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re: UT baseball stadium has never had grass
Posted on 3/22/25 at 5:28 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 3/22/25 at 5:28 pm to LSUFanHouston
Disch-Falk was last upgraded 15 years ago and it's nothing special.
The main thing is the lack of parking. People have to park across I-35 and cross an overpass to get to the stadium. Plus, a busy road runs directly next to the first-base line and you can hear motorcycles and truck horns honking the entire game.
The premier state university of Texas should have better.
It was Cliff Gustafson who coached there for about 20 years and decided he wanted his home field to be pitcher- and small-ball friendly. Hence, the artificial turf and turf basepaths. The field is not slow. Balls hit on the ground have always scooted through the infield there. It might be better now that they've changed from AstroTurf to Field Turf.
For years the Texas high school finals have been played there, and UT people have always said that that's why they have the turf -- to avoid the wear and tear. I call bullshite, but that's Texas.
They literally have no room to redo the stadium. The entire Texas campus is actually full to the brim. Parking garages everywhere. Very little green space. It's not an attractive campus (but compared to the A&M campus, it looks like Harvard). It's locked in on all sides.
If they want a new baseball park, they will have to build it elsewhere.
The main thing is the lack of parking. People have to park across I-35 and cross an overpass to get to the stadium. Plus, a busy road runs directly next to the first-base line and you can hear motorcycles and truck horns honking the entire game.
The premier state university of Texas should have better.
It was Cliff Gustafson who coached there for about 20 years and decided he wanted his home field to be pitcher- and small-ball friendly. Hence, the artificial turf and turf basepaths. The field is not slow. Balls hit on the ground have always scooted through the infield there. It might be better now that they've changed from AstroTurf to Field Turf.
For years the Texas high school finals have been played there, and UT people have always said that that's why they have the turf -- to avoid the wear and tear. I call bullshite, but that's Texas.
They literally have no room to redo the stadium. The entire Texas campus is actually full to the brim. Parking garages everywhere. Very little green space. It's not an attractive campus (but compared to the A&M campus, it looks like Harvard). It's locked in on all sides.
If they want a new baseball park, they will have to build it elsewhere.
This post was edited on 3/22/25 at 5:31 pm
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Posted on 3/22/25 at 5:44 pm to tigerbait2010
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He was hinting they could only expand down the third base line
Which is a shame because the left field area of the ballpark is probably it's best feature. I like how there's a lot of open area where you can have kids run around and park food trucks with better food options. I wish the Box had more open areas, like a berm, but I'll take the trade-offs the Box has over UT's.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 5:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
It's ironic that while the baseball stadium is turf, the softball field is grass and dirt.
Posted on 3/22/25 at 6:34 pm to LSUFanHouston
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UT baseball stadium
You think it’s bad. That softball stadium is atrocious. Horrible, one of the worst I’ve been in a “big time” school.
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