IU Baseball

[landrus13]

On 11/13/2020 at 3:28 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers

BREAKING:  The @bigten Conference will not have non-conference games against non #BigTen teams in 2021 in baseball or softball, sources tell @d1baseball.  Coaches, however, are expected to aim for as many games as possible. More to come.

 

Rogers is co-managing editor of D1 Baseball.

This is a huge bummer. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

B1G leadership has been significantly underwhelming.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

BREAKING: The @NCAA  Committee for Legislative Relief has granted DI Baseball a blanket waiver that extends through 2022.  In 2022:

* Rosters will be capped at 40 (unlimited ’21, 35 normal season)

* Counters stay at 32 (up from 27)

* 25% minimum scholarship rule gone yet again.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers     (Rogers is co-managing editor of D1 Baseball.)

SOURCE:  Reported a while back that the #BigTen was planning to do conference only in the spring.  Additionally, I’ve been told the league plans to start the 2021 baseball season the first weekend of March with a potential for 44 games.  Coaches could aim for more.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Perfect Game -

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Appears he's transferring out.

Cooper Trinkle @CTrinkle23

I’m extremely happy to announce that I will be playing this season @saintleobase. Huge thanks to @rickodette for this opportunity.

 

[TheWatShot]

Alright, seriously...I decided to open this thread because I couldn't find an IU baseball schedule anywhere, and I thought the season should be starting soon, because Covid couldn't possibly still be shortening seasons and screwing everything up, right? Wrong. Damn the Big Ten f*cking blows. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Alright, seriously...I decided to open this thread because I couldn't find an IU baseball schedule anywhere, and I thought the season should be starting soon, because Covid couldn't possibly still be shortening seasons and screwing everything up, right? Wrong. Damn the Big Ten f*cking blows. 

Not a schedule but you might be interested in this nonetheless.

Lansing, MI TV -  Covid issues have caused a format change for Big Ten baseball in 2021. The usual 56-game regular season schedule is being reduced to 44 games, conference only. Other conferences will continue with 56-game schedules. The Big Ten schools, 13 in number since Wisconsin does not play baseball, are awaiting the specifics of their schedules. Games will be played on week ends only, doubleheaders on Fridays and Saturdays, Sundays used for rainouts, for the most part. Games will last nine innings unless first games of doubleheaders go extra innings, then the second games will go seven innings. The schedule will run 12 week ends beginning March 5th and their will be no Big Ten tournament played this year. No midweek games will be played either.

More in-depth at:  https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/baseball/big-tens-conference-only-baseball-schedule-could-hinder-teams-postseason-chances/article_37008e6e-5b51-11eb-93e2-5fde38ca9857.html

 

[TheWatShot]

Lol at the season starting 2 weeks late. Everything is always 2 weeks later than normal. 

 

I read another article on this that said teams will have to travel by bus to all of their games. I'm sure Nebraska and Rutgers are happy about that. It would actually make more sense for someone like Nebraska to play games against teams like Creighton or Kansas than drive 18 hours to New Jersey. I bet some pencil-pushing geek in the Big Ten offices had the idea for conference-only games because he/she thought the risk of Covid spread and/or travel expenses would be too high if teams were traveling all over the country....apparently not realizing that this conference is kind of all over the country anyway. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Pretty much just another mishandling of the whole situation by the B1G.  Not at all impressed with the conference leadership.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Kendall Rogers of D1 Baseball -

The biggest news: The NCAA also will allow the MLB extra-inning rule to be used in 2021, a move that was expected.  The player starting the extra inning on second base is the player immediately in front of the first batter in the inning.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sounds like no conference tournament.  Makes no sense to this old fart.

https://iubase.com/b1g-no-2021-b1g-baseball-tournament/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2021 conference only schedule released.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-baseball-the-big-ten-announces-2021-conference-only-schedule/?fbclid=IwAR1_1fnWZDD0Zz4lNzyKMHI146c7Fqg-W2IY0_ad365Z1aDNd7-p6crfgfs

[TheWatShot]

I like that we'll actually face every team in the conference. 

 

Still think it's stupid we're starting late and not playing out of conference games. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

We're losing Greg Murray as the radio game announcer.  He tweeted yesterday:  "I have a new full-time job (not broadcast-related), making it nearly impossible to balance that and a full college baseball season."

Have to wait to learn what the plans are for Greg's replacement.  He didn't mention if this will affect his coverage of IUWBB in the future.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

D1Baseball pre-season crystal ball

https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/2021-crystal-ball-preseason-field-of-64/

[TheWatShot]

The MAC started playing this weekend and is planning on a full season, with non-conference games. 

 

This is everyone's daily reminder that Big Ten leadership is a joke. 

[Naturalhoosier]

On 2/6/2021 at 11:21 AM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Kendall Rogers of D1 Baseball -

The biggest news: The NCAA also will allow the MLB extra-inning rule to be used in 2021, a move that was expected.  The player starting the extra inning on second base is the player immediately in front of the first batter in the inning.

I hate HATE this rule.  It feels very youth sports, teeball and coaches pitch. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]