Baseball Opens Season

sealhall74 · Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:17 pm

I could say something about a PortaPotty overflow caused by excessively exhuberant fanbase but I will restrain myself. Lol

Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:03 pm

leatherface wrote:This "swamp" in the baseball field has been a problem for years. Isn't there any one at WIU who can figure out this issue. Isn't it embarrassing to move a D1 game to a community field in another city in order to play a game? I doubt if Jacksonville had any less snow or moisture than Macomb.

The Jacksonville field complex is (for, I think, 4 out of 5 of the fields) completely turf...no real grass. So...great drainage, no mud.

I don't know what the answer is for us. Turf? Redo the field raised up with much better drainage?

sealhall74 · Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:24 pm

From what I gather from reading this board, the problem is not local to just the baseball field. Soccer field also has drainage issues. A old farmer might say we need some drain tile put in somewhere pointing in the direction of the Lamoine.

WIU0812 · Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:10 pm

I say we pull 100,000 out of WIU bank and throw on field that'll dry it out.

wiu712 · Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:12 pm

Western won the March 13th home-opener 4-2 over IPFW.

Weather was 62 and sunny.

Attendance was 173.

The series with IPFW continues with Noon games on both Saturday and Sunday.

wiu712 · Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:31 pm

Western baseball lost both the Saturday game (6-3) and also the Sunday game (8-4).

Western is now 3-10 (1-2 in the Summit).

Attendance for Sunday's game was 182. The weather was 60, sunny, with a light breeze.

Western now goes to Wichita, Kansas, for a midweek two-game series against Wichita State. The games will be Tuesday (March 17) at 3 p.m. and Wednesday (March 18) at 3 p.m.

wiu712 · Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:49 pm

Western defeated South Dakota State on Saturday: 2-1 in 14 innings. Western is now 4-13 (2-3 in the Summit).

The winning run scored on a wild pitch.

Attendance at Alfred D Boyer was 174.

Weather: 52, Sunny, wind 13-15 mph.

sealhall74 · Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:04 pm

Slightly off-topic but former Leatherneck baller Joey White and his brother Jimmy did an outstanding job putting this victory song together for the Cubbies:

https://wiurelations.wordpress.com/2015 ... cubs-song/

The voting contest is down to the final four. I looked at the other competition. I think Jimmy and Joey have a legit shot at this one. Good Luck to them!

As 712 would say, "KEEP VOTING!" and I might add "EARLY AND OFTEN"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... story.html

sealhall74 · Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:52 pm

No "bamboozle" today from these Bison. Leathernecks celebrate with 1-0 shutout win.

wiu712 · Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:06 pm

Western wins Saturday's game over North Dakota State 3-1.
Third win in a row for Western Baseball.

Attendance was 217 on a very cold day.
Weather: 35. Sunny. Wind 5-7 mph.

Last game in this series will be Sunday at Noon.