Anyone else remember the Lamabe years?

I remember those days well. A couple hundred fans was about normal back then.

That's pretty much the way it is for the vast majority of college baseball teams still these days.

Baseball at the Box is truly a special experience.

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Those were the days! Walking in to the Box on your ID and sitting anywhere you pleased.

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I still pretty much do this.

I remember going to some midweek in-state games and they'd have as many fans as we did. And the lights around the stadium/field were just awful.

I was in school when Lamabe was dismissed and Skip was hired. Lamabe claimed Brodhead never told him ahead of time he was fired, that he found out about it reading the then Morning Advocate and seeing a position for LSU's baseball coach in the classifieds.

Brodhead was a tool, but surely that story isn't accurate ?

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Those were the days! Walking in to the Box on your ID and sitting anywhere you pleased.

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Same thing Skips first years.....I was there.....

A friend of mine tells a story sometimes and its telling of how far the program has come. Sometime in the early 80's when Lamabe was coaching LSU they came to Ponchatoula and played a game against the Coast Guard Academy at Athletic Park ( home to our defunct minor league team ) He said after the game they stopped at a convenience store when a mini bus pulled up driven by Lamabe. When the door opened he said chicken bones and beer cans were falling out of the van onto the ground