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Good article on old Alex Box
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:25 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:25 am
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“I think there should be some memorial to what existed there at one point,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. “Skip always talked about having something where home plate was. I think that people would enjoy that. There were a lot of great moments on that ground. It was a hallowed ground for baseball.”
Rabalais: The old Alex Box is gone
I completely agree. It is a shame that old Alex Box is just a gravel lot. I hope they do put in a bronze home plate whenever they finally decide what to do with it.
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Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:25 am to cajunTiger22
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:25 am to cajunTiger22
Agreed.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:30 am to jimbeam
They need to put some kind of marker there.
Atlanta Braves have a marker where the old stadium was before Turner Field.
Atlanta Braves have a marker where the old stadium was before Turner Field.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:35 am to cajunTiger22
quote:agreed
The original Alex Box Stadium deserves a better legacy than that
THIS is what LSU needs to do
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:35 am to mylsuhat
Why would lsu put home of braves at old box. Weird
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:37 am to fightingtiger2335
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:37 am to cajunTiger22
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The best sound at old Alex Box came from the boom boxes the left-field lunatics brought. The used to play the 1959 Billy Cannon punt return at Ole Miss baseball coach Jake Gibbs (the punter that historic night) when Gibbs went out to make a pitching change.
Nice.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:39 am to cajunTiger22
They already have a plan with what they're going to do with the property and it won't be a bronze home plate unfortunately.
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Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:40 am to fightingtiger2335
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:41 am to mylsuhat
They can still put a home plate somewhere even if it's inside a building that might be on top of it.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:52 am to GeorgeReymond
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They already have a plan with what they're going to do with the property
Yep, we're already receiving requests from contractors for material quotes for the project. I'm all for progress but some kind of marker/memorial needs to be placed there for the old AB. Some amazing times were had in that place.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:56 am to Croozin2
I agree, I'm happy with the plans that LSU has in place for the property but also hope they have some type of marker in remembrance of the old Alex Box. Do you know when they plan on starting the whole deal?
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:58 am to stonedbegonias
quote:I love our fans
The best sound at old Alex Box came from the boom boxes the left-field lunatics brought. The used to play the 1959 Billy Cannon punt return at Ole Miss baseball coach Jake Gibbs (the punter that historic night) when Gibbs went out to make a pitching change.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 10:58 am to cajunTiger22
Goosebumps reading it, thinking about the hours I spent there and the games I saw there
Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:13 am to GeorgeReymond
My company is proposing on the project, and if we win it, I will be the CM for the deal.
I was down there a few weeks ago walking through the lot and dropped a pin on my maps where home plate was located. Sent it to our architect so he could include it in our proposal.
I was down there a few weeks ago walking through the lot and dropped a pin on my maps where home plate was located. Sent it to our architect so he could include it in our proposal.
This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 11:49 am
Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:24 am to Xenophon
Awesome!
Posted on 6/6/13 at 11:32 am to Xenophon
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I was down there a few weeks ago walking through the lot and dipped a pin on my maps where home plate was located. Sent it to our architect so he could include it in our proposal
If you include a special marker in your proposal you'd be doing right for generations of Tigers.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 1:01 pm to cajunTiger22
I went to my first game when I was 5, around 1990. My mom used to work the concession stand for our church and she'd get me in free. That was when I fell in love with baseball. I was there for all the world series years, remember the Armando Rios cheers, modeled my swing after Todd Walker, and seem to remember the song Happy Trails when opposing pitchers got pulled. The new Box is great, and I'm sure we'll make plenty of memories, but nothing will ever replace the original Alex Box. I still get a little teary (I'll admit it) when I think back to that last series against UCI and the way we sent the old girl out with a traditional 21 run salute.
Posted on 6/6/13 at 1:18 pm to HomeAtTheBox
I Loved the old Alex Box Stadium. When I worked in Baton Rouge in the early 90's, I would go for lunch sometimes when it was empty (they used to not lock the gates) and eat a Pastime PoBoy or Dearman's burger. Also was witnessed to some classic Regionals. Got to sit in the Tiger Terrace a few times. Have a picture of me with a group both outside and on the field. We were special VIP visitors and it just so happend Skip had his hand on my shoulder for the pic outside. (Hope to have him sign it one day). Awesome memories in that baseball cathedral.
This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 1:19 pm
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