Sorry for the lull in posting these. I was sick last week, which threw off a bunch of stuff. Hopefully this week will be a bit smoother. Here is a conference that just barely has a baseball league. But, some baseball is better than no baseball, right? In case you're curious (and also because I just happened to learn this very recently), the only two D1 conferences that do no sponsor baseball at all are the Big Sky and the NEAC. The NEAC has a lot of urban schools without a lot of space, so that one wasn't surprising. I'm not really sure what the Big Sky's excuse is. The Horizon League has six teams playing varsity baseball. Five teams do not have baseball. Cleveland St. dropped it in 2011, Detroit Mercy in 2004. IUPUI dropped it in 2001, and I'm guessing becoming IUI next year won't change that. Though they did build that nice baseball (and other sports) complex up in Westfield, so maybe they could use that? Wabash uses it for some early season games and they seem pretty happy with it. Robert Morris dropped baseball in 1985 as best as I could tell. Information was pretty sketchy, but that was more than I could find for Green Bay. As far as I could tell, they have never had a baseball team. As for the teams that do actually play, Milwaukee plays in a stadium that's new enough not to be in Google Maps, so I scrounged up a picture for that one. And it was build on top of an old landfill, which actually is a pretty proud tradition for ballparks. You'd know that if you read a book that I just can't seem to stop referencing. Milwaukee PanthersStadium: Franklin Field Capacity: 4000 Opened: 2019 Dimensions: 330 LF, 408 CF, 330 RF Surface: Synthetic Turf Horizon League Championships: 3 (2000, 2001, 2013) Horizon League Tournament Championships: 3 (1999, 2002, 2010) National Titles: 0 Northern Kentucky NorseStadium: Aker Complex Capacity: 500 Opened: 2001 Dimensions: 330 LF, 395 CF, 330 RF Surface: Synthetic Turf Horizon League Championships: 0 Horizon League Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Oakland Golden GrizzliesStadium: Oakland Baseball Field Capacity: 500 Opened: Unsure Dimensions: 333 LF, 380 CF, 320 RF Surface: Grass Horizon League Championships: 0 Horizon League Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Purdue Fort Wayne MastodonsStadium: Mastodon Field Capacity: 200 Opened: Unsure Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 300 RF Surface: Grass Horizon League Championships: 0 Horizon League Tournament Championships: 0 National Titles: 0 Wright St. RaidersStadium: Nischwitz Stadium Capacity: 750 Opened: 1993 Dimensions: 330 LF, 400 CF, 330 RF Surface: FieldTurf Horizon League Championships: 8 (2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) Horizon League Tournament Championships: 8 (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022) National Titles: 0 Youngstown St. PenguinsStadium: Eastwood Field Capacity: 6000 Opened: 1999 Dimensions: 335 LF, 405 CF, 335 RF Surface: Grass Horizon League Championships: 0 Horizon League Tournament Championships: 2 (2004, 2014) National Titles: 0 Comments are closed.
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