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re: for the old-timers - the end of the Jim Smith era
Posted on 5/6/13 at 9:05 am to liquid rabbit
Posted on 5/6/13 at 9:05 am to liquid rabbit
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Smith lived around the corner from me. My little brother and his son Joey were friends.
I went to Broadmoor with Joey. Good guy. He's a BRPD supervisor last I saw.
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Posted on 5/6/13 at 10:11 am to Oceait
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- was he just a crappy coach, or was he handcuffed in some way by serious apathy toward baseball
Yes
Posted on 5/6/13 at 10:19 am to Oceait
...might , I repeat , might , be 100 folks at a game. Tops . 
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:07 am to Oceait
I'm friends with someone who pitched on the 1975 SEC championship team. He has nothing but fond memories of Jim Smith if that means anything.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:27 am to Lou the Jew from LSU
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Quiet, green, bucolic.
I came down with a bad case of bucolic when I was kid. Doctor gave me a strong prescription to clear it up.
I attended several games during that era as an LSU student. Less than 100 in the stands is accurate.
I remember lying on my side on the bench seating watching the game as though I was watching TV at home on the sofa.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:27 am to Lou the Jew from LSU
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I remember a very good hitting first baseman, anybody remember who that was? Went on to be a doctor I think.
Dr. John Thomas played at LSU and I think later mentored Skip Bertman through his hip surgeries. Good guy.
Posted on 5/6/13 at 11:28 am to Holden Caulfield
I played in '71 &'72. We had some good wins against some top teams, but nobody came to the games. We finished '72 21&21. Not earth shattering stats, but some good players, Craig Burns, Gerald Keigley and Mike Miley from football were on that team. Please don't hate on Coach Smith he was a great guy to all of us. His main job was the equipment manager but did give hours of his time to baseball. Sadly missed by all of his former players.
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