re: Odd/rare LSU memorabilia

If you're familiar with the 2008 baseball season, you may remember how the right fielder(can't remember his name for the life of me) would toss the ball he warmed up with to the stands. Then when he would come back out an inning later, it would be thrown back from the stands. All the little kids would sign it and/or leave a note of encouragement if they caught it.

I just so happened to be sitting aboud midway up that corner during the Super Regional series. In game three I was witnessing the slaughter of UC Irvine after their coach had basically run off at the mouth about LSU. The 9th inning began and it was UCI's last chance. It was also the last inning that would be played in Alex Box ever.

After warming up they threw the ball a little higher up than normal and I happened to be standing and snagged it. I was pretty pumped seeing as it was a small personal part of Alex box history from the last season.

I ended up giving it to some little kids that had been trying to highfive the right fielder and get the ball so they could write "We love you" and sign it. They were pretty excited and their pops ended up buying me a beer for making his kids' day. Was a good day.