re: Skip - Starkvegas Jokes

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Ron Polk kind of had the last laugh on Skip.

After Skip had announced he was retiring after his final season, LSU traveled to Starkville for the regular season three game series.

Polk told Skip he was going to have a short ceremony before the last game to honor the Skipper and also to present him with a gift.

As Skip and Sandy Bertman were standing in front of the LSU dugout to start the ceremony, the outfield gate opens and in comes Polk driving a brand new Cadillac with a huge red ribbon on top.

Skip and Sandy just lit up when they saw it.

Polk drives up in the shiny new Caddy, gets out, walks over to Skip and hands him a mantle-type, wind up chiming clock, gets back into the Caddy and drives back through the outfield gate.

Skip was left in front of the dugout holding the clock guffawing.....

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This actually happened when Ron was in Athens. I don't think Ron got the last laugh. Skip called his shot. Saw the car in the parking lot and told the players he would drive it out and try and give him his shitty cigars. He was almost right.