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Post by PantherU on Mar 16, 2018 17:42:28 GMT -6
So, what! College baseball doesn't draw i n urban cities anyways. It's Zimmerman building it, not UWM. FIFY. Fan attendance (or the lack of it) aside, just going to practice there will cost the players an extra hour and a half a day in lost commuting time. Mark it down as just another sad failure of the Braun administration. This actually is not the case. College baseball draws well at several schools down south. When we went to Arkansas when I was in school, it was late Feb/early March and there were about 3,000 fans at the game. It was fun, but it was chilly - only in the high 40's/low 50's or so. The guy sitting next to us said "Sorry you had to come when it just snowed the other day, we usually get about double this crowd but folks are probably just watching it on TV at home." Blew me away. I don't look at this as a bad thing. There was no place on campus to build a stadium (at least not a place where we wouldn't want to build something else instead). Even if we built a palace at the Hank, no one would come. At the Rock, however, we're going to be playing right over by where the Panthers recruit - Oak Creek, Franklin, Greendale, Greenfield, Muskego, Burlington, Waterford, these are all suburbs and towns that will be served by the team going straight out there to them. I look at it like Innovation Park. Would I prefer it to be part of the main campus? Absolutely. But failing that, we should pitch it as outreach to a side of the city that doesn't often get to feel engagement with the university. With the ability to spread out and tailgate, the university could even use a few games (more likely one) and set it up as an opportunity to get alumni together. This isn't a bad thing. I mean, don't give Braun credit - this is all Zimmerman - but I wouldn't call it a failure of Braun's either. That's just disingenuous. And let's get real about the travel time. Google puts the travel time right now from the Klotsche to the Hank at 12 minutes, from the Klotsche to the Rock at 29 minutes - don't forget its not just 76th and Rawson, but it's also right where Loomis crosses, so people coming from campus can get to the Rock by taking 43 to the Mitchell interchange, over to Loomis and straight there with minimal stoplights. During a high traffic time, the travel ranges between 26 and 40 minutes one way, and to the Hank at the same high traffic time it's 12-16 minutes. Closer? Yeah. A huge bomb for the program and more evidence that Braun should be canned? Not at all. We don't need any more evidence. We didn't need any more evidence two years ago. She's piling it up elsewhere, though. Just not in baseball.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 6, 2018 6:20:59 GMT -6
How is the baseball team doing this year?
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Post by steveisback on Apr 6, 2018 10:36:25 GMT -6
The boys of spring seem to be struggling. FWIW they have played 24 games.....24 road....0 home....we need the big Home Field advantage that The Hank affords!!!!!
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 6, 2018 15:42:31 GMT -6
Bluntly, I'm not sold on the practicality of playing baseball this far to the north.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 15, 2018 8:49:41 GMT -6
I just received word that this season's home opener will be May 9 ... 2019 ... weather permitting.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 29, 2018 17:53:01 GMT -6
What is going on with the baseball team?!
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Post by PantherU on Apr 30, 2018 13:54:28 GMT -6
What is going on with the baseball team?! Well, they're not very good. The weather had banned them from playing home games until last Saturday. The good news is the rest of their regular season is at home, all 13 of them (9 HL).
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Post by steveisback on Apr 30, 2018 14:24:08 GMT -6
yeah.,they are 9 and 9 in the conference....sky is falling...drop the baseball program
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on May 2, 2018 16:38:47 GMT -6
UWM signed a 5 year/ $60,000 lease. Also includes the use of the indoor practice building.
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Post by PantherU on May 8, 2018 15:45:58 GMT -6
UWM signed a 5 year/ $60,000 lease. Also includes the use of the indoor practice building. I'll send in a FOIA and see if we can get our hands on the full lease. I'd like to know the constraints. Sent from my SM-G930R4 using proboards
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 27, 2018 11:49:44 GMT -6
I saw that the baseball team finished at 26-28 and with a 213 RPI.
I wonder what Doffek will do now?
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Sept 16, 2019 12:33:13 GMT -6
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Post by Cactus Panther on Sept 16, 2019 18:44:20 GMT -6
That video put a smile on my face. Going from probably the worst facility of all mid-majors to perhaps the best. Like one of the players said, "big time"! I went to a Milkmen game at Routine Field in July. It is an awesome stadium. I am guessing the environment will be more subdued for Panthers games because of minimal fan support, especially in the chilly Milwaukee springs, but am happy for the players and the program that it has a nice place to play. I don't think proximity from campus will be a big deal. Southwestern Milwaukee County residents will make up for the few students and other campus people that would attend any games. Attendence will not be good, but would not be good on or near campus anyway. Finally, do not be surprised if the ballpark name will change before the Panthers' home opener. The Milkmen and Routine are in litigation right now - biztimes.com/naming-rights-franklin-ballpark-routine-baseball-lawsuit/
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Post by icelandreliant on Dec 15, 2019 22:07:59 GMT -6
I went to their last scrimmage at Routine Field in May. It was a great, great time. The stadium looks like it's meant to be a UWM stadium with it's color scheme. There were a good couple hundred people there just for a scrimmage. The stadium is great as Cactus Panther said. I did go to a few games at Henry Aaron Field over the years, and there would be small but surprisingly enthusiastic crowds, but it was just an embarrassing situation. I liked that it was actually in the city, but a D1 team had no business playing there. Even MSOE is upgrading now with a lovely new little stadium in Glendale.
I'm a big college baseball fan. I've seen plenty of other midwestern schools have at least some success. It really gives UWM something unique as no other Wisconsin school has scholarship baseball. Heck, there's only one D1 baseball school each in Iowa and Minnesota.
I think this will only help the program, and as another poster said, it will at least do a little to make UWM more visible out in growing areas like Franklin, Greendale, Muskego, and Oak Creek. The Milkmen are building a great roster for next year, and there is even a lot of soccer being played at Routine Field so together with The Rock it's starting to be a place with a lot of action.
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Post by parkerj on Dec 17, 2019 4:00:25 GMT -6
So this is cool. There are rumors of Pirates pitcher Sterling Marte getting traded, and one of the rumored teams is the Diamondbacks. Pirates fans are basically saying "include Daulton Varsho or no deal". Believe he's Arizona's 2x MiLB Player of the Year and pretty much universally considered a Top 3-5 prospect in their system.
The wait might be over soon!!!
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