Alcorn State Baseball.....How Bad

[ragin50]

Here's a good one. The Alcorn State game stream is better than CUSA! They even have 3 camera's set up for different angles.

http://theasuchronicle.com/alcorn-st...-state-sports/

Is the camera behind the plate on the ump's back?

[Dad04]

It’s really bad there. Things may have improved since (God I hope so) but I played a game at Alcorn back in the day. The following are absolute facts:

1. They literally had a barbed wire OF fence in left field, that was 436’ down the LF line according to a piece of driftwood that was attached to the fence near the foul line that had “436” hand painted on it

2. The infield grass was St. Augustine

3. The “mound” was basically a couple of wheelbarrows of dirt someone dumped on the field and was a round hump.

4. They drug the dirt part of the field with a pickup truck.

5. The field, near the infield area was surrounded by chain link fencing, no netting at all. And the bleachers were the aluminum stands you see at little league parks

6. And not surprisingly, they had no lights and on a cloudy afternoon, they game had to be called due to darkness.

I left there feeling sorry for those guys that played there. I never played in a high school or summer league park that was anywhere near as bad

My son got to know the Alcorn kid he played with, a doctor's son from Orlando. Good HS program, good HS summer team. He knew it was rough going in, but was still shocked.

It sounds like an average Dominican Republic situation, almost 3rd world.

Alcorn has a starting pitcher (converted IF) with an ERA of 18.46. 5 appearances all starts with 7 innings pitched total. Gave up 8 ER in 2 IP to McNeese.

[Dad04]

One reason for the lopsided scores is obviously pitching. There's 12 pitchers on the roster with only 6 not having to play other positions in the field. Each of the schools you mentioned went through a rebuild like this one, even though not as drastic. Southern went 9-33 in Kerrick Jackson's first season (2018). In 2019 they went 34-24, won the SWAC West, won the SWAC tournament, went to a regional, & were named HBCU National Champs. Alcorn won't see this big a turnaround as quick because of their lack of resources but they won't be this bad for long.

On the note of the Rickie Weeks years at Southern, that was catching lightning in a bottle from 2001-2003. Two of my former teammates were on those rosters. Southern had 20 players drafted from 01-04, 6 of them in the Top 10 rounds. Those teams were fun to watch. Stole around 100 bases per season while also hitting 65-70 home runs & around 35 triples.

Weeks went to school near Orlando. I watched him a couple of times. He was in the outfield because the head coaches kid played SS and went on to play at Duke, the ACC doormat.

[ZoomZoom]

Alcon finally went hitless Friday vs Grambling.

https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball...e/Alcorn-State

BA up to .215 but ERA up also, 18.11. Walks given up on year crossed 300, nobody close to that in league.

[moorecajun]

Alcon finally went hitless Friday vs Grambling.

https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball...e/Alcorn-State

BA up to .215 but ERA up also, 18.11. Walks given up on year crossed 300, nobody close to that in league.

Man, their games probably need time limits!

[RaginDave]

Man, their games probably need time limits!

In a 3 game series this weekend, RPI #280 Grambling defeated Alcorn State by a total of 67-6.

[ragin50]

In a 3 game series this weekend, RPI #280 Grambling defeated Alcorn State by a total of 67-6.

[Dad04]

Alcorn has only 23 on the roster and using mostly position players to pitch. It's bad.

[babysitter]

All eyes will be on that Arkansas Pine Bluff series 5/13 - 5/15. That'll be a doozy.

[RaginDave]

All eyes will be on that Arkansas Pine Bluff series 5/13 - 5/15. That'll be a doozy.

RPI 300 vs RPI 301 (the two worst teams in D1 baseball playing each other. They split the two previous matchups Alcorn won 13-10 and then UAPB won 23-2). Can't wait for this one.

[babysitter]

RPI 300 vs RPI 301 (the two worst teams in D1 baseball playing each other. They split the two previous matchups Alcorn won 13-10 and then UAPB won 23-2). Can't wait for this one.

Something's gotta give when these two meet.

[moorecajun]

I wonder if their games are streamed; I'm going to check.