The 50 Year Fight

In 1973, Marshall University started its baseball program and hired Jack Cook to be their head coach. When Hired, Coach Cook was promised that the university would build him a stadium but he never lived to see that happen. In 2023, a short two years after Coach Cook's passing, the university finally fulfilled its promise to the baseball program. It took 50 years for Marshall Baseball to get their own home stadium, a basic need for any team or program. How did not having their own stadium effect Marshall Baseball over time?