Take Yourself Out to the Ballgame
By Ryan Killian
Pop out the Cracker Jacks.
The baseball team is back at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, and the men's basketball team has only got one home game left. Time to take advantage of this weather and go out to a baseball game.
You won't care if you ever get back.
Texas is a paltry 7-5 right now, but they recently took two of three from Stanford, and they just walloped a Texas State squad that beat Rice earlier this season.
After starting the season slower than molasses uphill, Texas seems to be hitting their stride. Kyle Russell and Bradley Suttle are hitting .421 and .400 respectively, and four other starters are hitting at a .340 clip or better. Augie Garrido's Longhorns are just a consistent pitching staff away from being the team they're supposed to be.
But after their first eight home games were played at Dell Diamond, the team is still attracting less notice
than Kevin Durant's last layup.
The attendance at games in Round Rock reflected how hard it is for students to fit an hour-long, round-trip drive to the ballpark into their schedules.
With the exception of the Stanford series, less than 2,000 people went out to most of the ball games. Against UT-Pan American, there was barely a crowd to go out to - only 584 people saw the 19-0 licking the Longhorns laid down.
It was a shame.
But things just got a lot more convenient. "The Disch" is little more than a long Russell home run away from campus. Even he's glad to be done with Round Rock.
"We don't have to drive 30 minutes to be at a place we can call home," Russell said. "We can just drive right down the road."
And so can fans.
Besides, after weeks of ugly, basketball weather, the temperatures have risen and being outside is finally bearable again - even enjoyable.
Taking in a ballgame at Disch-Falk won't be without its aggravations though. In order to watch the country's No. 13 team at work, fans will have to suffer through temporary concession, box office and - worst of all - restroom facilities.
But all they need to root for the home team are bleachers, and Disch-Falk has them and a berm to boot.
As renovations continue, soon the field's AstroTurf - a source of anguish for many opposing defenders - will be replaced by the more modern field turf. Texas will lose a key ingredient that helps give them one of the biggest homefield advantages in the sport.
Time is running out to see a Texas game during this transitive period, but 20 of Texas' next 23 games are in Austin, so there's no excuse.
Buy yourself some peanuts and get out there.
Pop out the Cracker Jacks.
The baseball team is back at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, and the men's basketball team has only got one home game left. Time to take advantage of this weather and go out to a baseball game.
You won't care if you ever get back.
Texas is a paltry 7-5 right now, but they recently took two of three from Stanford, and they just walloped a Texas State squad that beat Rice earlier this season.
After starting the season slower than molasses uphill, Texas seems to be hitting their stride. Kyle Russell and Bradley Suttle are hitting .421 and .400 respectively, and four other starters are hitting at a .340 clip or better. Augie Garrido's Longhorns are just a consistent pitching staff away from being the team they're supposed to be.
But after their first eight home games were played at Dell Diamond, the team is still attracting less notice
than Kevin Durant's last layup.
The attendance at games in Round Rock reflected how hard it is for students to fit an hour-long, round-trip drive to the ballpark into their schedules.
With the exception of the Stanford series, less than 2,000 people went out to most of the ball games. Against UT-Pan American, there was barely a crowd to go out to - only 584 people saw the 19-0 licking the Longhorns laid down.
It was a shame.
But things just got a lot more convenient. "The Disch" is little more than a long Russell home run away from campus. Even he's glad to be done with Round Rock.
"We don't have to drive 30 minutes to be at a place we can call home," Russell said. "We can just drive right down the road."
And so can fans.
Besides, after weeks of ugly, basketball weather, the temperatures have risen and being outside is finally bearable again - even enjoyable.
Taking in a ballgame at Disch-Falk won't be without its aggravations though. In order to watch the country's No. 13 team at work, fans will have to suffer through temporary concession, box office and - worst of all - restroom facilities.
But all they need to root for the home team are bleachers, and Disch-Falk has them and a berm to boot.
As renovations continue, soon the field's AstroTurf - a source of anguish for many opposing defenders - will be replaced by the more modern field turf. Texas will lose a key ingredient that helps give them one of the biggest homefield advantages in the sport.
Time is running out to see a Texas game during this transitive period, but 20 of Texas' next 23 games are in Austin, so there's no excuse.
Buy yourself some peanuts and get out there.
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