I think it is time again
for ECU to step up to the plate, literally! About 6-8 months ago
I wrote an article concerning the lack of tradition at East Carolina
University athletic facilities, in particular Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (
click here
to read).
May 23-27 the Conference USA Baseball Tournament will be hosted by ECU
and as beautiful as Clark-LeClair Stadium is, it still seems very under
dressed to host such an event. According to the ECU Baseball media
guide, the Pirates have had: 21 NCAA Tournament Appearances, 22
Conference Championships (Regular Season & Tournament) and 1 NAIA
National Championship. Yet I ask, where is that documented around the
stadium? Where are the pennants, banners, signs, etc. celebrating
ECU's baseball history? Where are the pennants, banners, signs, etc.
marketing ECU's current baseball team? Where are the pennants,
banners, signs, etc. marketing ECU's players in pro baseball or who
played pro baseball?
If you can't market and promote your current and past teams at your own
stadium to your core base of fans, then how do you expect to market and
promote to the general public? The Conference USA Tournament is
the time to start for ECU to showcase itself as the place to be in
CUSA! You can't win 'em all but you sure can market yourself like
you did!
Tradition and history are created on the field but tradition and
history only live on if you preserve and market it to future
generations of the Pirate Nation. Step up ECU and be proud of
your past and educate the Pirate Nation on where you've been and where
you're going.
