Texas Tech had to cancel their 2nd home series of the year versus a team from Illinois. This weekend's cancellation isn't quite like the previous one, but it still translates to 4 more home games lost. The Illinois baseball team was unable to get a flight out of Chicago due to the heavy snow up there. Luckily, the Raiders were informed in time, and made a deal with the Texas State Bobcats to play in San Marcos this weekend. San Marcos was anticipating the same situation as Tech was facing because their opponent was Northern Illinois, but the Huskies managed to get a flight out of Chicago before the airport was shut down.
Tech plays UNI at 2 pm today, and Texas State at 7 pm. Tomorrow, Tech and UNI square off again at noon. The Raiders close out the series on Monday at 2:30 against the Bobcats.
So what does all of this mean? It means that the Raiders have lost 8 home games out of 10 so far on the year. This hurts financially, as the Raiders have had to make 2 weekend trips to the San Antonio area and haven't brought in money from the lost games. It also means that Tech's game against Texas on March 20th will mark their 3rd home game. In retrospect, Texas A&M will have played 21 home games in the same stretch.
Tuesday could prove dreary for the Raiders since they will have to play in Albuquerque for the second time this year after being in Central Texas. So they have 4 games in 3 days in San Marcos, and have to immediately get to New Mexico to play the Lobos the very next day. That's a lot of baseball and travel for the team.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment