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Nice park! Which High School is that?GT has a nice ballpark and I even like the setting for football games because the weather tends to cooperate. We're not really competitive in any sport and I won't be surprised if ACC gave GT the boot. I think ACC would do it ASAP if not for the enormous amount of money that the ACC would have to give GT to accomplish that.
My high school in Alpharetta, GA has a really neat ball park and it might be my all time favorite and I've been to "quite a few" MLB park. My high school ball park home plate, 1st and 3rd baselines have minimal seating because those sides were created by using dynamite into rock. The field is perfectly level, as good or better than minor league team. The drainage is what was used at Ted Turner stadium which had drainage tiles and suction under the tiles to drain the field quickly after a downpour.
The school's sidewalk is about 25- 30' above home plate so when the limited seating runs out, people sit on the remaining rocks on the slope or lean on the rail along the sidewalk. IDK, I just think it's cool that they made such a huge effort and you can't help but see the field when going from the student parking lot to the front entrance to the school.
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On senior day they cut the lawn the senior's shirt numbers are in the outfield.
Thought you might like this, just because you appreciate baseball settings.
Thank you @99gator. We traded knock out blows these last two games. Crappy way for the last two games of the season to end for fans of the game, but I’m certainly not going to complain. Hell of a year for LSU, Florida and Tennessee. They’ve represented the SEC, and the sport as a whole, about as good as you can this season.
I would have been pretty happy if UT money had brought us a championship.
Well yeah, we were beating them by 30. Every fanbase goes home early when that happensRemember when the fan base ran out on their first year football coach and emptied Tiger stadium by the third quarter? A mere three years after winning it all. Let’s see what happens when times are tough and they can’t front run before we call it a dynasty.
Don’t forget about the no show hospital job the UK football player got. Oscar Tshibwie probably had an office next to Gotti Jr’s at the sanitation workers local 148.Even with gobs of money, it has to be used wisely and the coaching has to be good-great. Face, in the 2020s that's what it takes to win in the major sports. Money spent on recruiting nation wide, facilities, coaches, equipment, specialty dorms, etc.
If you're interested, you should see on youtube how NCAA basketball players live with their oversize everything in their incredibly nice dorm rooms, with over size furniture. Some schools provide a cook/chef right in their dorm building that makes them pretty much whatever they want. I think the most extreme example was UK basketball had access too.
Disagree-UT has been far better than that and we’ve been much worse for a lot longer. Also weren’t just coming off a championship in support of a new coach they broke the bank for. That’s just being spoiled front runners that think being a drunken lout equates to fandom. I’ll give them credit for Jell-O shot records but they’re not the fan base they think they are.Well yeah, we were beating them by 30. Every fanbase goes home early when that happens
Home of Josh Dobbs. Alpharetta.GT has a nice ballpark and I even like the setting for football games because the weather tends to cooperate. We're not really competitive in any sport and I won't be surprised if ACC gave GT the boot. I think ACC would do it ASAP if not for the enormous amount of money that the ACC would have to give GT to accomplish that.
My high school in Alpharetta, GA has a really neat ball park and it might be my all time favorite and I've been to "quite a few" MLB park. My high school ball park home plate, 1st and 3rd baselines have minimal seating because those sides were created by using dynamite into rock. The field is perfectly level, as good or better than minor league team. The drainage is what was used at Ted Turner stadium which had drainage tiles and suction under the tiles to drain the field quickly after a downpour.
The school's sidewalk is about 25- 30' above home plate so when the limited seating runs out, people sit on the remaining rocks on the slope or lean on the rail along the sidewalk. IDK, I just think it's cool that they made such a huge effort and you can't help but see the field when going from the student parking lot to the front entrance to the school.
View attachment 559401
On senior day they cut the lawn the senior's shirt numbers are in the outfield.
Thought you might like this, just because you appreciate baseball settings.
Nice park! Which High School is that?
Congrats to LSU. Although in every sport only one team wins it all, of all of the sports finishing close to being last man standing in baseball is actually somewhat satisfying. Even the best major league teams hope to win a bit more than half their games. In baseball the edges are very small, and fleeting.
Tennessee Athletics win SEC All-Sports title for second straight year
2022-23 SEC All-Sports Standings
Men’s All-Sports Standings: 1. Tennessee 2. Florida 3. Alabama 4. Georgia 5. Texas A&M 6. Arkansas 7. Kentucky 8. LSU 9. Vanderbilt 10. Auburn 11. Mississippi State 12. Missouri 13. Ole Miss 14. South Carolina.
Women’s All-Sports Standings: 1. Tennessee 2. Florida 3. Georgia 4. LSU 5. Alabama 6. Arkansas 7. South Carolina 8. Texas A&M 9. Auburn 10. Ole Miss 11. Kentucky 12. Vanderbilt 13. Mississippi State 14. Missouri.
2021-22 USA Today Network SEC Overall All-Sports Standings
1. Tennessee
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. LSU
5. Alabama
6. Georgia
7. Texas A&M
8. Kentucky
9. Auburn
10. Ole Miss
11. South Carolina
12. Vanderbilt
13. Mississippi State
14. Missouri
Maybe you both should just donate $500 to The Volunteer Club? Just seems like the right thing to do IMO.Thank you @99gator. We traded knock out blows these last two games. Crappy way for the last two games of the season to end for fans of the game, but I’m certainly not going to complain. Hell of a year for LSU, Florida and Tennessee. They’ve represented the SEC, and the sport as a whole, about as good as you can this season.