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Re: Last chance at home
Last time I checked "filled and then some" is not a number and there is no mention of a number in the article. For the small seating area that was there roughly 40 people would have made it look full. And there were still plenty of places to sit. Yes people came and left but for having a game on campus for the first time in what, 5 years, the crowd was slim.
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Were you now? 
I too was at opening day, and the crowd was much much larger then 40. Don't believe me? Please see Terry's story from the Argus:
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...29/1002/sports
No place like home
Jackrabbits open new field with big crowd, easy win
Terry Vandrovec • tvandrovec@argusleader.com • April 22, 2008
BROOKINGS - The wind was cold. The areas outside the diamond looked like a construction site, marked by tire tracks and saw horses. The opponent was an overmatched NCAA Division III club.
Yet Monday was a pretty good day for baseball at South Dakota State.
In their debut at the new Erv Huether Field, the Jackrabbits hammered Presentation College 22-3 in seven innings, making short work of a game that was added to the schedule on short notice in light of several cancellations. . . .
The building continues. The facing on the dugout roofs - along with the "batter's eye" background in center field - are supposed to be completed in the next few weeks. Ideally, a permanent grandstand will be in place by next season, but that's a matter of finding a donor.
In the meantime, a section of portable seating has been brought in - and on Monday it was filled and then some. . . . (read more)
Go State!
I too was at opening day, and the crowd was much much larger then 40. Don't believe me? Please see Terry's story from the Argus:http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...29/1002/sports
No place like home
Jackrabbits open new field with big crowd, easy win
Terry Vandrovec • tvandrovec@argusleader.com • April 22, 2008
BROOKINGS - The wind was cold. The areas outside the diamond looked like a construction site, marked by tire tracks and saw horses. The opponent was an overmatched NCAA Division III club.
Yet Monday was a pretty good day for baseball at South Dakota State.
In their debut at the new Erv Huether Field, the Jackrabbits hammered Presentation College 22-3 in seven innings, making short work of a game that was added to the schedule on short notice in light of several cancellations. . . .
The building continues. The facing on the dugout roofs - along with the "batter's eye" background in center field - are supposed to be completed in the next few weeks. Ideally, a permanent grandstand will be in place by next season, but that's a matter of finding a donor.
In the meantime, a section of portable seating has been brought in - and on Monday it was filled and then some. . . . (read more)
Go State!
Last time I checked "filled and then some" is not a number and there is no mention of a number in the article. For the small seating area that was there roughly 40 people would have made it look full. And there were still plenty of places to sit. Yes people came and left but for having a game on campus for the first time in what, 5 years, the crowd was slim.
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