http://www.statenews.com It took more than 100 years, but Old College Field is getting a face-lift. Since 1900, the home of MSU baseball, softball and men’s and women’s soccer has remained relatively untouched, causing it to fall behind the standards of NCAA facilities around the Big Ten and Midwest. en-us Foundry4 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:47:26 -0500 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:40:48 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15858/view I’m really upset that this article took top priority over the Arts Marathon. The Marathon is a first time event on campus so it needs the press. It’s going to be huge and it’ll bring together all the arts students on campus and hopefully highlight our talented students and faculty. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:54:11 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15858/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15871/view Ah, the Old College Field project… a project that will NEVER BE COMPLETED. Let’s face facts, here – the master plan has been around since, what, 2003? 2004? And the first mention of this plan was back in ’99? Fact of the matter is, nobody cares about MSU baseball. Nobody cares about MSU softball. ONE PERSON, who just so happens to have three quarters of a million to toss around, cares about soccer. The softball field is just above average, and Kobs is a dangerous, dilapidated dump – and that’s how it’s going to stay forever. With the current baseball coach practically on the verge of getting fired due to his utter incompetence, and with the sheer lack of softball support on campus, nobody will come close to even considering throwing their money away for these projects – just like it’s been for the last nine years. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:03:10 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15871/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15875/view bugger off! I care about MSU sports. And the arts. Too bad they had to run the story raining over the parade. Oh well, SN will be SN. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:27:11 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15875/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15892/view Rodger…what in the world are you talking about? Coach Grewe is considered one of the top young baseball coaches in all of the NCAA. He’s been praised in multiple national publications and has brought an excitement to MSU baseball that has been missing for years. He’s reached out to former players and is trying to instill a sense of tradition that has been lacking. This year’s freshman recruiting class was ranked #1 in the Big Ten. Considering the state of the current facilities that says a ton about him and how players respect his coaching ability. GET A CLUE!!! Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:04:49 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15892/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15894/view And yet, Off Base, Grewe can’t defeat those ever-difficult world-beaters like Central and Eastern, and he struggles to beat teams like Northwestern. The talent is awful. We have some power in the middle of the lineup, but our pitching is god awful. And where’s this excitement you speak of? I was at Olds on Wednesday, and there were, at least, 3 times as many Central fans there as there were MSU fans. It was like a Central home game! Didn’t you see Central’s go-ahead play on Wednesday? The suicide squeeze that was coming from a mile away, yet our kids were so woefully unprepared for it that they let two runs cross home practically unopposed? What the hell do you contribute that to? Fact is, Grewe’s awful, our baseball team and program is awful, and thus, nobody cares about baseball here and the program will continue its sub-mediocrity forevermore. Therefore, any projects created to renovate Kobs will never get done. You, sir, need to get a clue. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:33:00 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15894/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15908/view Rodger … what in the hell is the “d” for? To distinguish between English pederasts & American baseballers? You sir, are no Roger Maris. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:35:04 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15908/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15925/view Rodger your pessimism and attitude are an embarrassment to the entire MSU community. I’m sorry YOU don’t care about softball, baseball or soccer but please do not blanket statement the rest of the campus and alumni network into sharing your limited viewpoint. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:17:57 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15925/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15931/view Rodger: What IS the “d” for? Are you a closet Wisconsin fan? Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:25:18 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15931/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15932/view Rodger, Don’t you listen to them. I’ve taken plenty of abuse because Americans think my given name is a girl’s name. If you need a shoulder, mine is hunky. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:29:09 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15932/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15933/view Rodger doesn’t need anyone to tell him not to listen to others. He has shown himself very capable in that regard. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:31:34 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15933/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15934/view Rodger: Not Wisconsin, LA Dodgers Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:33:29 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15934/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15935/view Maybe I missed this in the article, but Old College Field is on the floodplain of the Red Cedar River. This was very evident in January, when the entire area was underwater. Such flood events happen about every five years. If they invest all this money into the area, what’s to prevent it from being damaged by flooding? and @Zme and Off Base: Are you honestly saying that you’ve never seen Rodger (with a d) as a first or last name before? You both need to get out more. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:33:30 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15935/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15937/view RoDger, Mama, make ‘em stop! Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:37:11 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15937/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15939/view “Rodger your pessimism and attitude are an embarrassment to the entire MSU community. I’m sorry YOU don’t care about softball, baseball or soccer but please do not blanket statement the rest of the campus and alumni network into sharing your limited viewpoint.” Oh really? Take a trip to a ballgame. What will you see? A crappy, empty ballpark! Can you guess why it’s empty and crappy? We suck, continue to suck, and therefore, nobody cares enough to donate money and fix the problem! As for the rest of you, sure, mock my name, but obviously I’m the adult, intellectual giant here among the little whiny boys. What do little whiny boys do when they can’t compose a valid argument? Well, aside from run to their Mommies and cry, resort to general stupidity. I’m right. Most of you are too dumb to come up with a retort. Children, grow up. Put away your bongs, cocaine, and other recreational drugs and use that blob of pot-stricken gray matter located between your ears once in a while. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:55:59 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15939/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15964/view Rodger, you are completely ignorant. Guess who is overseeing the project? Kirk Gibson and Mark Mulder… but you are probably right, no one cares about MSU baseball. And nothing has been done for the past nine years because administration made a decision that they did not want to move forward on the project piece by piece. They wanted to do the whole college field project at the same general time. Perhaps this is why softball and baseball just got a brand new million dollar batting cage facility and now the soccer stadium is being built. Maybe you should think, or maybe even, I don’t know, become informed? You sure have a lot to say for a guy who doesn’t know too much. And one person cares about soccer? Maybe you should tell that to the four thousand people at the men’s soccer game when MSU beat Michigan 5-0. And secondly, whoever was asking about the floodplain, it’s been accounted for. That’s why the new batting cages have large garage style doors and have been built to allow water to flow through them. The new stadiums are being built in a way that they will be flood plain friendly and allow for water to run through them. Part of the reason it has taken so long to get this project going was so they could figure out how to create the stadiums to avoid water damage. Also, they have to make the stadiums on fairly wet and unstable ground so that had to be accounted for also when designing the stadiums adding only more time onto the overall process. Fortunately, they have now figured it out and it will only be a matter of time until the whole project is complete. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:21:31 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/15964/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16091/view Rodger – We ALL know what the “d” is for … DEMOCRAT! “Intellectual giant”? Then why respond to those you look upon with disdain? I’ll tell you why. You can’t help yourself, you are a Democrat. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:40:48 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16091/view