The coronavirus pandemic is having sweeping effects on college baseball, with conference championships cancelled and new ballpark debuts pushed back to 2021. (more…)
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Lindsey Nelson Stadium Eyed for Renovations
Amidst an increasingly competitive baseball facility landscape in the SEC, there are signs that Tennessee could look to upgrade Lindsey Nelson Stadium. (more…)
New Amenities Debuting at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
This year’s SEC baseball tournament will showcase some new amenities at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, including a new ferris wheel and an indoor event center. (more…)
SunTrust Park to host NCAA Game on April 8
The Georgia Bulldogs and Missouri Tigers will head to SunTrust Park on April 8, as the two teams are set to face off at the new home of the Atlanta Braves. The contest between SEC rivals will be the first college baseball game in the ballpark’s history. (more…)
SEC Tournament Staying in Hoover
After months of speculation about its future, the SEC Baseball Tournament will remain at Hoover, AL’s Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The event is set to return to the ballpark next year, and for a yet-to-be-determined period beyond 2017. (more…)
Ole Miss Planning $13 Million Renovation
With an eye towards the future, the Ole Miss Rebels have revealed plans for a multi-phased, $13 million overhaul to Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. (more…)
SEC to Visit Zephyr Field
As the SEC searches for a home for its tournament in 2017 and beyond, conference officials will visit New Orleans’ Zephyr Field on April 30. To boost their ballpark’s chances of landing the tournament, the New Orleans Zephyrs (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are planning a special promotion for that evening’s game. (more…)
Sewell-Thomas Stadium/Alabama Crimson Tide
To the tune of $42.5 million, the University of Alabama Crimson Tide transformed venerable Sewell-Thomas Stadium into a state-of-the-art facility. That enhancement made its opening one of the most anticipated aspects of this NCAA Division I Baseball season, and a visit to the ballpark shows that it lives up to the hype. (more…)
Will SEC baseball tourney remain in Hoover?
With the contract for the annual Southeastern Conference baseball tourney at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium set to expire next year, you can expect SEC officials to shop the popular event this summer. (more…)
Crimson Tide to play 2015 season at Hoover Met
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team will play the 2015 season at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium while Sewell-Thomas Stadium undergoes a $35-million upgrade. (more…)
Defense and pitching ruining College World Series?
With UCLA poised to capture a College World Series title with a team emphasis on pitching and defense, some purists say TD Ameritrade Park should be altered to showcase more offense from NCAA teams. UCLA won the first game of the final round last night, 3-1, in a game where the Bruins’ expertise with pitching […]
Fall games pitched by Big Ten
Fall games that would count toward College World Series eligibility is being pitched by Big Ten coaches and officials as a way to level the NCAA baseball playing field, currently dominated by southern and western squads. It’s no secret Big Ten coaches and administrators are frustrated by the imbalance in college baseball: SEC and PAC-12 […]
UGA looking at $10M renovation of Foley Field
The University of Georgia is looking at $10 million in upgrades to the home of the Diamond Dogs, Foley Field. It’s an arms race when it comes to facilities in the SEC — the best NCAA baseball conference these days — and Foley Field, last renovated in 1990, could certainly use some TLC. Collins Cooper Carusi […]