A quick word on the new Dedeaux Field.
When USC unveiled the original Dedeaux Field in 1974, it was considered one of the best college baseball stadiums in the country.
The new Dedeaux Field, which officially opened Friday night, by today’s standards is a basic ball park. Not remarkable. Not below par. Just a standard, bang-average facility with a small capacity (about 1,600 attended the opener).
It wouldn’t draw a second thought in the SEC. Maybe not even a first thought. In fact, it probably wouldn’t have drawn much attention in the old Pac-12.
It’s a ball park. And it beats driving to Irvine for home games. Or walking a mile from the parking lot to the stadium like at UCLA this year. That’s about it.
Obviously, amenities like the locker rooms and offices will be better today. What stadium wouldn’t be from 50 years ago? But it’s otherwise not memorable.
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
All the SC attention goes into the football team and its facilities.
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KAM: Do the History and Anthropology Departments lose money too? USC’s rich baseball tradition deserves better.
DON: Imagine if we had an AD who had the imagination to engage all the millionaire former players who played in the majors to support the program? Retire their numbers , have a special USC Baseball Hall of Fame, have nights in their honor? Nah, that would take effort from Jen “Taco Lita” Cohen.
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GET OFF YOUR LAZY AZZZZZ AND START SOMETHING UP INSTEAD OF CRYING ABOUT IT 24/7
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If I were a betting fella, I would wager that outside of the baseball team, that fewer than 10 people on campus even know who Dedeaux was.
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Exactly. Why should the school spend tens of millions of dollars more on a state of the art baseball field when baseball draws 1,500 fans at best and loses money. You invest in projects that return money. Only football has a return.
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