2023 college baseball/softball thread

When did the ripping the shirt off the hero become a thing in baseball?

 

The start of Alabama-Wake Forest is being delayed and the stadium gates closed for a "non-game-related medical event."

 

Nothing official released yet, but seeing some Twitter reports that the medical emergency at the Wake-Bama game was an ESPN producer who had a heart attack and died.

 

Meanwhile, down in Baton Rouge, they're apparently pushing hard to make sure they play the whole game or not at all. There's a 50 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms all afternoon. If one of them comes along in the third inning and nukes a Skenes start, a lot of people are going to be pissed.

 

This is pretty freakin' ridiculous. LSU and Kentucky are in a weather delay — until 7 p.m. This is the scene at Alex Box Stadium at 3 p.m.



And this is the radar picture. I get that they don't want to start and stop and waste a start by their ace, but you've got to play the damn game.

 

Rain delay in Baton Rouge for a storm in Shreveport. I’ve seen it all now. (Except for Bama’s game, which I heard the end of on the way back from kayaking.)

 

Southern Miss and Tennessee went into a 90-minute weather delay in the fourth inning, came back, played another half-inning, and then went into another delay. Thunderstorms are just hanging over the entire state. Officials are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. CST to assess things, and they'll probably decide whether to play or suspend it then. Southern Miss has a turf field, so it's really a matter of how long they want to wait.
Tough break for Southern Miss. They're up 4-0 in the fifth inning, their starter was dealing when the first delay hit, and they had all the momentum.
On the plus side, they used their No. 2 pitcher today and saved the ace for Sunday. So if they can finish this tonight (or tomorrow), they're lined up well for Game 2.

 

Meanwhile, it still isn't raining in Baton Rouge but they've decided to push the start time back another hour anyway. Now the LSU fans are going to be drunk and pissed off. Great work, fellas.
Oh, and there are storms forecast to roll into Baton Rouge around 8 p.m. What a clusterfuck this day has been down there.

Welcome to "rainless" delay No. 2 on a sunny Saturday in Alex Box Stadium - TigerDetails

 

I assume that A. LSU has a great deal of say about the play/no play decision since the game hasn’t officially started and B. the NCAA is going to nail that loophole shut this off-season after this embarrassment.

 

Holy shit, they're actually playing in Baton Rouge. And Skenes is on the mound for LSU. Knock my ass over with a feather. Thought we might have half the field booking their hotels in Omaha before they threw a pitch.

Not so lucky in Hattiesburg, though. They called it a night after another 3 1/2-hour delay that looks like it's not going to let up. Game 1 will resume at 11 a.m. CST on Sunday, with Tennessee batting in the bottom of the fifth inning. Game 2 to follow at 2 p.m. or 55 minutes after Game 1, whichever comes first.

 

Somebody has to answer some hard questions about this debacle. Was it the NCAA holding off? Was it one coach or both coaches? Who had the final call, and what kind of forecast were they looking at that they didn't think they could play? They didn't call a delay until right before the game — fans were in the stadium, players were warming up — so it wasn't like they should have been relying on a forecast that didn't materialize.

 

It’s weird. Nine hours after your post, ESPN has nothing on the incident. Not even a story on the game. All I can find is they said they won’t address it at the presser. But even after almost 10 hours, I feel like they should have something. At least “An ESPN employee had a medical incident before the Alabama-Wake Forest game. Out of respect for family, we are not commenting at this time. Details will be released as appropriate.”