Most of the games are in the afternoon, and the Zips' average home attendance was 195. Hey, that's better than on the road, where it was 136. Often, the games are played in lousy spring weather, although the quality of baseball is very high. The MAC is a strong conference. But as Bobinski said, baseball is baseball.
People understand baseball.
Fross hopes that his team will be able to play some games in the new minor-league stadium being built in downtown Akron. He knows that winning the MAC and the NCAA berth will help recruiting. His teams have played in the Ohio Valley, Mid-Continent and MidAmerican conferences. They have been independents. He has seen coaches and athletic directors come and go, along with their grand plans and sad schemes.