Cornell Baseball 2024

I went to my first Cornell baseball game of the year today and my first ever at Booth field. Starting with the game, Cornell pitched a gem until the ninth and played sound defense to complete the sweep. Although we are playing well in the Ivy so far and the league seems weak this year I doubt that we will really be able to compete with Penn or Columbia, I’m hoping for a top half of the league finish. Cornell’s jerseys are pretty sweet but I bet they won’t be so glad when they’re wearing black while playing on turf on a 90 degree day in may.

As for the new field, I don’t love it. The one thing that I do like is the vibe of literally being out in the middle of a field playing baseball. To start the negatives off, the place was no more than 15 percent full but the parking lot had no spots so I had to park at the soccer practice fields and walk about a quarter of a mile through a field of tall grass to get the the field. It wasn’t too bad today but on a wetter day or in the late spring when it is overgrown that just won’t be feasible. Oh, and you can’t find the field on Apple Maps or google maps so you better just remember where it is. Saving the most obvious for last, it is just too far out of the way. It was nice seeing some older people and families out there but there were almost no students, presumably due to the location. I miss the central location of Hoy field and I have so many good memories of biking to the top of the parking garage and watching games from there. The new facilities and buildings out at Booth seem nice but I would have much preferred they stayed at Hoy.

Booth Field Photo

Cop at Lynah
Booth Field Photo

Where’s the cornfield?

That is beautiful.

Those seats look comfortable.

I have never seen a ball field with square foul areas. That's weird-looking.

Edit: Took a look at some other pictures and it's not as square as it appears.

Well I was wrong, we can hang with Penn and now we’re second in the Ivy League and 2 games up on third place. I’m very excited to see where this season goes.

Cornell rallied from an 8-0 deficit to win Game 1 against Yale 10-9 in 10 innings on Saturday and went on to sweep the doubleheader. Cornell is 10-4 in the Ivies, only one game behind first-place Columbia. Cornell plays Yale again today and hosts Columbia for a three-game series next weekend. No one else is over .500 in the Ivy League.

dbilmes
Cornell rallied from an 8-0 deficit to win Game 1 against Yale 10-9 in 10 innings on Saturday and went on to sweep the doubleheader. Cornell is 10-4 in the Ivies, only one game behind first-place Columbia. Cornell plays Yale again today and hosts Columbia for a three-game series next weekend. No one else is over .500 in the Ivy League.

Unfortunately Cornell couldn't pull off the series sweep. At 10-5 in Ivy play, Cornell trails only league leader Columbia by 1.5 and has a two-game lead over third place Princeton. Behind 8-7 Princeton are three teams at 7-8 and another at 6-9.

Made the Ivy tournament, already a successful season in my eyes.

chimpfood
Made the Ivy tournament, already a successful season in my eyes.

yep. was upset yesterday when they blew a 4 run lead in the bottom of the ninth to get swept in a doubleheader at Brown but they won the third game of the series to clinch a spot in the ILT.

Playing their first game in the Ivy tournament, Cornell beat Princeton 9-7 earlier today. They play the winner of the other play-in game on Saturday afternoon.

Who is hosting the Ivy League tournament this year?

Chris H82
Who is hosting the Ivy League tournament this year?

Columbia

We’re in a real good spot right now playing last seeded Penn for a chance to go into the championship undefeated.

chimpfood
We’re in a real good spot right now playing last seeded Penn for a chance to go into the championship undefeated.

I hope that works out better for us than it did in the lax tournament.

Nice Cornell win.

Box score

Game start pushed back to 3:25 EDT

dag14
Game start pushed back to 3:25 EDT

Ivy League site says postponed until tomorrow "due to a field maintenance issue on the mound."

[ivyleague.com]

Thanks for the explanation. I thought I was losing my mind when the game never appeared this afternoon and the Cornell calendar said the game was on Sunday.

I would be curious to know what kind of problem could arise so abruptly that playoff games would need to be postponed....

dag14
Thanks for the explanation. I thought I was losing my mind when the game never appeared this afternoon and the Cornell calendar said the game was on Sunday.

I would be curious to know what kind of problem could arise so abruptly that playoff games would need to be postponed....

the tournament has been moved from Columbia to Montclair State

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dag14
Thanks for the explanation. I thought I was losing my mind when the game never appeared this afternoon and the Cornell calendar said the game was on Sunday.

I would be curious to know what kind of problem could arise so abruptly that playoff games would need to be postponed....

the tournament has been moved from Columbia to Montclair State

As per Cornell Athletics’ website, because of the move none of the remaining games will be streamed. A bad look for Columbia (which has had a lot of bad looks lately).

Did they get atrocious weather or was this an Alameda Coliseum "septic tanks back up onto field" thing?

Trotsky
Did they get atrocious weather or was this an Alameda Coliseum "septic tanks back up onto field" thing?

Apparently the mound is artificial turf and that's where the problem is. I didn't know that was a thing.

[d1baseball.com]

"Columbia head coach Brett Boretti was down on his hands and knees pushing pellets around, trying to smooth the surface beneath the top layer of field turf on the Satow Stadium pitcher’s mound."

Looks like dirt in pics: [www.google.com]

Al DeFlorio
Looks like dirt in pics: [www.google.com]

It does look like dirt. And Columbia's page for the stadium says it is. "The surface is a hybrid fiber, rubber and sand infill blend designed to have a more consistent feel. It covers both the infield and outfield, with the only dirt covering the mound and home plate."

That said, hard to believe they couldn't fix a dirt mound overnight.

On the other hand, Cornell's press release also says turf:
"Due to an issue with the turf pitching mound at Columbia University's Robertson Field at Satow Stadium..."
[cornellbigred.com]

Coach Boretti's baseball camp website says turf:
"A locker room upgrade was completed in the spring of 2019 and turf mounds were installed on the field and bullpens during an upgrade later that summer."

I can’t get the stream on espn+ even though the game has started, has anyone gotten it?

Never mind, the game notes say no broadcast available, what an absolute mess

Penn 2 Cornell 1 --- top of the 6th.

Not looking good.

Penn 3 Cornell 1 --- top of the 7th.

College baseball games are never out of reach. Wish I could be watching this one.

chimpfood
College baseball games are never out of reach. Wish I could be watching this one.

Funny you said that.

Cornell 7 Penn 6 bottom of the 8th.

Ken711

chimpfood
College baseball games are never out of reach. Wish I could be watching this one.

Funny you said that.

Cornell 7 Penn 6 bottom of the 8th.

6-run 7th inning is the difference and Cornell beats Penn 7-6.

What a comeback win, Cornell 7 Penn 6. Down 6-1 going into the bottom of the 7th the Big Red scored 6 runs the bottom of 7th to go ahead and win.

Massive win, one of the next two and we’re Ivy champs.

chimpfood
Massive win, one of the next two and we’re Ivy champs.

Princeton beat top seed Columbia 16-6 in the losers' bracket. We need to take one of two from the winner of today's Penn-Princeton game.

So irritating not to be able to watch these games!

ugarte

chimpfood
Massive win, one of the next two and we’re Ivy champs.

Princeton beat top seed Columbia 16-6 in the losers' bracket. We need to take one of two from the winner of today's Penn-Princeton game.

Anyone know how home/away works in this tournament? Up until now I assume the higher seed was the home team. Tomorrow Cornell could be higher or lower. Seems like Cornell should be the home team by being the only undefeated thus far.

nyc94

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chimpfood
Massive win, one of the next two and we’re Ivy champs.

Princeton beat top seed Columbia 16-6 in the losers' bracket. We need to take one of two from the winner of today's Penn-Princeton game.

Anyone know how home/away works in this tournament? Up until now I assume the higher seed was the home team. Tomorrow Cornell could be higher or lower. Seems like Cornell should be the home team by being the only undefeated thus far.

Typically Cornell would be home as the winners of the winners bracket.

nyc94
That said, hard to believe they couldn't fix a dirt mound overnight.

i don't think the problem was fixing the dirt. it sounds like something got under the turf and made the surface uneven/dangerous for the pitcher. the players probably pointed out out.

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nyc94
That said, hard to believe they couldn't fix a dirt mound overnight.

i don't think the problem was fixing the dirt. it sounds like something got under the turf and made the surface uneven/dangerous for the pitcher. the players probably pointed out out.

The few things I read online said the mound was turf. I was just speculating because Al said it looked like dirt in other pictures online. I don't think Columbia has updated the stadium page on their website in years.

ugarte

nyc94

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chimpfood
Massive win, one of the next two and we’re Ivy champs.

Princeton beat top seed Columbia 16-6 in the losers' bracket. We need to take one of two from the winner of today's Penn-Princeton game.

Anyone know how home/away works in this tournament? Up until now I assume the higher seed was the home team. Tomorrow Cornell could be higher or lower. Seems like Cornell should be the home team by being the only undefeated thus far.

Typically Cornell would be home as the winners of the winners bracket.

That's what I assumed until I just looked at last years tournament. Penn was the 1 seed and won their first two games. They were the away team against #3 Princeton in the next game and won. Maybe they do that so if there is a second game the higher seed is the home team in that one rather than both (or being the away team in the second game). That makes sense to me right now but I'm also jet lagged so who knows.

chimpfood
College baseball games are never out of reach. Wish I could be watching this one.

ESPN+ Tomorrow:
[x.com]

Chris '03

chimpfood
College baseball games are never out of reach. Wish I could be watching this one.

ESPN+ Tomorrow:
[x.com]

Against Penn, again.

Wow congratulations to Cornell baseball and good luck tomorrow. I am a big fan of head coach Dan Pepicelli as my son attended his baseball camp years ago. He's a great coach and even better person. Go Big Red!!!

Hoping the bats stay hot. Our starting pitcher has an ERA of 9.10.

Maybe the plan is to make this a "bullpen" game, with a parade of pitchers going an inning or two each.

ERA can be misleading though.

3 runs in 3 innings is a 9 but not as devesting as 9 runs in 9 innings.

upprdeck
ERA can be misleading though.

3 runs in 3 innings is a 9 but not as devesting as 9 runs in 9 innings.

Umm. The only difference is the number of innings the pitcher is in the game for.

yes. but if you only pitch few inning era gets skewed fast

tough call in the dropped ball at the plate?

I take it no replay in this? as he was clearly out?

Gonna need another comeback today...by the way, this LiveStats layout is headache inducing--especially when the bases are loaded! (and as I'm typing this, Penn has scored again and it's 6-0.)

djk26
Gonna need another comeback today...by the way, this LiveStats layout is headache inducing--especially when the bases are loaded! (and as I'm typing this, Penn has scored again and it's 6-0.)

6-5 now. End 3.

Cornell has tied it, 6-6, top of the fourth (for some reason Cornell is the visiting team.)

Cornell has taken an 8-7 lead in the top of sixth.

8-7 Red. Top 6.

tough way to give up the lead on basically nothing from Penn
Much like they got the 6 run lead without hitting the ball hard

11-8 Penn 0n 3-run homer bottom 7th

Cornell loses 11-9. I feel bad for these kids (all of them, on both teams) that they have to play another game today, they must be exhausted. Let's hope the bats stay hot for Cornell in the final game later today, because it seems clear that the pitching won't!

djk26
Cornell loses 11-9. I feel bad for these kids (all of them, on both teams) that they have to play another game today, they must be exhausted. Let's hope the bats stay hot for Cornell in the final game later today, because it seems clear that the pitching won't!

Still don't understand why Cornell wasn't the home team.

Ken711

djk26
Cornell loses 11-9. I feel bad for these kids (all of them, on both teams) that they have to play another game today, they must be exhausted. Let's hope the bats stay hot for Cornell in the final game later today, because it seems clear that the pitching won't!

Still don't understand why Cornell wasn't the home team.

They ARE playing closer to Philadelphia than Ithaca.

to the NCAA:

djk26
Cornell loses 11-9. I feel bad for these kids (all of them, on both teams) that they have to play another game today, they must be exhausted. Let's hope the bats stay hot for Cornell in the final game later today, because it seems clear that the pitching won't!

I know nothing about our pitching staff, but given we had the luxury of a one-game cushion, I hope our pitching is set-up better for the 2nd game than Penn’s staff, which had to use it’s ace in relief in game one.

I would think its to make sure the top team is home on the finals

Down 3-0 to Penn already, bottom of the 3rd.

Does anyone have an update? Sidearmstats is not updating.

Down 7-6 at the end of 7. The game is on ESPN+.

dag14
Down 7-6 middle of the 7th. The game is on ESPN+.

After lacrosse season, I stopped paying the $10.99.

Penn had a 5-run 8th inning. Now in the ninth and we need a miracle....

dag14
Penn had a 5-run 8th inning. Now in the ninth and we need a miracle....

no miracle.

I’m not gonna act like I was some diehard fan all season but it hurts to drop 2 straight games that could’ve won us the league.

Mostly I'm chapped about HS best friend who is a Penn alumnus.