Sat. game start delayed again

man they showed the field and its in pitiful shape, they are using wet vacs and squeegee rollers trying to get water off the field.

 

The natural grass outfield is the big problem, you can get water off the turf infield. That outfield is dangerous, I could see a team refusing to play on that, and be justified, in doing so.

 

Teams are not here.
They dug holes in the outfield and put a squeegee on a riding mower and pushed water to the hole and then pumped it out.

 

No game today.
12:00 tomorrow

 

VCU vs. OSU at 4 pm.

Loser of that game plays winner of DBU vs. Texas at 8 pm.

There will be a minimum of 55 minutes between games.

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Well, we do have to cut DBU a bit of slack since the rainfall in the Dallas/Fort Worth area is the wettest May in recorded history:

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150529-rain-sets-record-for-wettest-may.ece

So the ground was already saturated before this latest deluge.

Nevertheless, when I first saw that 2,000 reserved-seat capacity, I wondered the same thing as you. And their incompetence re the ticketing and seating process has made one wonder about the whole setup.

I imagine DBU asked the NCAA some years back how much seating they had to have to qualify to host a regional, the NCAA told them, and DBU built a park with that capacity. Except that as somebody else aptly pointed out, they built it with a grass outfield next to a creek that overflowed onto the field with this record rainfall. And with the ground completely saturated, then this morning's additional rain just had nowhere to go. Hence the squeegees, leaf blowers and helicopter. I wonder if we'll know that the game is going to start in about five hours if we see the helicopter back later this afternoon?

No clue if the Rangers or the Frisco Roughriders' fields are in any shape to play tonight; both of them are scheduled to play at home. But then, they have the financial resources to have built much more robust fields than the folks at DBU.

 

marley -

Are tickets available from scalpers at the game or best to go stubhub ?

Thanks

 

As soon as DBU is out of tourney, move it to Austin or anywhere else suitable.

 

The weather is one thing as these conditions are abnormal. But one would think they'd still factor in the ability to resist harsh weather (even if not flooding). I'd imagine that outfield would still be quite sloppy even on a rainy weekend without floods.

But it's the 2,000 seating capacity (for a 4-team playoff regional with other big schools) that seems very inadequate. I have no doubt they built the stadium to meet NCAA host requirements. But this is Texas with a ton of bigger baseball programs that will travel well. Pretty weak to have the same hosting requirements in Texas as a team in a much smaller state with many fewer postseason caliber programs.

Then again I'm just a lil grumpy with the bitter loss taste still in my mouth and no chance to rectify it today. Waiting all morning, waiting through the day, cancelled because the field sucks.

 

Saturday Games Moved to Sunday at Dallas Regional
Inclement weather in Dallas on Saturday has forced today's games at the Dallas Regional to be moved to Sunday. Dallas Baptist and the University of Texas will meet in the first game at 12:00 pm, followed by Viriginia Commonwealth and Oregon State at 4:00 pm. The winner of the DBU and Texas game will face the loser between VCU and Oregon State at 8:00 pm.

There will be a minimum of 55 minutes in between games tomorrow and no game will start before its scheduled time. Tickets that were purchased for today's game will be good between DBU and Texas will be good for Sunday.

 

Assumimg we start at noon tomorrow, I'm highly doubtful of an 8:00 start time for the 3rd game. Could be one of those late-nighters!!

 

Isn't the Air Hogs park still operating in Grand Prairie? If so, it's just a stone's throw from DBU. And let's face it, DBU earned the right to host a regional,

 

Just got a shot of the field at LSU. Their earliest start possibility is 9 this evening. Point is, it doesn't matter what stadium capacity is if Mother Nature prevents you from playing.

 

I met some friends outside the stadium yesterday and so I didn't pay much attention yesterday re whether there were scalpers selling tickets, but DBU said that they would sell Standing Room Only seats each day starting at 9:00 a.m.

So, if you're thinking of going to the game tomorrow, I'd just buy one of those SRO seats and then just go sit in empty reserved section seats (which inevitably there will be lots of with the rescheduled game).

 

I totally agree on all counts.