So, ULL has turf on the WHOLE field! Gonna have to be on our toes in the field..

[whosyourdawgy]

and will make for some interesting plays. A hard hit grounder to the outfield will go faster and farther. Speed is gonna be a positive for teams here. What say you about the field

[TheRef]

We're basically playing at a hot Vandy. Preliminary look at the forecast is hot and muggy with a nice chance of t'storms. I'll update soon.

[Dawg61]

sounds like an advantage for MSU not ULL

[messageboardsuperhero]

Most of our fielders have experience playing on Vandy's field, so it won't be totally foreign.

Also, having turf around home plate will be nothing new for us.

[messageboardsuperhero]

sounds like an advantage for MSU not ULL

Actually, ULL runs really really well.

[msstate7]

sounds like an advantage for MSU not ULL

Except for the fact they play there all the time. Worried about our infield defense a little

[Dawg61]

Except for the fact they play there all the time. Worried about our infield defense a little

I'm not. Only thing I'm worried about is our first game pitching. That will set the tone for the entire weekend. We can't come out throwing balls and getting behind early or we'll be into our pen and behind the eight ball right away. Need to get off to a clean start.

[RBritt]

Maybe Tony Kemp can come show us how to slide home from 3rd base.

[BirdofParadise]

Everything is turf except for the pitchers mound. With the propensity for sudden storms, it's been good for us.

Also, when you're not in a big money conference, the players do the field maintenance. Installing turf has enabled our players to...well...play.

The turf is five years old. It isn't as fast as some I've seen.

But if the field is the least bit wet, slide early.

And, yes, for those who looked, we can run a little bit. We have 102 stolen bases on the season.

[Pioneer Dawg]

We have 102 stolen bases on the season.

I think it will be a very good thing then to have a LHP in Ross throw against you and then another LHP in Jacob Lindgren ready the next go-round.

Laster Game 1 would cut any running Tony Gwynn would have too.

[blacklistedbully]

The idea that this could be like Vandy's field when wet, worries me. Anybody remember how bad that was for us at their field last year? Those guys were starting slides from damn near the half-way point to slide in safely. Our guys were not able to make the adjustment.

[SouthMsDawg]

We played on a similar turf last year against Vandy, we will be fine.

[SouthMsDawg]

Except for the fact they play there all the time. Worried about our infield defense a little

Im sure we will take a ton of ground balls in the Palmerio center this week which has the same exact type of turf.

[Cajuns29]

sounds like an advantage for MSU not ULL

Not so fast. We stole 8 bases one game last weekend.

http://www.ragincajuns.com/boxscore....seball&id=4487

[blacklistedbully]

We played on a similar turf last year against Vandy, we will be fine.

We got swept at Vandy last year. Their field in wet conditions was an affront to baseball.

[CajunJuice]

Not so fast. We stole 8 bases one game last weekend.

http://www.ragincajuns.com/boxscore....seball&id=4487

And that was on grass and dirt surface. But pitching that lefty you guys are talking about should definitely stop some of our base stealing. Another thing we do extremely well that often gets over looked when talking about base running is the fact that we stretch a lot of singles into doubles and doubles into triples. Our guys are EXTREMELY aggresive on the base paths. I've seen a bunch of routine base hits this year that opposing outfields just kind of pull up and field it without much sense of urgency, only to realize our guy is rounding first base and not stopping. Then they rush to make a throw and often times it's eithe too late or it's an over throw and we are safe at second.

It's little things like that, that make our team so good. Also, so many people just see our home run numbers and think we are just a power hitting team, but they don't realize we also have over 35 bunt singles on the season. We are not afraid to do anything, we will play small ball if we need to or we will play gorilla ball. Whatever it takes.

[ScoobaDawg]

sounds like an advantage for MSU not ULL

Wanna think about that? How can it EVER be advantage for MSU and not ULL when that is their home field.
If anything it's an equalizer since we have turf edges.

[SouthMsDawg]

We got swept at Vandy last year. Their field in wet conditions was an affront to baseball.

Not sure how you can compare Vandy's team from last year that had TONS of talent and MLB draft picks to this ULL team and Im not trying to take anything away from ULL. Vandy was like 26-4 in the SEC last year.

[Cajuns29]

Not sure how you can compare Vandy's team from last year that had TONS of talent and MLB draft picks to this ULL team and Im not trying to take anything away from ULL. Vandy was like 26-4 in the SEC last year.

We will lose 6-7 guys in the draft this year.

[tuffguy21]

We will lose 6-7 guys in the draft this year.

And we are currently ranked #1 in atleast 4 of the 5 major baseball polls, only because the 5th poll hasn't been released yet. Just saying, undervalue the cajuns at your own risk.