Tigers Baseball

[sly4458]

tigers baseball booster's will be having a fundraiser
FEB. 23rd at the massillon moose. tickets are $10.00. food and beverages are provided. doors open at 6:30pm. if you need more information let me know.
hope you can come out and support our tiger basball team
GO TIGERS!!
MASSILLON ALWAYS!

[Ms V]

Thanks for the info. Have a grandson on the team and am looking forward to seeing him and team in action.

[obie2000]

What does the baseball schedule look like?

[massillon catholic]

I expect this new coach to do a good job.

[Tigers53]

Where will they be playing their home games?

I might have missed something but so far I have not seen how the ball field is being impacted by the Dream Project. They could erect the "Orange Monster" in left field to protect the building. Is there a part of the project which will take up some of the field?

[tigerfan2]

Field should be done for season opener. If you havnt drove by you should. New sod, baselines cut out (1st and 3rd lines no longer grass), backstop being moved up toward home plate and bricked (4ft high) with black netting and poles. Also the new foul line fences are up (which take away alot of foul ground making it hitter freindly) and the outfield fence is posted but there are no links on it as of right now. Left field fence is moved in 10ft (300ft shot now) but the fence is 15ft high..so a monster, if you want to call it that. There will be deep angled corners (not rounded like the old one) in the gaps for lots of extra base hits (not sure of footage), right field appears to be about the same height and footage. Grass has been stripped for a warning track it appears. Looking forward to a good season. Go TIGERS!

[Kamd50]

Thank you tigerfan2:rockon:

[caseybaby]

will the building from dream project keep the sun out of the hitters eyes better????

[Tigerfan]

How does the team look for this year?

[Kamd50]

They are only into their second night of "open gym" tonight.

[Tigers53]

Traditionally, wind direction is out of the west, southwest, so the old 310 foot shot into the wind had to be hit pretty well. Now, with the wall and the Dream, could be a few more dingers, or thunkers off of the brick, hit at the Duck!

[tigerfan2]

I would be curious to the outcome of your theory. I know in my days at the Duck (which I played on for 7 years including Orangeman)few balls leave to left, but I have seen some line drives carry forever to right center and over the fence. I would imagine the building will cut down on some head wind, but it will still take some lift to get over that wall. This park should led itself to more doubles for sure and I would imagine triples as well for balls hit to the deeper angles awaiting in straight away center and right center.

[Tigers53]

Tigerfan2, those drives to right center could be more the result of fastballs on the outer third of the plate (to right handers) than of wind direction. Pitching inside to righties is tough for many younger pitchers, especially if they do not have over powering stuff. Those fastballs out over the plate are easier for hitters to see and HIT!

[tigerfan2]

tigers53, i agree with you that balls on the middle to outside third are much easier to hit. however, high school players that can hit opposite field homers are not that plentiful. regardless i have seen some balls that have no business being home runs cary out. anyways....all that matters is the field looks great and spring is around the corner...go tigers!

tigers53...you sound like you know your stuff and i can appreciate that.

[TigerDL71]

Tigerfan2, those drives to right center could be more the result of fastballs on the outer third of the plate (to right handers) than of wind direction. Pitching inside to righties is tough for many younger pitchers, especially if they do not have over powering stuff. Those fastballs out over the plate are easier for hitters to see and HIT!

I would generally agree with your assessment especially if you were talking about professional or college ball players but I don't think that you can apply this rule to most high school ball players. You are correct by saying that a lot of high school pitchers are scared to throw inside but then again a lot of them do not throw hard enough to go inside and get away with it. However, most high school players do not have the opposite field power or the patience to wait on the ball and drive the ball to the opposite field. I would say that the vast majority of homeruns hit to right field are done by lefties.

[Tigers53]

tigerfan2, I played for the Tigers quite a while back, early 70's, and was a catcher. Played in the Class A until I was 28, then it became a time/family issue and I had to hang them up. I was lucky when I was growing up that my best friend, an immigrant from Cuba, had a father that had coached for the Cuban national team. Times being what they were in the early 60's, he was not well received by the vast majority of the folks associated with baseball in Massillon at the time. My luck was that his son and I were always on the same team so I was able to absorb alot of knowledge. My ability was not the greatest so I was never a standout but I was steady. Our teams were also the benefit of his knowledge and did fairly well. Not an expert by any means but I pay attention.

Back to those home runs to right, slightly late swings by righties also go that way!

[ivan09]

Dont forget the fundraiser tonight at the moose at 6:30:drinkem:

[WoodyHayes]

tigerfan2, I played for the Tigers quite a while back, early 70's, and was a catcher. Played in the Class A until I was 28, then it became a time/family issue and I had to hang them up. I was lucky when I was growing up that my best friend, an immigrant from Cuba, had a father that had coached for the Cuban national team. Times being what they were in the early 60's, he was not well received by the vast majority of the folks associated with baseball in Massillon at the time. My luck was that his son and I were always on the same team so I was able to absorb alot of knowledge. My ability was not the greatest so I was never a standout but I was steady. Our teams were also the benefit of his knowledge and did fairly well. Not an expert by any means but I pay attention.

Back to those home runs to right, slightly late swings by righties also go that way!
I am a member of TASO and umpire high school and some college. Tito forget more about baseball than most will ever know. I disagree with the part about not being well received though. People that knew baseball appreciated his "look" at what was going on.
I also disagree about young pitchers pitching inside. Pitch placement is pitch placement. If they can not put it one ball in on the inside, the bottom line is they should be playing another position.