Tcu has baseball.... Wvu has baseball....

**cybsball20** · 11-01-2011, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by MissouriCyclone

$10 mil to renovate Cap Timm?? Seriously doubt it's that much.

If you are going to start a program from scratch, you need to have facilities that will be at least in the middle of the pack of the conference. Kansas, Kansas State, Mizzu and Nebraska all upgraded their stadiums right at the same time Iowa State chose not to make that commitment and cut their program instead.

The BEST option would be a highly visible, $10mil stadium that is privately owned, then leased to the University. Let them sell beer and do whatever they want for promotions, let the city use it, and try to lure a Northwoods League team to town for the summers.

Someone mentioned in state players going elsewhere. There are over 100 Iowans playing division one baseball right now, almost all of them out of state. I would guess that is a lot more than Iowa has for soccer or hockey.

**drlove** · 11-01-2011, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by BirdOfWar

No matter if you want ISU to have baseball or not, why does this get brought up so often? How many times does Pollard have to answer this question about baseball coming back?

Has that much changed in the past couple months that we magically have a huge surplus to bring back baseball?

You are absolutely right. I can tell you that here in Colorado, the CU AD has had to answer these questions since the early 80's and it has picked up steam since they joined the Pac 12. The extra revenue they are seeing won't be spent on baseball anytime soon and Iowa State isn't much different.
Until ISU consistently finishes in the upper half of the Big 12 in football, Iowa State won't be adding any teams.

**cybsball20** · 11-01-2011, 10:03 AM

I can't wait until I win the Powerball Wednesday to build a dome for ISU Baseball, attached to the new south end zone.

**BringBackJohnny** · 11-01-2011, 10:28 AM

Here is a point nobody has looked at yet. Principle Park in DSM is right by Court Ave Bar District. You get a late May Saturday night game with the Clones and Hawks with some fire works afterwards and you got a sellout and boost to the Des Moines ecconomy. That alone probably covers your lease payments. Throw in another late non-confrence game with Simpson/Creighton somthing like that and BOOM instant fun times in late spring for central IA Cyclone fans.

This thing is win win all the way around what is the Cy-Hawk trophy was all tied up going into ISU U of I ball game. People would get pumped for that easy.

Most posts on this thing are looking at all the wrong points on this one.

**Let's Go State** · 11-01-2011, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by NATEizKING

Dude, it's America's past time because the rest of the world does not give a F and u know what follows about baseball.

Wow- you are full of happy thoughts and sunshine. Are you grumpy in the morning?

You know this quote is wrong. Much of Asia and most of central America love the game.

**CyBobby** · 11-01-2011, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by CyCrazy

Baseball is not coming back.

I totally agree mr crazy...right now we have a lot more pressing needs than bringing back baseball...

As far as I can see baseball is dead in the water right now....

**cybsball20** · 11-01-2011, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by CyBobby

I totally agree mr crazy...right now we have a lot more pressing needs than bringing back baseball...

As far as I can see baseball is dead in the water right now....

It is, but it will only take one big doner who really wants baseball to bring it back.

**VeloClone** · 11-01-2011, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by cybsball20

It is, but it will only take one big doner who really wants baseball to bring it back.

I guess my 6 year old's problem differentiating lower case 'b's from 'd's is starting to rub off on me 'cause this made me take a big double take.

**IHavNoCyCash** · 11-03-2011, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by NATEizKING

HAHAHAHAHA

got this from a guy that is the president of the baseball club...there have been talks about it so eat crow when it happens k thx bye

**BryceC** · 11-03-2011, 06:12 AM

If we really do have the "cost of attendance scholarships" like NCAA wants to do, it will make it even harder to bring back baseball.

I have no problem if they want to bring it back. I just think it should be done with nearly entirely private funds. We just got done being a breakeven athletic department, the cost of attendance scholarships will really make that difficult going forward. If people are dead serious about bringing baseball back I'd like to see an endowment set up.

I also think that those people thinking there will be hundreds of people at these games or that we would even be competitive in the conference are really, really stretching it.

**wonkadog** · 11-03-2011, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by cyowa

Afterthought!? You have never been to the College World Series, have you? Its hardly an afterthought in mid-June.

I'd say 90% of baseball fans care about MLB and that's it. It's great that the CWS is a big deal for Omaha and I've actually thought about going at some point...but to act like college baseball is a big deal to anyone in the grand scheme of things is pretty naive.

Why do I get the feeling that about 5 people sit around in a dark room plotting the dates where they will start these whiny threads about baseball every 4 weeks? I love baseball, but please, as others have said, let's do some damage in football and basketball before we throw money at something no one ever cared about before until it was gone.