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What happened to Cal State Fullerton baseball?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:51 pm
They suck now and haven’t been too good in a while. Used to be essentially an Omaha lock growing up
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:10 pm to DennisQuaid
Trickling to mediocrity since Augie Garrido left?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:13 pm to DennisQuaid
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Used to be essentially an Omaha lock growing up
Pretty much
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Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:16 pm to DennisQuaid
Same thing that happened to the Lady Techsters.
Can’t compete with big money programs.
Things change.
Can’t compete with big money programs.
Things change.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:22 pm to High C
They won a national championship since he left. They are just not having a good year. I wouldn’t say the money has anything to do with it, but if college baseball goes to full scholarships for all players, it will not be advantageous to them.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:23 pm to DennisQuaid
California college baseball is more or less dead. Basically the only one of the small schools that used to be good still playing well is UCI. UCLA, USC, Cal, and Stanford are all terrible.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:24 pm to YeahYeah
quote:. Uh they rose to power in the 11.7 era
11.7 scholarships
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:50 pm to choupiquesushi
A lot of west coast players coming to big 12 and sec
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:51 pm to nicholastiger
Long Beach St. as well
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:54 pm to usc6158
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Stanford are all terrible.
Stanford was in Omaha last year.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:57 pm to DennisQuaid
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What happened to Cal State Fullerton baseball?
It’s hard to recruit against these bigger programs in the sec/acc who have invested in facilities.
Look how many California players are on SEC rosters, and starting. You maybe had 1 or 2 cali guys per school a few years ago now it’s multiple.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:57 pm to choupiquesushi
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Uh they rose to power in the 11.7 era
And they’ve fallen from power in the 11.7 era.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:03 pm to DennisQuaid
Rice has taken a hard fall as well
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:03 pm to usc6158
Pepperdine any good these days?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:13 pm to RedFoxx
I think youth baseball and travel ball outside of California also changed the landscape. You used to hear stories about California producing so much talent because they could and did play year round.
Even in the South, kids would only play on their local little league team for a couple of months.
Youth ball, travel ball, and even high school baseball is much bigger in ACC and SEC country than in was in the 80’s. Combine that with the facilities of bigger college programs, and the advantages of programs like Fullerton have disappeared.
Even in the South, kids would only play on their local little league team for a couple of months.
Youth ball, travel ball, and even high school baseball is much bigger in ACC and SEC country than in was in the 80’s. Combine that with the facilities of bigger college programs, and the advantages of programs like Fullerton have disappeared.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:13 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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Pepperdine any good these days?
Nah they’re terrible. Long Beach too.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:15 pm to DennisQuaid
If teams are able to offer 32 full scholarships, then that would cull the Fullerton types. They would be regulated to "FCS" in baseball.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 6:49 pm to AUCE05
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If teams are able to offer 32 full scholarships, then that would cull the Fullerton types. They would be regulated to "FCS" in baseball.
Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC-Irvine, and other schools like that being able to offer a full ride would be able to curb some of the housing struggles these players find when trying to find housing in California.
In some cases it’s cheaper for the California kid to go out of state than it is to stay and play in California
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