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| Papp Park in Taylor is home to the Henry Ford Community College baseball team. The field is not ready to host games. |
The college baseball season in the state of Michigan has been at the mercy of Mother Nature, and despite the official arrival of Spring, all levels of baseball are being affected by the cold weather. Games scheduled in March are usually dicey, but this years record breaking snow totals, combined with the record breaking temperatures have created impossible conditions for baseball. Several games throughout different levels of college baseball have already been postponed, or cancelled all together. Teams from the Midwest face many disadvantages in the current college baseball structure, and scheduling issues provide one more challenge for schools located in the state of Michigan.
College baseball in the Midwest has been labeled throughout the South, and West as being of a lesser quality, but the top teams in the Midwest can play against anybody. Sometimes the Conferences from the Midwest such as the Big 10, and the MAC (Mid-American Conference) aren't loaded from top to bottom, but there is definitely talent, and parody in the Midwest, and throughout the landscape of college baseball.
Every season, schools from the Midwest send their baseball programs down south to play almost the first half of their season on the road. When the teams return to their campuses, the weather is still cold, and teams are forced to sit around while games are postponed, or cancelled all together. Players avoid live ball action, and then play half of their remaining games on the road. Several double headers are plugged into the schedule to make up for the games affected by rain, and the weather for the remaining games resembles December football weather, as opposed to baseball weather in the Spring.
Scroll down to see a list of some college games that have already been cancelled, or postponed due to the cold weather. Click on the links below for more information about NCAA Division 1 Baseball, NCAA Division 2 Baseball, the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), or the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association).
Some Local College Baseball Games That Have Already Been Postponed, Or Cancelled!
March 14th - Rochester College at Cornerstone University - cancelled - double header
March 15th - University of Northwestern Ohio at Siena Heights University - cancelled - double header
March 16th - University of Northwestern Ohio at Siena Heights University - cancelled - double header
March 18th - Concordia University at Henry Ford Community College - cancelled
March 18th - Madonna University at Central Michigan University - postponed
March 19th - Concordia University at Madonna University - postponed - double header
March 22nd - Aquinas College at Madonna University - cancelled - double header
March 22nd - Siena Heights University at Cornerstone University - cancelled - double header
March 23rd - Aquinas College at Madonna University - postponed - double header
March 24th - Albion College at Henry Ford Community College - cancelled
March 25th - Northwestern University at Western Michigan University - cancelled
March 26th - Central Michigan at Michigan State University - postponed
March 26th - University of Toledo at Oakland University - cancelled
March 26th - Ashland University at Wayne State University - postponed
March 27th - Henry Ford Community College at Concordia University - cancelled
For more information about NCAA Division 1 Baseball click on http://www.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d1
For more information about NCAA Division 2 Baseball click on http://www.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d2
For more information about the NAIA click on http://www.naia.org
For more information about the NJCAA click on http://www.njcaa.org
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