Ptins944

No offense to the OP in the other post, but the field dimension given (per Wiki) are way off for the 3 fields I looked at. A lot of the natural grass fields don't have the bases on the field when Google Earth took photos, so exact measurements were difficult and not consistent. One good thing about the turf fields, home plate is always in the same place.

My Google Earth measurements are not exact, but representative, and there are some minor differences in my photos.

I made a rough overlay of Foley Field on top of Disch-Falk for a visual comparison.



As with most teams that come to Austin, they display awesome "Warning Track Power" when they play in Austin, or in Omaha. Disch-Falk opened in 1975 and was built to resemble Rosenblatt in Omaha. The Yeti Yard (Left Center) & Ford (Right Center) field level spectator areas used to be part of the playing field while Gus was coaching.

There was a lot of discussion about the HR Derby's this weekend.

Georgia, and most teams, have some big guys that can mash it anywhere. Miss State, and others, were throwing beach balls down Broadway, and paid the price.

There is, and always has been, a big difference between a Pitcher, and a guy that throws upper 90's. One leaves 17 guys stranded on base and one gives up back to back to back HR.

Texas also has a few guys that mash it also. Carson Tinney (C) hit a grand slam that was dead center that was 114 MPH off the bat.

Should be a fun CWS.

The individual screen shots of Disch-Falk and Foley Field.

Yellowstone.

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I wonder how many people on here know that when the Dodgers first moved to LA... they played baseball in the Coliseum for like the first three years. Left field was like 250 ft. Right field was like 440 ft.

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The Colorado Rockies played in Mile High Stadium (football) their 1st year.

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When they gave up the ridiculous home field advantage of having a cliff in play, having springy astroturf was the next best thing. Now, with so much field turf around, it’s not an advantage, and probably is a little bit of a negative on the recruiting trail (why play on tha same surface most high schools use rather than a natural surface like the big leagues would be the pitch).

They went from Astroturf to grass for a while at the football stadium, so it can be done. If I recall correctly, wasn’t Baum Walker built with Astroturf (and the accompanying concrete base) when it was first built (old George Cole Field had the nastiest Astroturf you ever saw)? Now, they have a beautiful grass field with no turf whatsoever (a real rarity). If Arkansas can do it, at their latitude, every SEC school can do it. Texas and Georgia having fake grass is just sad.

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It isn't Astroturf.

Well, about the only flat dirt had the UT Campus on it when Clark Field was built. So they shaved off a place between the limestone hills.



Playing on a flat field w/ no transitions, divots, or mud puddles facilitates clean fielding, a must if you want to play in the bigs.

When DF was built, they hosted the HS State Playoffs, which put too much pressure on a natural grass field. Now, they are played at Dell Diamond.

In my other posts, I showed Google Earth photos of some fields. The Turf fields look like baseball fields all the time, which means they can be used all the time. For the grass fields, the majority of the pictures show turf undergoing maintenance, which means they can't be used. Texas doesn't have the luxury of vacant space to use as a practice field.

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Interesting look at fair play sq footage, fair territory in SEC Baseball Stadiums

I’m guessing you pulled this info from school websites. Other source?

I’ve looked at this before on Google Earth, and the playing fields change dimensions over time. On some fields, the diamond itself changes from year to year, and almost all the fields have moved the fences over time.

The irregular shapes of the various ballparks makes the “power alleys” inconsistent. Straight away CF is not the deepest part of Disch-Falk.

I can’t post my screenshots on this site, but I’ll post them on a better forum and paste them here.

The 314’ listed for Georgia’s right field is generous.

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Disch-Falk Field dimensions (per wiki):

Left field: 340 ft

Center field: 400 ft

Right field: 325 ft

Power Alleys: 370-365 ft

Per Google Earth, Disch-Falk 3/2025, 106,184 Ft2

Deepest Point @ 402 ft




Disch-Falk 11/2009, 111,918 Ft2

Deepest Point @ 408 ft

2025 dimensions are the orange polygon



Georgia - Foley Field (per wiki):

LF: 350 ft

LC: 370 ft

CF: 404 ft

RC: 365 ft

RF: 314 ft

Per Google Earth, Foley Field 10/2025, 98,190 Ft2

Deepest Point @ 384 ft (404ft? Umm, No!!!)

The porch in Right Field is a whopping 308 ft.



Per Google Earth, Foley Field 11/2013, 101,393 Ft2

Deepest Point @ 395 ft

2025 dimensions are the red polygon



I would expect there is similar "creep" on all the fields.

Cliff Gustafson wanted DF to resemble Rosenblatt Field in Omaha. The turf was state of the art in 1975, and Cliff recruited for it, premier pitching, guys that could run and play defense, and play small ball on a fast track.

Augie brought the fenses in, probably to let guys put up better HR stats, and minimize the need for premier pitchers, with pitch counts becoming the norm.

Schloss is a combination of the two. Pitching & defense, with disciplined hitters that go deep in the counts, forcing the other teams to go deep into their rotations.

2nd. & 3rd hitters are stupid for swinging at the first pitch.

Make him throw a strike before you swing. You need baserunners.

Augie would be chewing their asses.

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LSU went 1-20 against SEC teams with winning records in the Big 3 Sports

Discuss

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LSU, The Halley's Comet, of college sports.

:cheers: :rotflmao: :dude:

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What does the announcer mean we werent the best team in the SEC but we won the damn tournament and beat Tenn when it mattered most

regular season.. and we looked out of sorts for a while, but Kavan in the postseason is lethal

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This is the best Softball team Texas has had, and it was the best team in the SEC.

Reese Atwood was benched for 1 game for missing a practice and they lost some mid season games. One poster here referred to Texas as the gum on the bottom of their shoes. (Eat shite mother f*cker!)

Reese is my favorite Longhorn of all time, along w/ Cat.

The Longhorns have a sign that shows who they play for every game.

Stewart and Kavan played for Reese Atwood, her last game as a 4 year starter for Texas, a 3x All-American, and Texas' career leader in HR and RBI.

They both mentioned her constant support, everyday effort, and her leadership by example as defining the culture at Texas. She leaves Texas in very good shape.

Way to go ladies, Back to Back.

:dude: :dude: :dude:

Texas has scoreboard over rivals,

OU, A&M & Arkansas, and over most of the Blue Bloods,

Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, & USC

Texas plays Ohio State in Austin this year.

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Your coach is just another sark

...was Sark's offense #1 in the SEC the past 2 years and in 4 of his 6?

There's a reason he's always been behind Lane his entire career.

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Sark has put 5 RB in the NFL in the past 4 years. A run first offense is never going to be near the top of Total Offense numbers.