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If your in Bunker Hill (or Logansport for Class of 66) you should be headed to Lafayette for game with how close it is. I'm in Indy and driving up tomorrow. All are barely an hr away.

I'm also calling out their crowd. For an IU PU game it looks well attended but not completely full. Of course their stadium puts 1,500-2,000 max I would think even with standing room so if you put many of our crowds in the mid and upper 2's and lower 3,000's in there you would have people sitting and standing on each others head. LOL Still 5-2 after 7!

Another issue with this new stadium is it is natural grass instead of turf so the playing surface is in mediocre shape. I know Turf is controversial but as far as north as we are and with how early college baseball starts its a necessity in my mind if you want good ball before April. Still 5-2 at the stretch.

2 doubles (second one nearly leaves parks) by PU cut lead to 5-2 after 6. PU also got a single to nearly score another but Krupa gunned the runner down at the plate to end the inning!

This is my 1st time doing game updates of any kind since my first job out of college when I gave live updates on another baseball team's twitter account I worked for (it was not IU but another Midwestern team) several years ago. Out of the sports industry now so a nice little blast from past for me. Thanks Lead off double from Butler leads to nothing and IU leads 5-1 still after 5.5.

Another clean inning for IU defense. 5-1 after 5 innings.

HR Dedelow! Just cleared RF wall into bullpen as PU outfielder jumped but ran out of room. 5-1 after 4.5.

Heading to 5th. 4-1 IU.

I'm watching on BTN2go so I can do updates if you need?

Can we call a slight Boiler fail on their new stadium? It looks alright but nowhere near as nice as Bart Kaufman Field despite being built same year. Have not been but from TV looks like it has 2 issues that ours does not. First of all it looks a lot smaller and not as fun to walk around and more crammed for fans. Also looks like it lacks the outfield grass area and bullpen where families can hang out which is a huge plus and my favorite part of our new stadium. Does not look bad and a huge upgrade from Sembower or their old stadium which was even worse but definitely not on Bart Kaufman's level. Theirs looks like a nice college stadium while IU went the extra mile to make it as nice as most small minor league parks. I'm going tomorrow night to see for sure but that's my impression from TV.

Wasn't that Kyle Cox after him who got into all the trouble with sexual involvement with students after Schilling was gone? Not familiar with the culture at Park Tudor so some on here may know better if he was involved in something different that I am not aware or didn't make media but I only recall the scandal with Cox.

If Lemonis had pulled Kruger earlier good chance BSU gets 0.

Again Lemonis a slow hook on a clearly struggling pitcher is going to cost his team. This is an ongoing issue where someone needs to talk to him about this. This is has been a season long managerial issue that is not be corrected.

The inevitable has finally happened and IU has finally fallen to 4th in most titles all time. Up to Archie to check us back up within a few years.

I can tell you beyond a doubt Crean is a very good guy at heart away from the court who has done many great things for the Bloomington community. I have personally witnessed this at least once and heard many other stories like everyone else. He certainly has issues like everyone but he cares about people more than most with his fame and ego. Let's not confuse this with his coaching and behavior on the court which at times leaves a lot to be desired. As for the IU media in my mind that would be anyone in the state of Indiana who either covers all local sports full time (guys like JMV on radio or Anthony Calhoun on TV) or specifically focus on IU (Mike Miller for the HT or Pete Diprimio for Fort Wayne Paper). I can tell you at least several of the guys who cover IU part or full time (the examples I gave above are specifically people I do NOT know or have ever talked to) have been very frustrated with lack of availability Crean has given them at times and when he does give them time he was often late. Other times he would be great and give them a lot of time but would call them in on 5 minutes notice for the interview. Their relationship was very much a tolerant but frustrating one. I have no idea how national media felt.

Anyone angry at Crean that when he was coaching us he would not give the media the time of day and now he won't get away from them? I know several people in the IU media fairly well who are great guys and I know they were beyond frustrated at the lack of access he gave them during his tenure (but I have not talked to any of them since his firing to know if this makes them more aggravated that he is talking so much now). More than anything as a fan it was very aggravating that every week in Indy you would hear Painter and Holtmann almost weekly on the local radio shows here but Crean refused to come on. Even when he would talk after games he would not always make sense. With all that said I think Crean is a good man but at times he acts a bit mysteriously and his handling of media was one of the things I will never understand.

IU owes BYU so big right now it's not even funny. Otherwise Zags would be on door step of breaking IU's 1976 record right now and we would all be on edge like never before just as 72 Dolphins were in 07 with Pats till they lost championship in last minute.

I agree with this to an extent but if the players were developing under Lemonis like they did under Smith no one would care about if Lemonis was charismatic. However, with the other issues so far this is another one to throw into the pot. I agree Lemonis deserves a chance but early returns are mixed at best and will need to improve if he is long term answer.

That's probably true.

I hope you are right but the player development I've seen in his time here (albeit a relatively limited sample and I've seen them play even less) is not good. His recruiting is excellent and he's brought in top class in Big Ten each yr but I don't see that the players are necessarily turning into what they should be given the talent.

Although it was not the problem today, from the stats I've seen, the pitching (particularly the starters) have been a far bigger issue than the offense this year.

I would not touch Groce or Flint as head coaches but as assistants to have guys with that resume is really impressive and would be happy with that.

My 2 Cents: Losing Tracy Smith: not Fred Glass' fault. The replacement he hired if he fails will be 100% his fault. Went to 1st IU game for baseball this yr and team looks a bit worse each yr. If we can ultimately stop here as a mid-level Big Ten team i think we have to be OK with that but if we keep falling and end up at the bottom of conference than its another problem on Glass' resume. I found 2 major issues where IU got out managed. One is when the game was in balance in 6th inning our starter ran into trouble but escaped because fielder bailed him out with great catch. Lemonis trots him out there in 7th and he promptly gives up HR. Nebraska manager pulled starting pitcher as soon as their was a problem after he gave up a single and double so no further damage happened. That's where game was won and something where we got out managed big time. However, the biggest problem is development. Under Smith I looked at 4-5 guys and said these are future pro's (Dickerson, Johnson, Phegley Schwarber, Travis) and they developed and got better every yr to get to where they are. Similarly when Lemonis started 3 yrs ago their were 3 guys I looked at as freshmen in Ryan Fineman, Logan Sowers and Craig Dedelow and said these should be pros and none have developed into that like players did under Smith. Lemonis is recruiting just as well as Smith but not developing they guys in same successful way, Ultimately, Glass will sink or swim with Archie Miller but if Lemonis fails along with Archie in 2-3 yrs it will be an add on that will sink Glass' whole tenure here. One bright spot is crowds are still close to what they were during Smith era though. Place was nearly full to capacity today despite mediocre weather of 55 and mostly cloudy.

Here me out on this. IU baseball historically has been a mid-level program or lower (especially until Tracy Smith was here). At the first sign of success in 09 after he turned us around and took IU to NCAA tournament other programs came calling but he held out and led IU to even higher heights including the CWS. Than after a patient wait and not just taking any job he finally left for an elite job at Arizona St that had hit hard times somewhat after great historical success. Smith has since returned ASU to the tourney both years he has been there and has them well on the way to returning to elite status in my mind (although it's still a bit early). In Archie's case every major program came calling for him after turning Dayton around and taking them to the elite 8. Like Smith he held out for a few more years and took Dayton to even higher heights (yes I know he has not made it back to Elite 8 but he has built them to a much better spot within the Atlantic 10 dominating the league much like Smith did after 09). After a few more years and only wanting a top job Miller takes a job at Indiana which like Arizona St has had great historical success but fallen on hard times. Hopefully like Smith, Archie can be well on his way to building us back to our rightful status among other programs in our sport. I know this is not a perfect comparison and there may be some small differences but there are also definitely some similar parallels as well.

When Knights complimenting your new coach you hired you have made a good decision especially when its Indiana he is complimenting.