BB: Regionals (West) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

[wildcat11]

ADvantage Catdome = Linfield Baseball Wins Regional (video recap of final game)

[dp643]

Maybe next year the west regional can be hosted in the Astrodome in Houston??

[BigPoppa]

Maybe next year the west regional can be hosted in the Astrodome in Houston??

Who would be the host school if it went to Houston?

[Ralph Turner]

Maybe next year the west regional can be hosted in the Astrodome in Houston??

Who would be the host school if it went to Houston?

Texas Lutheran?

As I understand the issues with hosting.

Texas Lutheran needs lights.
UTT  needs an enclosed press box.
Mississippi College and Millsaps have state flag issues.


As stated here earlier, CTX's new facility should be a good one.
Centenary will have a good one when they are a full member.
McMurry is a quality facility.

[dp643]

UMHB would be a good candidate too if they could get some lights as well.

[chakote]

Hey Ralph you out there? Another great year in the D111 ranks, it looks like the west has a new champion and how the mighty has fallen. Hail Ceasar I always liked Borsius as a player and IMHO quite a gentleman also.Last year up at Linfield I had a chance to talk to him a little bit and he represented Linfield well and had nothing but good to say about the Chapman team and coaches.
Anyway just thought I would ring in and say howdy from So. Cal sorry i wasn't on the boards that much this year but work really to it's toll and to be honest just wanted to step away for a little while but as a graduate from the 09 class I really am going to miss the Wooden Nickle and hopefully Linfield can take the banner and represent the west with talent pride and a walnut and bronze trophy that eluded us for the last 4 years. Wayde is in Michigan playing Independent and who knows hopefully will get his day in the sun ( keeping our fingers crossed ) take care and talk to you later

[ppfm]

If there is any sense in rotating the regionals it would seem to be Southern California's
"turn."  Chapman has lights and I know there are other venues also.  Linfield worked hard to host well and were very accomodating.  The college athletic facilities are absolutely gorgeous. The weather, however, was not great and hotel accomodations were somewhat limited.   Hoping that someone will be able to put together a good bid from the land of sunshine.   

[infielddad]

While their program has been in some decline, the facilities at Southwestern in Georgetown, TX have been first rate.
In addition, there is plentiful air access into Austin and plentiful hotel/motel accommodations at moderate prices about 10 minutes away on I35.
When Coach Mallon was there. Southwestern hosted the Regional more than once. They were quite successful.
There is some discussion about possible upgrades at Trinity, also, to allow them to host, including the Press Box.

[golden_dome]

If there is any sense in rotating the regionals it would seem to be Southern California's
"turn."  Chapman has lights and I know there are other venues also.  Linfield worked hard to host well and were very accomodating.  The college athletic facilities are absolutely gorgeous. The weather, however, was not great and hotel accomodations were somewhat limited.   Hoping that someone will be able to put together a good bid from the land of sunshine.   

JMO, but I would like to see the NCAA hold one regional site until after the season and selections are made. It would make sense, especially this year. With a terrible forecast at Linfield and 5 teams flying, the NCAA could have given Tyler the regional and only 3 teams would have flown. And if not Tyler, then another school in that area that would have saved two flights and had better weather.

Schools like Mississippi College and Millsaps would also be possibilities without predetermined status to that regional. Makes sense to me.

[Ralph Turner]

Welcome back to the boards, Chakote!

I hope that Wayde catches on and moves up thru the minors.

[Ralph Turner]

If there is any sense in rotating the regionals it would seem to be Southern California's
"turn."  Chapman has lights and I know there are other venues also.  Linfield worked hard to host well and were very accomodating.  The college athletic facilities are absolutely gorgeous. The weather, however, was not great and hotel accomodations were somewhat limited.   Hoping that someone will be able to put together a good bid from the land of sunshine.   

JMO, but I would like to see the NCAA hold one regional site until after the season and selections are made. It would make sense, especially this year. With a terrible forecast at Linfield and 5 teams flying, the NCAA could have given Tyler the regional and only 3 teams would have flown. And if not Tyler, then another school in that area that would have saved two flights and had better weather.

Schools like Mississippi College and Millsaps would also be possibilities without predetermined status to that regional. Makes sense to me.

But Tyler doesn't have an enclosed pressbox!

[BigPoppa]

If there is any sense in rotating the regionals it would seem to be Southern California's
"turn."  Chapman has lights and I know there are other venues also.  Linfield worked hard to host well and were very accomodating.  The college athletic facilities are absolutely gorgeous. The weather, however, was not great and hotel accomodations were somewhat limited.   Hoping that someone will be able to put together a good bid from the land of sunshine.   

Cal Lutheran might be a solid host facility as well. Or maybe have Chapman host it at Cal State Fullerton (5 miles) or UC-Irvine (10 miles). Both are incredible D1 facilities.

[ppfm]

big Poppa--good ideas.  If there are conflicts, Mt. San Antonio College has a great field, could be hosted perhaps by SCIAC---lots and lots of options in Socal. MLB RBI has fields in Compton too.   Not to mention tons of hotels and very easy flights.  You can be sure there would be at least two that wouldn't need airplane rides to get to the game!

[BigPoppa]

Chapman hosting at Hart Park is fine, but I cringe at the idea of the NCAA regional being played at a city park, which is what Hart Park is. I really like it at Linfield. They clearly do a great job hosting and the surface allowed the games to be played while other regions got less rain and were pushed into Sunday.

[D O.C.]

Bummer! The coeds waited for the baseball team to head north to freeze their....mitts off in the hail and THEN they did the Undie Run!

http://www.ocregister.com/news/text-249592-article-undie.html