After seeing the MVC going through several changes due to the national upheaval of college conferences recently, let's look at a mid-major conference that has been remarkably stable. The last member to join the MAC was Buffalo in 1998, and they don't even play baseball. That's actually a recent development, too. They didn't stop playing until 2017. Akron also had stopped playing baseball in 2015, but they decided to reinstate the team for 2020. Probably the only notable thing to happen that year. Maybe it's just geography talking, but I really think the MAC is the Platonic ideal of a mid-major conference. Not big enough to go chasing dollars and ending up with a situation like USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten, but good enough to cause trouble (so to speak), so staying put is a more attractive solution than to leave for a bigger conference to act as cannon fodder for bigger schools. Honestly, the MAC probably deserves more respect than it gets. Try to remember that the next time you take in some Tuesday night MAC-tion. But, this is baseball, so, you know, it might be a little harder to catch these stadiums on TV. Which is the whole point of this project, luckily enough! Akron ZipsStadium: Skeeles Field Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1967 Dimensions: 320 LF, 390 CF, 305 RF Surface: Sprinturf Ultrablade MAC Championships: 0 MAC Tournament Championships: 1 (1996) National Titles: 0 Ball St. CardinalsStadium: Ball Diamond Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1971 Dimensions: 325 LF, 400 CF, 325 RF Surface: FieldTurf MAC Championships: 1 (2022) MAC Tournament Championships: 1 (2006) National Titles: 0 Bowling Green FalconsStadium: Stellar Field Capacity: 2500 Opened: 1964 Dimensions: 340 LF, 400 CF, 340 RF Surface: Grass MAC Championships: 5 (1972, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009) MAC Tournament Championships: 3 (1998, 1999, 2013) National Titles: 0 Central Michigan ChippewasStadium: Theunissen Stadium Capacity: 2046 Opened: 2002 Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 330 RF Surface: Grass MAC Championships: 15 (1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2021) MAC Tournament Championships: 4 (1994, 1995, 2019, 2022) Eastern Michigan EaglesStadium: Oestrike Stadium Capacity: 2500 Opened: 1971 Dimensions: 340 LF, 390 CF, 325 RF Surface: AstroTurf infield, Grass outfield MAC Championships: 5 (1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 2008) Mac Tournament Championships: 4 (1981, 1982, 2003, 2008) National Titles: 0 Kent St. Golden FlashesStadium: Schoonover Stadium Capacity: 500 Opened: 1966 Dimensions: 327 LF, 410 CF, 320 RF (Measured in Google Maps) Surface: Shaw Sports Turf MAC Championships: 15 (1964, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018) MAC Tournament Championships: 12 (1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018) National Titles: 0 Miami RedHawksStadium: Hayden Park Capacity: 600 Opened: 2002 Dimensions: 333 LF, 400 CF, 347 RF (Measured in Google Maps) Surface: Artificial Turf MAC Championships: 5 (1973, 1974, 1979, 1983, 2005) MAC Tournament Championships: 3 (1983, 2000, 2005) National Titles: 0 Northern Illinois Huskies Stadium: McKinzie Field Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1965 Dimensions: 312 LF, 395 CF, 322 RF Surface: Grass MAC Championships: 0 MAC Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Ohio BobcatsStadium: Wren Stadium Capacity: 2000 Opened: 1998 Dimensions: 340 LF, 405 CF, 340 RF Surface: Artificial Turf infield, Grass outfield MAC Championships: 15 (1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1991, 1997) MAC Tournament Championships: 3 (1997, 2015, 2017) National Titles: 0 Toledo RocketsStadium: Scott Park Capacity: 1000 Opened: 1921 Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 330 RF Surface: Grass MAC Championships: 0 Mac Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Western Michigan Broncos Stadium: Hyames Field
Capacity: 1500 Opened: 1939 (Hosted first two College World Series) Dimensions: 310 LF, 395 CF, 335 RF Surface: Grass MAC Championships: 14 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1989) MAC Tournament Championships: 1 (2016) Comments are closed.
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