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OrangeAllDay said:
Daniel Dollars doesn’t give a rat’s ass about this fanbase. Just corporate, big money, dollars. Students section at Lindsey Nelson shows it. There was barely anyone there tonight, and if I was a student I wouldn’t be. It’s honestly criminal and I have no idea how there isn’t a bigger fuss about it
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The cattle pens? I walked over last night to stretch my legs. Barely anyone there. They need to put some bench seating in and rip out those metal things. It’s pretty pathetic. It’s a generous amount of room, and it could be used better.
 
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I was told the logic behind the student section was to get as many in as possible for big ballgames. We just have not played any yet this year. It is kinda the logic at college basketball games that have their student sections stand. It works if there is interest enough. There are stands beside them that they can sit in.
 
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We’re going to our first baseVols game of the season and I have critical questions for regulars like @taylorvol or @1RBFjr, as follows:

Do they still have the brisket Mac n cheese, and if so is it being sold in the same place or moved? Don’t want to miss out! They were sold out one time we went and my kids were not pleased.

Thanks in advance!
 
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Volprofch05 said:
We’re going to our first baseVols game of the season and I have critical questions for regulars like @taylorvol or @1RBFjr, as follows:

Do they still have the brisket Mac n cheese, and if so is it being sold in the same place or moved? Don’t want to miss out! They were sold one time we went and my kids were not pleased.

Thanks in advance!
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Yes sir! Have a blast. My daughter had it yesterday. It’s behind 1B concourse just like last year.
 
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preacherman20 said:
I was told the logic behind the student section was to get as many in as possible for big ballgames. We just have not played any yet this year. It is kinda the logic at college basketball games that have their student sections stand. It works if there is interest enough. There are stands beside them that they can sit in.
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Should have at least put in places to put your drinks or food.
 
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Moment of silence last night for "Phil Gardner".

Look, everyone has to grow into a job and I get that. But PA at an 8k seat baseball stadium isn't the place. Baseball is the rare sport where the PA announcer is pretty front facing and important. What UT does with their PA Announcer and in game product comes off as so cheap.

"Phil Gardner". Come on, man.
 
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WallyBalls said:
Moment of silence last night for "Phil Gardner".

Look, everyone has to grow into a job and I get that. But PA at an 8k seat baseball stadium isn't the place. Baseball is the rare sport where the PA announcer is pretty front facing and important. What UT does with their PA Announcer and in game product comes off as so cheap.

"Phil Gardner". Come on, man.
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So bush league. You don’t mess up the name for a VFL Legend whose name is one of 3 on the wall. Just ZERO preparation or professionalism.
 
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The PA and scoreboard stuff kills me sometimes. Last night after the Manny Granny, the first two graphics on the scoreboard said "GAND SLAM." And every time Baiotto pitches, they have his number listed as 28 instead of 38. There's someone else's number that is always wrong as well, but I can't remember who it is right now. And PA dude mispronounces dang near everything. I still remember early in the season when he called Bo Rhudy "Rhu-DAY." I'm not even sure how you get to that pronunciation. It's wild.
 
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taylorvol said:
So bush league. You don’t mess up the name for a VFL Legend whose name is one of 3 on the wall. Just ZERO preparation or professionalism.
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darsinewman said:
The PA and scoreboard stuff kills me sometimes. Last night after the Manny Granny, the first two graphics on the scoreboard said "GAND SLAM." And every time Baiotto pitches, they have his number listed as 28 instead of 38. There's someone else's number that is always wrong as well, but I can't remember who it is right now. And PA dude mispronounces dang near everything. I still remember early in the season when he called Bo Rhudy "Rhu-DAY." I'm not even sure how you get to that pronunciation. It's wild.
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Everything about the operations around the game SCREAMS "ok...we're starting to make a little money with this, where can we cut to actually make a profit?" Its like if Private Equity ran gameday ops. "Just put a bunch of low pay/no pay students over it..."

The cheap PA, the ridiculously lazy scoreboard setup (no pitch count, etc. Hell, minimal baseball info period), no updates to the graphics package, the boring/lazy/canned mid inning stuff, the canned playlists they don't even bother changing up, the ignoring of the student section... its a huge reason the I feel like the soul has been stripped out of there.

Also, a semi-positive, props to the Ushers out in left field for actually filling up the 4Topps after the 4th inning so they don't sit there 80% empty every game. Noticed them doing it a couple weeks ago.
 
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darsinewman said:
The PA and scoreboard stuff kills me sometimes. Last night after the Manny Granny, the first two graphics on the scoreboard said "GAND SLAM." And every time Baiotto pitches, they have his number listed as 28 instead of 38. There's someone else's number that is always wrong as well, but I can't remember who it is right now. And PA dude mispronounces dang near everything. I still remember early in the season when he called Bo Rhudy "Rhu-DAY." I'm not even sure how you get to that pronunciation. It's wild.
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The PA is in his at least 2nd season as we sit close enough to see in and he was there last year. Another thing that gets me is we never hear scores from other games whether that be other UT sports or other big baseball games. Would much rather hear that than some of the music between innings.
 
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I think the problem with PA and scoreboard is they are run by college students who do not know baseball. They googled songs to play at baseball games and set up a play set but do not know when to play what. Like charge when it is 3-0 count and we are pitching. Some of the worst have been when they played Walking song after we walked a player.
 
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preacherman20 said:
I think the problem with PA and scoreboard is they are run by college students who do not know baseball. They googled songs to play at baseball games and set up a play set but do not know when to play what. Like charge when it is 3-0 count and we are pitching. Some of the worst have been when they played Walking song after we walked a player.
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Seems like someone 😉 with connections inside the program could at least bring these obvious indiscretions to the attention of the powers that be. Unfortunately, these would be way, way down the list of administrative corrections but also the easiest to get addressed.
 
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preacherman20 said:
I think the problem with PA and scoreboard is they are run by college students who do not know baseball. They googled songs to play at baseball games and set up a play set but do not know when to play what. Like charge when it is 3-0 count and we are pitching. Some of the worst have been when they played Walking song after we walked a player.
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Shoot, as a summer league team we try to get this right. Our PA announcer, broadcasters, and soundboard person all must know the game. The first two weeks of the season are a little bit like a fire drill, so there is grace if there’s some technical difficulties, but you shouldn’t be playing charge when our pitcher has a 3-0 count.
 
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All of these examples could have also been a contributing factor in TV’s disgust! Think about how much impact and control Bruce Pearl had in TBA! And by the way, Pat Summit had nothing to do with the remodel 20 years ago.
 
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taylorvol said:
So bush league. You don’t mess up the name for a VFL Legend whose name is one of 3 on the wall. Just ZERO preparation or professionalism.
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Was it Eric Cain? I swear that guy has the vocabulary of a 6 year-old. Which is fine, if you don’t speak for a living. I’d be so angry if I paid for advertising and he couldn’t pronounce my company’s name (he doesn’t know the word “aura,” like the average 4th grader, so pronounces it “aurura.”). And butchers the word “derivatives” every day on a sports betting ad, pronouncing it “derurutives.” If you don’t know a word (presumably because it’s polysyllabic), ask somebody. Prepare. Do some homework.

Drives me nuts.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Was it Eric Cain? I swear that guy has the vocabulary of a 6 year-old. Which is fine, if you don’t speak for a living. I’d be so angry if I paid for advertising and he couldn’t pronounce my company’s name (he doesn’t know the word “aura,” like the average 4th grader, so pronounces it “aurura.”). And butchers the word “derivatives” every day on a sports betting ad, pronouncing it “derurutives.” If you don’t know a word (presumably because it’s polysyllabic), ask somebody. Prepare. Do some homework.

Drives me nuts.
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Wasn't Cain. Its some student I assume. They put them in there after Tim Morris retired after 2024.

The kid tries but its brutal. Drove me nuts when I was watching Texas Tech last night and they had a professional sounding PA guy.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Was it Eric Cain? I swear that guy has the vocabulary of a 6 year-old. Which is fine, if you don’t speak for a living. I’d be so angry if I paid for advertising and he couldn’t pronounce my company’s name (he doesn’t know the word “aura,” like the average 4th grader, so pronounces it “aurura.”). And butchers the word “derivatives” every day on a sports betting ad, pronouncing it “derurutives.” If you don’t know a word (presumably because it’s polysyllabic), ask somebody. Prepare. Do some homework.

Drives me nuts.
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lol - derurutives? I feel like i need to listen to whatever he's on so I can hear this.
 
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