University of Alabama athletic officials say improved baseball facilities are in the future, but it’s not clear whether a new or a renovated ballpark is in the cards. There’s a major arms race going on in college baseball, particularly in the big conferences. That race is keenly felt in the hyper-competitive SEC, where some of the […]
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College World Series field set
The field for the College World Series is set, with the SEC and Pac-10 dominating the lineup — along with a few scruffy underdogs, Stony Brook and Kent State, sure to capture the hearts of fans. For the most part, the eight teams in the College World Series — set to start Friday at 5 […]
SEC tourney live and streaming
There’s some awfully good baseball being played at the annual SEC baseball tournament, and ESPN is streaming game coverage via the SEC website. The tourney, from Hoover’s Regions Park, is annually one of the better showcases for college talent anywhere: the SEC is pretty clearly the best conference in college baseball and its schools attracts […]
Razorbacks set new attendance mark
It was a big Saturday night for the Arkansas Razorbacks, as the team rallied to defeat SEC archrival LSU, and the school set a Baum Stadium attendance record. The actual attendance of 11,103 and the paid attendance of 11,462 were both Baum Stadium records. The previous attendance records of 11,434 (paid) and 11,014 (actual) were […]
Real baseball emerges in college game
After new bat rules were instituted in the NCAA ranks this season, fans are seeing a return of real baseball to the college game, where the basics — good pitching, solid defense — have returned and the days of just waiting for a homer are gone. This is the first season under new bat rules […]
The Week That Was: January 30
Ballpark intrigue in the Bay Area, beer dispensers of tomorrow and news about the Tucson Padres (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) all made headlines this week, as the baseball world ramps up for the 2011 season on both the college and pro ranks. Here are the most popular stories on Ballpark Digest for the past […]
SEC tourney site selection goes down to the wire
Southeastern Conference officials are close to recommending a site — or sites, as it ends up — for the annual baseball tournament in coming years, and so far it seems like Hoover has a slight advantage in landing the event once again. The annual SEC baseball tournament has become a big event, with crowds of […]