re: LSU 18 @ Florida 4 Final

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Was this the best LSU baseball team of all time?

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"Best" demands criteria. IDK if they were our best ever. What can be said is we faced the toughest challenge of any in Omaha and got it done

And props to '17. They faced some challenges in Omaha as well. Fell short but it's hard to overcome losing a starting pitcher like what happened with Walker.

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Pitching staff just wasn’t good enough in the long haul to be considered the best lsu team of all time.

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Or the defense, but that’s what made this natty so special. LSU put it all together to beat great teams (more than once) down the stretch.

First SEC HR of the '23 season.

Jared Jones 3-Run Blast vs A&M in G2

Bonus coverage: Dugas HBP. No '23 highlight will be very far from a Dugas HBP.

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"Best" demands criteria. IDK if they were our best ever. What can be said is we faced the toughest challenge of any in Omaha and got it done

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The 1998 team did not win a NTty but could’ve been the best ever. I know people are all giddy about the talent, but ‘09 might be as talented. DJ LeMehieu may end up being a HOF MLB player as he has won batting titles in both leagues and is a career .300 hitter. Will likely end up with nearly 2700 or so hits plus all the golden gloves.
Then there’s those pitchers that made it to the show like Coleman and Ranaudo as well as players like Schimpf, Mahtook and Austin Nola.
The team was super talented.

I'm still on my '23 natty high. No thoughts of 'coming down' except for brief potty breaks.

But being as objective as one can be, our '09 was probably the best - combination of accomplishment and talent.

If you had to pick a staring nine from among the '09 and '23 teams, who starts?

Bumping for both Florida fans to be reminded of their dreams being crushed.

Bump

Because I’m still ridin!

It’s a worthy cause. Run up the flag.