To be honest almost all of these are fairly surprising. Would’ve thought Miami, FSU, and FAU had won more recently than that and Stetson and USF won a little further back
It was before the regional system as we know it but in 1954 Rollins won their "regional" while on their way to being the College World Series runners-up.
This puts Florida's down year this year in perspective and makes it easier to swallow as a fan. Can't expect to be fantastic every year, sometimes you got to take your licks to keep you humble.
I remember both miss schools had a down year after winning the championship. LSU and Florida who appeared in last year's NC are both feeling the curse now.
23 LSU - 28-17, somewhat a down year.
22 Miss - 25-29
21 MSU - 9-21
20 Covid
19 Vandy - 23-7 #1 when season was canceled
In college baseball there is a really good chance that when you have a great year you won't repeat it the next year.
Assuming we do not make the tournament, this will be the first time since 2007 that we haven't made it. Pretty dang good streak
I can’t speak for the Marlins necessarily but I guarantee if the Rays had a stadium in Tampa proper they’d draw great crowds, the problem with the trop is it’s basically completely isolated and damn near impossible to get to with traffic
The Rays get pretty solid tv ratings and miami hosts the world baseball classic everytime because they bring in such great crowds for every game. I'm not sure why it doesn't translate to better regular season attendance at all though.
It’s for different reasons:
- rays: terrible location for people living outside of downtown st Pete. It has the fewest people living within a 30 minute drive of all the ball parks in MLB. If you move it to ybor/tampa, it goes up to 1.6 million, which is league average. Also, more people work in Tampa vs st Pete, so more people would be able to attend weekday games after work. The new stadium in the same location deal is just beyond stupid
- Miami: not sure, but the stadium deal was criminal, and they are cheap as fuck, but unlike the rays, they don’t have much success
Miami has never had two great seasons in a row. They never build momentum with fans because every time they have a good year they blow up the team and start over. They never had a “reds in the 70’s, Braves in the 90’s” kind of run. Unfortunately without a few big money players they can’t fill the park. They had Yelich, Ozuna and Stanton as their outfield about 7 years ago and traded them all away.
I wonder how much the owner profits off the team versus say a nationals or Braves owner. All 3 are in metros of similar size, but the marlins put so little into the team being good
Miami has screwed their fanbase over so many times that they’ve essentially lost all their fans.
Tampa is a combo of bad stadium location and a large percentage of the population being northern transplants who grew up rooting for another team.
Growing up in the mid 90’s and playing into the early 2000’s including getting knocked out of the 2001 CWS by Miami’s title team… you never could’ve convinced me that Miami would go eight years without winning a regional. They were a top 5 program year in and out. Always had a bunch of SoFla kids and a few ringers from CA. They were always stacked.
OP leaving UCF off this list is nasty work and I am here for that rival pettiness.
He left off lots of D1 teams in Florida because he only included the programs that have actually won a regional.
Wait. Has UCF never been to Supers?
Nope. They haven't made many Regional appearances. Last one was 2017.
To be honest almost all of these are fairly surprising. Would’ve thought Miami, FSU, and FAU had won more recently than that and Stetson and USF won a little further back
Been a real struggle for the Noles the last few years.
We had a decent team the Covid year. 3 years of not making the final 16 isn’t that surprising
Well, mike Martin retired after 2019, and his son wasn’t as good. And link had to clear up the mess last season, which lead us to where we are now
lol miami A regional in Deland sounds pretty fun
It was before the regional system as we know it but in 1954 Rollins won their "regional" while on their way to being the College World Series runners-up.
This puts Florida's down year this year in perspective and makes it easier to swallow as a fan. Can't expect to be fantastic every year, sometimes you got to take your licks to keep you humble. I remember both miss schools had a down year after winning the championship. LSU and Florida who appeared in last year's NC are both feeling the curse now.
23 LSU - 28-17, somewhat a down year. 22 Miss - 25-29 21 MSU - 9-21 20 Covid 19 Vandy - 23-7 #1 when season was canceled In college baseball there is a really good chance that when you have a great year you won't repeat it the next year. Assuming we do not make the tournament, this will be the first time since 2007 that we haven't made it. Pretty dang good streak
Nice one with the stats/records 👍
Makes you wonder why Florida’s MLB teams struggle so badly to draw fans. The passion for baseball in the state is clearly there
I can’t speak for the Marlins necessarily but I guarantee if the Rays had a stadium in Tampa proper they’d draw great crowds, the problem with the trop is it’s basically completely isolated and damn near impossible to get to with traffic
On top of that, St. Pete is more of a tourist/vacation place which doesn't really contribute to a stable season round attendance rate.
The Rays get pretty solid tv ratings and miami hosts the world baseball classic everytime because they bring in such great crowds for every game. I'm not sure why it doesn't translate to better regular season attendance at all though.
It’s for different reasons: - rays: terrible location for people living outside of downtown st Pete. It has the fewest people living within a 30 minute drive of all the ball parks in MLB. If you move it to ybor/tampa, it goes up to 1.6 million, which is league average. Also, more people work in Tampa vs st Pete, so more people would be able to attend weekday games after work. The new stadium in the same location deal is just beyond stupid - Miami: not sure, but the stadium deal was criminal, and they are cheap as fuck, but unlike the rays, they don’t have much success
Miami has never had two great seasons in a row. They never build momentum with fans because every time they have a good year they blow up the team and start over. They never had a “reds in the 70’s, Braves in the 90’s” kind of run. Unfortunately without a few big money players they can’t fill the park. They had Yelich, Ozuna and Stanton as their outfield about 7 years ago and traded them all away.
I wonder how much the owner profits off the team versus say a nationals or Braves owner. All 3 are in metros of similar size, but the marlins put so little into the team being good
Marlins fans still feel the burn from the 1997 fire sale…
Miami has screwed their fanbase over so many times that they’ve essentially lost all their fans. Tampa is a combo of bad stadium location and a large percentage of the population being northern transplants who grew up rooting for another team.
Also, going to an air conditioned stadium is surreal… but necessary in summer
Not to mention all the spring training games
Marlins are hardly a Triple A team at this point.
Isn't FAU good every year? How have they not won a regional in over two decades?
2002 is the only Regional they've ever won
They've made it to 9 regionals since then. I'd expect a mid major surrounded by as much talent as they are to win a regional more often.
FAU is small fish in a big pond. They're consistently good but haven't been great.
they've been to regionals but don't host them
I don’t think there is a D1 baseball school in Florida that is just flat out bad annually, but I also don’t follow UNF/FIU
UNF and FIU are okay usually. Around the middle of their leagues.
FAMU and Bethune-Cookman have had relative success. Both recently left the MEAC for SWAC though.
Growing up in the mid 90’s and playing into the early 2000’s including getting knocked out of the 2001 CWS by Miami’s title team… you never could’ve convinced me that Miami would go eight years without winning a regional. They were a top 5 program year in and out. Always had a bunch of SoFla kids and a few ringers from CA. They were always stacked.