Big East Baseball

[catholicman]

Looks like the league will get two bids in the NCAA tournament this year after Xavier defeated No 21 St. John's today to win BE championship.

Didnt realize that the Big 10 snuck in and got the rights to TD Ameritrade Park for the next 5 years, pushing out the BE.

Interesting article linked on BE baseball.

http://globalsportscentre.com/shate...rcome-little-guy-attitude-creighton-can-help/

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

The Big 10 so desperately wants to be the Big East.

Isn't Ameritrade Creighton's home field? How the hell did the Big 10 knock us out? WTF!?

 

[HallX2]

The Big 10 so desperately wants to be the Big East.

Isn't Ameritrade Creighton's home field? How the hell did the Big 10 knock us out? WTF!?

$$$$$

 

[Halldan1]

Xavier Repeats As #BIGEASTBase Tournament Champion With 7-6 Win Over St. John’s
5/28/2017 7:26:22 PM



Omaha, Neb. – The Xavier Musketeers became the first team to repeat as the BIG EAST Baseball Tournament champions since 2008 & 2009, doing so with a 7-6 victory over nationally-ranked St. John’s at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on Championship Sunday, Presented by Jeep.

Xavier freshman Conor Grammes, who hit .600 (9-for-15) with four runs and five RBI over the course of three wins for Xavier earned the league’s Jack Kaiser Most Outstanding Player Award. He became just the fifth freshman to earn the award since 1985 and first since St. John’s righty Kyle Hansen in 2010.

Xavier has won the tournament three times in the last four years, winning at three different ballparks. Xaviers three BIG EAST Championship titles joins Seton Hall, Rutgers and UConn for third most in league history. St. John’s has the most with eight and Notre Dame had five. Louisville was the last team to repeat as champion in 2008 and 2009.

It is the third consecutive year the championship was decided by one run.

The game was tied 3-3 through six innings. St. John’s scored three runs in the second inning and Xavier answered with three in the fourth. A three-hit seventh inning produced four runs for Xavier, as Grammes knocked in his fifth run of the tournament with a single. BIG EAST Player of the Year Rylan Bannon sent in a run with a sac fly and Joe Gellenbeck sent in run with a sac hit to second base.

With the win, Xavier (32-25) earned the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Championship. The selection show will air on ESPN2 at 12 p.m. on Monday, May 29. St. John’s (42-11), the runner up, will hope to see their name called as one of the at-large teams. St. John’s has been ranked in the top 25 since the third week of the season. The Red Storm is currently 20th.

Xavier’s Brad Kirschner (4-2) earned the win for the Musketeers, entering in the fifth inning. Sophomore Trey Schramm earned his third save of the year and second of the tournament. He faced just seven batters and allowed one hit while striking out three to preserve Xavier’s one-run lead and championship title.

St. John’s got on the board early, forcing Xavier to have to play from behind for the first time all tournament. Gui Gingras homered to right field to set the tone early on the fourth pitch of the frame. Xavier starter Trey Astle walked Red Storm second baseman Josh Shaw on the next at bat, then loaded the bases three batters later. John Valente singled to send in Shaw from third. On the next at bat, Michael Donadio hit a one-out sac fly for the Red Storm’s third run of the inning.

Xavier answered in the fourth inning, forcing St. John’s to pull starter Ryan McAuliffe who had already appeared in a game previously this weekend in relief. The Musketeer bats matched the Red Storm as XU’s Gellenbeck led off with a walk then advanced to third on a Will LaRue double. Gellenbeck was able to cross the plate on Mitch Gallagher’s sac fly to right field. Nate Soria came up and tripled to right center sending in LaRue. Soria scored on the next at bat at Matt Fallon also hit a sac fly, this time to center. Red Storm reliever Joe Kelly got them out of the inning with a fouled fly ball.

St. John’s could only put together two hits over the next three innings.

Gingras led the Red Storm bats with two runs, three RBI and a 2-for-5 appearance at the plate. John Valente went 3-for-5 with an RBI and catcher Troy Dixon went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run. Kelly was tagged with the loss for St. John’s after pitching 3.0 innings and allowing three hits and four runs with two walks.

Xavier’s LaRue finished the outing 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a double. The Musketeers seven runs were sent in by seven different players: Grammes, Bannon, Gellenbeck, LaRue, Gallagher, Soria and Fallon.

On Sunday, from 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) the NCAA will release the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball 16 Regional Host Sites by the NCAA Social Media Team at https://www.facebook.com/NCAACWS/ and on twitter at @NCAACWS.

2017 BIG EAST Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team
Zac Lowther, Xavier, Jr., LHP (SP)
Trey Schramm, Xavier, So., RHP (RP)
Gui Gingras, St. John’s, RS-Sr., 1B/DH
Chris Givin, Xavier, So., SS
Josh Shaw, St. John’s, So., 2B
Mitch Gallagher, Xavier, Jr., 2B
Riley Landuyt, Creighton, Sr., OF
Michael Donadio, St. John’s, Sr., OF
Will LaRue, Xavier, Jr., OF
Michael Emodi, Creighton, So., C
Conor Grammes, Xavier, Fr., DH

Jack Kaiser Most Outstanding Player:
Conor Grammes, Xavier, Fr., DH

http://www.bigeast.com/news/2017/5/...ent-champion-with-7-6-win-over-st-john-s.aspx

 

[400SOAVE]

Looks like the league will get two bids in the NCAA tournament this year after Xavier defeated No 21 St. John's today to win BE championship.

Didnt realize that the Big 10 snuck in and got the rights to TD Ameritrade Park for the next 5 years, pushing out the BE.

Interesting article linked on BE baseball.

http://globalsportscentre.com/shate...rcome-little-guy-attitude-creighton-can-help/

Perfect opportunity for the Big East Championship to return to Brooklyn. There are also several quality minor league parks in New Jersey.

Yogi Berra Stadium on the campus of Montclair is a good option. The Yogi Berra Museum is next door.

And if SHU ever completes that plan to give our field that "stadium feel" (does that include adding seating capacity) then maybe they can play in South Orange.

Anywhere they play in the New York metro area can create the opportunity for fans of the four teams to also visit the many tourist attractions we have here.

 

[catholicman]

Perfect opportunity for the Big East Championship to return to Brooklyn. There are also several quality minor league parks in New Jersey.

Yogi Berra Stadium on the campus of Montclair is a good option. The Yogi Berra Museum is next door.

And if SHU ever completes that plan to give our field that "stadium feel" (does that include adding seating capacity) then maybe they can play in South Orange.

Anywhere they play in the New York metro area can create the opportunity for fans of the four teams to also visit the many tourist attractions we have here.

We dont even have bathrooms at our South Orange field, correct?

The league and schools perhaps could do a better job promoting the BE championship. But it comes at a tough time: school is out for the summer by then.

 

[400SOAVE]

We dont even have bathrooms at our South Orange field, correct?

The league and schools perhaps could do a better job promoting the BE championship. But it comes at a tough time: school is out for the summer by then.

Correct. I've commented many times on the ridiculous lack of bathrooms and basic concessions. (They use disgusting portable potties.) Most people have dismissed it's importance. That's why I thought it might be possible to host the BE if the renovations happen and they add facilities.

This is especially important if you expect kids and seniors to attend... you know, the people who can hold it the least amount of time.

Any survey done by pro sports teams shows that at the top of the list for fans when visiting a venue is the availability and number of clean bathrooms.

Concessions are also important. When going to a chilly early spring baseball game or an October soccer game, a coffee or hot chocolate is nice to have.

So I'd love to see those renovations happen. I think there's an artist rendering. Does anybody have a link?

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Perfect opportunity for the Big East Championship to return to Brooklyn. There are also several quality minor league parks in New Jersey.

Yogi Berra Stadium on the campus of Montclair is a good option. The Yogi Berra Museum is next door.

And if SHU ever completes that plan to give our field that "stadium feel" (does that include adding seating capacity) then maybe they can play in South Orange.

Anywhere they play in the New York metro area can create the opportunity for fans of the four teams to also visit the many tourist attractions we have here.

In the early 2000s they played the championship in Somerset. It actually had decent attendance, but I think that was mainly because the schools in the big east at that time were either somewhat local or had good NY/NJ alumni bases. I think with the 7 schools currently in the league it's going to be tough to get good attendance. At least if they host it on the east coast 4 of the 7 schools will be within 200 miles.

 

[lloyde dobler]

Yogi Berra Stadium is two rungs below the other minor league stadiums in the area.

They also had it at Cal Ripken's stadium last year. Bottom line is that it's northeast college baseball, and it's going to be in late May and usually on Memorial Day weekend. Attendance is mostly (but not entirely) going to be limited to friends and families.

 

[400SOAVE]

Yogi Berra Stadium is two rungs below the other minor league stadiums in the area.

They also had it at Cal Ripken's stadium last year. Bottom line is that it's northeast college baseball, and it's going to be in late May and usually on Memorial Day weekend. Attendance is mostly (but not entirely) going to be limited to friends and families.

I went there several years ago. I thought it was an excellent place to watch a baseball game. Whoever designed the stands must have been a baseball fan because the sightlines are great.

I know the museum was recently renovated and expanded. I thought they also did work on the stadium.

Regardless, these college tournaments need to stop playing in venues where they know that more than 90 percent of the seats will be empty.

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

Does anyone else see that as a depressing option that a Division 1 baseball conference would be playing their conference championship on the home field of a Division 3 school?

Would love to see the rendering of proposed upgrades that 400SOAVE mentioned. I remember the last capital campaign during Sheeran's administration where there were all of these great plans for OTC (greatly expanded seating, seatbacks, real bathrooms, real concessions, etc. etc.) but none of the money raised went for anything that benefited the students (student center was also supposed to be part of that plan but of course never happened either) or athletics. They said that capital campaign was a great success. Their dictionary must have a different definition of success because that campaign was a tremendous failure.

 

[400SOAVE]

Does anyone else see that as a depressing option that a Division 1 baseball conference would be playing their conference championship on the home field of a Division 3 school?

Would love to see the rendering of proposed upgrades that 400SOAVE mentioned. I remember the last capital campaign during Sheeran's administration where there were all of these great plans for OTC (greatly expanded seating, seatbacks, real bathrooms, real concessions, etc. etc.) but none of the money raised went for anything that benefited the students (student center was also supposed to be part of that plan but of course never happened either) or athletics. They said that capital campaign was a great success. Their dictionary must have a different definition of success because that campaign was a tremendous failure.

Go to the first picture of the 2017 First Pitch Dinner picture gallery:

http://shupirates.com/galleries/?image=11805

 

[seton1996]

Does anyone else see that as a depressing option that a Division 1 baseball conference would be playing their conference championship on the home field of a Division 3 school?

Would love to see the rendering of proposed upgrades that 400SOAVE mentioned. I remember the last capital campaign during Sheeran's administration where there were all of these great plans for OTC (greatly expanded seating, seatbacks, real bathrooms, real concessions, etc. etc.) but none of the money raised went for anything that benefited the students (student center was also supposed to be part of that plan but of course never happened either) or athletics. They said that capital campaign was a great success. Their dictionary must have a different definition of success because that campaign was a tremendous failure.

While Yogi Berra field is on the Montclair campus, it is not owned by the University. Just got a new owner, and was reading he plans to spend about a million dollars on upgrades to stadium.

 

[400SOAVE]

Actually, here's the link: http://shupirates.com/galleries/?image=11805

Sorry. The link they provide for the individual picture is no good.

It's interesting because the Seton Hall campus is quite beautiful and has undergone major improvements over the last decade.

It would be nice, however, to be able to host a conference tournament. Softball, for example, now has a facility that can host the BE Championship. They can now seat 700 fans. The BE final was played at DePaul this month. Depaul won. Attendance for the final was 305.

If SHU and St. John's were both in the tournament, it would be SRO.

But here's another "but," they need those aforementioned toilets.

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

But here's another "but," they need those aforementioned toilets.

No toilets and no concessions either.

 

[400SOAVE]

No toilets and no concessions either.

I'm pretty sure a recent SHU newsletter mentioned toilets. So the issue is at least in their thinking/planning.

 

[Halldan1]

We'll be asking Pat Lyons about the proposed upgrades hopefully this week when we reach out to him for the Trove's yearly interview with out AD.

 

[lloyde dobler]

Aren't their South Orange curfew restrictions attached to the use of Owen Carroll Field as a condition for the installation of lights?

Funny how none of that applies to the softball field 100 feet away, since it's in Newark.

 

[lloyde dobler]

BTW - There's an NJSIAA Tournament of Champions in softball starting this year, and it will be held at Ivy Hill Park next Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Good exposure for the school.

 

[silkcitypirate]

BTW - There's an NJSIAA Tournament of Champions in softball starting this year, and it will be held at Ivy Hill Park next Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Good exposure for the school.

They were also held there last year an there was a food truck behind home plate.

 

[lloyde dobler]

There are state group semifinals there every year.

The Essex County semifinals and final are also there every year, as is a big one-day tournament in April and a few other big games sprinkled in during the year.

But this will be the first year of the TOC, and it will be at Ivy Hill.

The good thing about those games are that even though they are technically off-campus, all of the access to the field is through the campus, and people park in the garage.

 

[SHUisNJsTeam]

Aren't their South Orange curfew restrictions attached to the use of Owen Carroll Field as a condition for the installation of lights?

Funny how none of that applies to the softball field 100 feet away, since it's in Newark.

There are two sets of rules in South Orange, one set for Seton Hall and another set for everyone else. If they do something no one cares but if we do the same thing everyone is up in arms, crying and complaining.