Fans for A New FAU Baseball Stadium

As we reached the end to the college baseball season and unless a miracle happens in the conference tournament FAU will end the season without an appearance in the Men’s College World Series Regionals for the fifth year if you count the pandemic year. and that is not the fault of Coach John McCormack, his staff or the players. This even comes before the current athletics administration. When it was regular thing to see FAU Baseball in the Men’s College World Series regionals often playing for a regional final. Yet the previous athletics department administrations never updated the stadium when baseball was constantly in the postseason. But in this age of the Wild West of recruiting with the transfer portal and NIL deals where facilities and coaches play a huge role FAU is risking falling further behind than the those that are making investments.

And that is no fault to Coach McCormack, his staff or the players. They are working with what they have been dealt with in regards to the facility. No locker rooms for the teams and the umpires. There are no permanent offices or weight room for the team to use when the others are occupied. The bathroom outside the swimming facility along with the concession and merchandise stands are all trailers. There is no ticketing booth just a table under a canopy. The scoreboard is still analog. Don’t get me wrong there have been some upgrades such as performance center where pitching and hitting during adverse weather conditions. New padding along the walls, pitch clocks, analytical cameras along with paradise seating on the berm down the left field line but the upgrades are like putting paint on a rundown house. It makes the house look nice but it doesn’t solve the problems. It needs a complete remodel.

Now moving to a new a conference with a new tv deal with multi million dollars coming into the department will help any future improvements but until a complete rebuild happens including maybe moving the swimming facility. But it’s going to take a alumnus or alumni stepping up and donating the money FAU Baseball is going to have to as I quote Burt Gummer from Tremors 2 here “doing what I can with what I got.”

New updates for FAU Baseball stadium this season. New padding along the walls. New outfield and new signage adorns the stadium. Also new this season paradise hill cabanas and the performance center being built. But more can be done to help this team achieve more. Such as new stands locker rooms, lighting and such. But it’s a start.