SMU BASEBALL

[okcponyfan]

Sorry if this has been answered before but where was the baseball field when we actually had a baseball team?
How big was the stadium?

[mrydel]

Where the soccer field is now. Not a big “stadium”. Bleachers down the baselines. Not sure how many they would seat but there were only about 30 or 40 of us that would attend the games.


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[Terry Webster]

They also used to play at Rivershon (?) park for a while.

[Charleston Pony]

Got to see Burt Hooton pitch against our guys before he went on to pitch for the Dodgers. Was nice having baseball during my time at SMU. Rusty Bourquein was a 2 way player (bball and baseball) who was a frosh on my floor when I was a soph advisor in the dorm. A big HR hitter could take one over the left field fence, hit the road and bounce/roll up to Moody's front doors. Club baseball had to move off campus but Mark is right, there were very few of us that actually came out to watch games in those days.

[used to be 2]

Charleston, I was also one who watched the baseball team, Rusty was on it as well and I played B-ball with him.

In those days, typically the athletes from different sports at SMU went to the other venue of games.

Not so much anymore.

[Charleston Pony]

Charleston, I was also one who watched the baseball team, Rusty was on it as well and I played B-ball with him.

In those days, typically the athletes from different sports at SMU went to the other venue of games.

Not so much anymore.

My roomy and fellow soph advisor, Fritz Steininger. & I used to occasionally play 2 on 2 with Rusty and Mike Hanks in Moody. There were a handful of us that were just gym rats and would watch and support our guys in whatever sport was in season. Things changed a little when they finished the outdoor pool as there were more interesting people to watch.

[EastStang]

They were almost unwatchable when I was there. I think they were 2-32 my senior year. No defense, no pitching, and lots of power who either solo homered or struck out. I think they had one scholarship player. So, its not like we were trying to keep up with the Whorns.

[shadowman]

I remember going with my Dad back in the 70s to see SMU play Arkansas in a doubleheader. The game was definitely at Riverchon Park. I remember how run down the place was, even back then. The field itself was in pretty good shape and definitely college park dimensions but the bleachers were small and falling apart. SMU lost both games badly.

My one highlight was a drunk SMU fan that constantly heckled the umps and Arkansas players throughout BOTH games. My favorite was when an Arkansas player hit a homerun off of the foul pole and he screamed at the umps for 10 minutes that in college, a ball off of the foul pole was foul .

Perhaps he is on Ponyfans now? Good times!

[Charleston Pony]

Bump for Ccolley68 in case anyone wants to talk about the prospects of bringing baseball back.

I'd love to see SMU playing both baseball and softball and actually being competitive but joining the ACC and the additional travel it would require is a non-starter IMO

[Otto]

Definite non-starter. Expensive addition, and we're not getting AAC money for what ... 7 years? The David Millers of the world do have limits.

[mrydel]

9 years I believe


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