in baseball. For a fully funded program, there’s 11.7 scholarships to go around, with a 25% (disregarding Covid exceptions) minimum. Most top level programs balance scholarships with academic money and need based aide to get close to a full ride. Regardless, there’s math to be used, where you could spread it among more players, but only as an offset to the $75k. Not only could it help recruiting (whether that’s desired is debatable) or even get some transfers to improve the roster. Glad to know that 11.7 maximum for full scholarship equivalents which I wasn't aware of. I'm assuming HC offers the equivalent of less full scholarships. I also wasn't aware of the 25% floor, which is only fair and prevents a college from giving a token amount and taking credit for offering an athletic scholarship. |
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 23, 2022 13:08:32 GMT -5
Appreciate the math, but there’s essentially no such thing as a full ride scholarship in baseball. For a fully funded program, there’s 11.7 scholarships to go around, with a 25% (disregarding Covid exceptions) minimum. Most top level programs balance scholarships with academic money and need based aide to get close to a full ride. Regardless, there’s math to be used, where you could spread it among more players, but only as an offset to the $75k. Not only could it help recruiting (whether that’s desired is debatable) or even get some transfers to improve the roster. Glad to know that 11.7 maximum for full scholarship equivalents which I wasn't aware of. I'm assuming HC offers the equivalent of less full scholarships. I also wasn't aware of the 25% floor, which is only fair and prevents a college from giving a token amount and taking credit for offering an athletic scholarship. Arizona State for years was giving "book" money for scholarships to like 55 players and then cutting a bunch in the fall. This is the reason for the rule. |
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Post by hcbaseballalum on Feb 23, 2022 13:30:43 GMT -5
New Mexico went 0-4 last week vs stiffer competition. Looks like their ace got hit up pretty good by Oregon State and didn't make it out of 2nd. Potentially game 1 is best shot to have Dilauro win a game and then look to find an opportunity to take one more of the three. A 2-2 split would be a win imo for this series against what I'd think would be a motivated 0-4 New Mexico team who lost by a combined score of 49-8 last week. Holy Cross lost their games by a combined score of 44-8 last week so these two teams are eerily similar in first weekend results.
Holy Cross is batting .219 through 4 games. New Mexico is batting .191.
Holy Cross is allowing opponents to hit .380 through 4 games. New Mexico allowing opponents to bat .351.
Something will give. My guess it that bats will come alive on both sides of the equation this week and hopefully we can find some bullpen arms to capitalize on open opportunities to win games.
Anybody making the trip?
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Post by hcbball on Feb 25, 2022 7:19:27 GMT -5
There’s now a live stream link to watch the game.
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Post by hcbaseballalum on Feb 25, 2022 9:24:11 GMT -5
Army +600 on draft kings v Vanderbilt today looks like a strong play
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Post by timholycross on Feb 25, 2022 12:44:57 GMT -5
Army +600 on draft kings v Vanderbilt today looks like a strong play My daughter got a few free bets and cleaned up on HC's basketball win over Navy last Saturday!  Something on the order of $300. |
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Post by lou on Feb 25, 2022 13:16:03 GMT -5
There’s now a live stream link to watch the game. Do you mean with access to the Mountain West network? |
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Post by hcbball on Feb 25, 2022 16:11:58 GMT -5
There’s now a live stream link to watch the game. Do you mean with access to the Mountain West network? Yes, it’s not clear if you need to pay for access |
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 25, 2022 16:59:19 GMT -5
We can watch the game!
Go Cross Go!
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 25, 2022 17:58:31 GMT -5
might not want to look- down 5-0 middle 3rd
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 25, 2022 18:07:03 GMT -5
Got to catch those fly balls 2 chances to get out of the inning. Dropped and then they hit a 3 run homer
Down 0-8
We have had 5 runners on base.
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Post by purplehaze on Feb 25, 2022 20:11:29 GMT -5
Lost 13-4 - If we are without our top starters Bryant and Chudy again this weekend, it's not going to get any better, imo
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Post by hcbball on Feb 26, 2022 13:46:36 GMT -5
Up 4-0. 5 freshman and 2 sophomores in starting lineup with freshman on the bump.
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Post by hcbball on Feb 26, 2022 15:52:52 GMT -5
Almost got away from them but held on for a 7-5 win.
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Post by efg72 on Feb 26, 2022 17:07:38 GMT -5
Up 7-2 and I believe got the final out with the winning run at the plate
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Post by hchoops on Feb 26, 2022 18:33:45 GMT -5
Game 2
HC up 6-2
7th
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Post by hchoops on Feb 26, 2022 18:50:11 GMT -5
Bottom 7
NM- 2 HbP, 1 WP, 1 single= 2 runs
6-4 1 out
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Something on the order of $300.