[ColoradoTree]

Excited about the idea of the tournament. And initially when I read Scottsdale, I sort of assumed the tournament would be at a multiple-field/spring training type complex so you could have more than one game going at a time, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

Assuming this isn't the tournament's permanent home, then I really like the idea of rotating through spring training/minor league stadiums in the Pac-12 footprint. Obviously you have all the Cactus League stadiums in AZ, but maybe the minor league parks in Sacramento, Rancho Cucamonga, or Lake Elsinore? The Spokane Indians' park or the one in Tacoma would be great, too. Of course, the benefit of using a spring training facility for the conference tournament is that you don't have the same competition for space, but we're talking 4 days in May, so it shouldn't be too difficult for a stadium to fit us in during a minor league team's road trip.  

But having it at a Cactus League stadium every year is kind of a cool idea, too. Interested to see what they do with hosting, and whether they try to find one place and have it stick (like the SEC does in Hoover, AL) or rotate it (like the ACC/Big Ten seem to do). I'm just glad for more tournament baseball!

[ColoradoTree]

Excited about the idea of the tournament. And initially when I read Scottsdale, I sort of assumed the tournament would be at a multiple-field/spring training type complex so you could have more than one game going at a time, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

Assuming this isn't the tournament's permanent home, then I really like the idea of rotating through spring training/minor league stadiums in the Pac-12 footprint. Obviously you have all the Cactus League stadiums in AZ, but maybe the minor league parks in Sacramento, Rancho Cucamonga, or Lake Elsinore? The Spokane Indians' park or the one in Tacoma would be great, too. Of course, the benefit of using a spring training facility for the conference tournament is that you don't have the same competition for space, but we're talking 4 days in May, so it shouldn't be too difficult for a stadium to fit us in during a minor league team's road trip.  

But having it at a Cactus League stadium every year is kind of a cool idea, too. Interested to see what they do with hosting, and whether they try to find one place and have it stick (like the SEC does in Hoover, AL) or rotate it (like the ACC/Big Ten seem to do). I'm just glad for more tournament baseball!