*****Aggies vs. Florida - SEC Tournament Thursday*****

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Selection show is Monday at Noon ET, so this has to be wrapped up Sunday.
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I've said it in year's past but I'd try to work out a deal with MGM Park in Biloxi. If there's a rain delay at least the Beau Rivage is across the street.
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2-3 games today, 4-5 games tomorrow, 2 games saturday, champ on sunday seems doable. might have to start at 8am tomorrow though
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Bunk Moreland said:

I've said it in year's past but I'd try to work out a deal with MGM Park in Biloxi. If there's a rain delay at least the Beau Rivage is across the street.

Hopefully more cities get involved when the open bid process comes up again this summer. Hoover wasn't really challenged in 2016.
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Let's do it!

BTHO RAIN DELAYS.
BTHO THIS UNPREDICTABLE SCHEDULE.
BTHO FLORIDA.
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ClassOf17 said:

Why not play at Truist park? I know it's not covered but there always seems to be weather issues in Hoover. Plus the football game is always in Atlanta.
I don't think MLB will permit teams with natural grass fields to host a college tournament during the MLB season. They were not happy with the state of the field after the 2004 Big XII tournament in Arlington.
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Maybe if enough of us post this, someone will read it
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Astrodome is available.
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trouble said:

Maybe if enough of us post this, someone will read it
Nah. This is Texags. Impossible or impractical solutions are how we roll.
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Looks like rain until 1pm
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Basketball and Chain said:

Bunk Moreland said:

I've said it in year's past but I'd try to work out a deal with MGM Park in Biloxi. If there's a rain delay at least the Beau Rivage is across the street.

Hopefully more cities get involved when the open bid process comes up again this summer. Hoover wasn't really challenged in 2016.

I thought Nashville was very aggressive in their bid to get it. I think Hoover promised $75 million in improvements to keep it.
"I'm sure that won't make a bit of difference for those of you who enjoy a baseless rage over the decisions of a few teenagers."
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twk said:

trouble said:

Maybe if enough of us post this, someone will read it
Nah. This is Texags. Impossible or impractical solutions are how we roll.


Amen, brother
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Thank you for volunteering to evict the rats
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trouble said:

Thank you for volunteering to evict the rats
Is that what we call the Katrina refugees squatting there?
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All these weather delays are REALLY screwing my game day ritual of events timeline up.
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Why not Grayson in Savanah?
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Has anyone mentioned Minute Maid as a solution to the weather problem?
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Just the pets they left behind
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twk said:

ClassOf17 said:

Why not play at Truist park? I know it's not covered but there always seems to be weather issues in Hoover. Plus the football game is always in Atlanta.
I don't think MLB will permit teams with natural grass fields to host a college tournament during the MLB season. They were not happy with the state of the field after the 2004 Big XII tournament in Arlington.
Ooooh that was long enough ago that maybe they've forgotten!

You ever go to a restaurant and think, "Yeah, I don't need to go back there." Then years later you kind of forget why you thought that and you go back and get reminded?
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Wonder how smart they're feeling not playing it last night now
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Minute Maid is open till June 6
Trop Field (Rays) is open till the 2nd

holy crap I cant keep my MLB teams straight. 3rd Edit.
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So, here I am chiming in again with my Meteorology Degree, but all of you suggesting other outdoor venues. You do know that it's no less (or no more) likely to rain in Montgomery, Nashville, Atlanta, etc than in Hoover, right?!? May is a rainy month throughout the South.

The only practical solutions (to me) are to:

1. Stop scheduling 4 games in a day. I think that the ACC has done well with a 12 team tournament schedule, BTW.
https://theacc.com/news/2022/5/22/schedule-set-for-2022-acc-baseball-championship.aspx

2. Move the tournament to an indoor venue with an artificial surface. No MLB team is going to let a bunch of amateur players trash their natural grass surface. The only one of those available in the SEC footprint is Tropicana Field in St. Pete.

I've posted that they should convert the Superdome into a baseball venue for this tournament, but that's largely because I like NOLA so much. It would be a hell of a lot closer to B/CS than the Trop though.

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Bondag said:

Astrodome is available.
I think most of the seats have been removed from the dome. I know the astroturf is gone.
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dabo man said:

So, here I am chiming in again with my Meteorology Degree, but all of you suggesting other outdoor venues. You do know that it's no less (or no more) likely to rain in Montgomery, Nashville, Atlanta, etc than in Hoover, right?!? May is a rainy month throughout the South.

The only practical solutions (to me) are to:

1. Stop scheduling 4 games in a day. I think that the ACC has done well with a 12 team tournament schedule, BTW.
https://theacc.com/news/2022/5/22/schedule-set-for-2022-acc-baseball-championship.aspx

2. Move the tournament to an indoor venue with an artificial surface. No MLB team is going to let a bunch of amateur players trash their natural grass surface. The only one of those available in the SEC footprint is Tropicana Field in St. Pete.

I've posted that they should convert the Superdome into a baseball venue for this tournament, but that's largely because I like NOLA so much. It would be a hell of a lot closer to B/CS than the Trop though.


I like the idea of St Pete! That is a great place to visit and a good excuse to head out there to watch Aggie baseball!
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dabo man said:

So, here I am chiming in again with my Meteorology Degree, but all of you suggesting other outdoor venues. You do know that it's no less (or no more) likely to rain in Montgomery, Nashville, Atlanta, etc than in Hoover, right?!? May is a rainy month throughout the South.

The only practical solutions (to me) are to:

1. Stop scheduling 4 games in a day. I think that the ACC has done well with a 12 team tournament schedule, BTW.
https://theacc.com/news/2022/5/22/schedule-set-for-2022-acc-baseball-championship.aspx

2. Move the tournament to an indoor venue with an artificial surface. No MLB team is going to let a bunch of amateur players trash their natural grass surface. The only one of those available in the SEC footprint is Tropicana Field in St. Pete.

I've posted that they should convert the Superdome into a baseball venue for this tournament, but that's largely because I like NOLA so much. It would be a hell of a lot closer to B/CS than the Trop though.

Once tu and OU are in the SEC we should look at Globe Life in Dallas.
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B12 tourney is there right now
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Agmechanic said:

B12 tourney is there right now
I know that, but will it remain there without tu and OU?
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Got a little story about just how obsessed with Aggie baseball my boys are.

Max is starting to potty train and we have this book about "even (insert profession) go to the potty". One of the pages is an umpire waiting because the batter needs the potty. "Even baseball players go to the potty"

To which Max yells "EVEN TROY CLAUNCH GOES TO THE POTTY! EVEN RYAN TARGOTCHA GOES TO THE POTTY!"
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loan Depot park is Turf and domed
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dabo man
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My hope once we're a 16 team conference is that we'll adopt a 4 pods of 4 teams configuration and send 12 of our 16 teams (3 from each pod) to the conference tournament.

The ACC has done this pod scheduling, and they have 3 games scheduled per day.

Also, every team goes into that tournament knowing they will play at least 2 games. As the SEC scheduling stands now, I would never make a road trip to the tournament unless A&M was a top 4 seed in it.
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loan Depot park is Turf and domed

You are absolutely correct. I completely forgot that even existed!!
 
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