Re: I miss Mardi Gras baseball
I vaguely remember last year on his Sat morning radio show coach saying something to the effect that he was looking to move away from hosting tournaments because of economics. By the time he brings three teams to Lafayette, with the associated quarantees of hotel rooms/meals/etc, it was more cost effective to do a deal for a home and home three game series with a single team. Not only that, but with a tourney there is a certain amount of field prep time and management to oversee the additional games the Cajuns are not involved with, which can serve to take time away for your own preparations. Just my thoughts, but I also infer that it is cheaper to bring in a Northern team (note Illinois) this time of year because they have limited options to play right now rather than finding 3 teams for a tourney. We are fortunate that our strong attendance enables us to have the flexiblity for coach to construct a schedule as he sees fit.
Additonally, I believe the UT-SA series was originally set for Lafayette this year, as pay back for our appearance in UT-SA's tourney last year. Robe moved this year's series to SA to avoid the distractions of Mardi Gras.
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