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Lyle Mouton's monster home run...
Posted on 6/19/12 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 6/19/12 at 5:17 pm
Who was it against? And I am talking about 'the' home run that so often gets discussed as one of the longest in Old Alex Box history.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 5:22 pm to TexasTiger08
I am pretty sure it was Vandy. Through the window of married student housing?
Posted on 6/19/12 at 6:08 pm to TexasTiger08
Craig Faulkner hit one in around '85 (I think) that was the longest I ever saw. Definitely hit one of the buildings at married student housing.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 6:08 pm to TexasTiger08
Craig Faulkner hit one in around '85 (I think) that was the longest I ever saw. Definitely hit one of the buildings at married student housing.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 6:51 pm to TexasTiger08
went to high school at STM in Lafayette with Lyle Mouton. I am facebook friends with him as well
Posted on 6/19/12 at 7:51 pm to TexasTiger08
This is how you hit a monster...
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:16 pm to TexasTiger08
Joey Belle hit married student housing off of my cousin. Saw Furnis hit the Nicholson drive in right center. The ball stopped in the parking lot at the bottom of the track stadium. LSU had a huge first baseman in the mid 80's I saw hit one further than anyone though. I think his name was Jim Bowie.
This guy was the best I ever saw at LSU over his career. Coach Bertman agrees:
"Eddy was a really hard worker," Bertman said. "His arms were long enough to cover the whole plate from one stance. He never had to change his approach to hitting. The coaches were told not to coach him, and I mean that sincerely. I think he was the best four-year player in college baseball."
He holds the SEC career records for hits (349), home runs (80), runs batted in (309), doubles, (87) and total bases (689).
Furniss finished his career in the NCAA's statistical ledger No. 3 all-time in total bases, No. 4 in home runs and doubles, and No. 5 in RBIs. He posted a .371 lifetime batting average, improving his average each year after batting .326 as a freshman. In 1996 he helped LSU to its third NCAA title and won SEC Player of the Year honors by batting .374 and leading the nation with 26 home runs and 103 RBIs. He contributed to another NCAA title the following season.
He topped off his career with a .403 average in 1998, with 27 doubles, three triples, 28 homers, 85 runs and 76 RBIs, despite being walked a career-high 72 times, and striking out a career-low 40 times. He earned first-team All-America and All-SEC honors. He put in hard work off the field, too, earning Academic All America honors.
This guy was the best I ever saw at LSU over his career. Coach Bertman agrees:
"Eddy was a really hard worker," Bertman said. "His arms were long enough to cover the whole plate from one stance. He never had to change his approach to hitting. The coaches were told not to coach him, and I mean that sincerely. I think he was the best four-year player in college baseball."
He holds the SEC career records for hits (349), home runs (80), runs batted in (309), doubles, (87) and total bases (689).
Furniss finished his career in the NCAA's statistical ledger No. 3 all-time in total bases, No. 4 in home runs and doubles, and No. 5 in RBIs. He posted a .371 lifetime batting average, improving his average each year after batting .326 as a freshman. In 1996 he helped LSU to its third NCAA title and won SEC Player of the Year honors by batting .374 and leading the nation with 26 home runs and 103 RBIs. He contributed to another NCAA title the following season.
He topped off his career with a .403 average in 1998, with 27 doubles, three triples, 28 homers, 85 runs and 76 RBIs, despite being walked a career-high 72 times, and striking out a career-low 40 times. He earned first-team All-America and All-SEC honors. He put in hard work off the field, too, earning Academic All America honors.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:35 pm to TexasTiger08
I was there, but I can't remember the opponent.
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:43 pm to TexasTiger08
Lyle had an amazing one against Witchia State in the '91 CWS as well, IIRC. What a great player.
But my two personal favorite LSU HRs (and that's saying a lot) were Hawpe's against USCw in the 2000 CWS. First, he hammered one off Mark Prior (to tie the game, when we'd been looking lethargic beforehand), and Prior was none too happy about it. Then, he hit a frickin' monster that to my eyes is so far beyond the outfield bleachers you can't even see it come down. It was a revenge dish, best served cold, to those who kept us from the three-peat in '98.
Watch the .55 mark for the first, and the 1.37 mark for the second:
LINK
But my two personal favorite LSU HRs (and that's saying a lot) were Hawpe's against USCw in the 2000 CWS. First, he hammered one off Mark Prior (to tie the game, when we'd been looking lethargic beforehand), and Prior was none too happy about it. Then, he hit a frickin' monster that to my eyes is so far beyond the outfield bleachers you can't even see it come down. It was a revenge dish, best served cold, to those who kept us from the three-peat in '98.
Watch the .55 mark for the first, and the 1.37 mark for the second:
LINK
Posted on 6/19/12 at 8:52 pm to TexasTiger08
I remember Lyle from my Crowley High School days when we were heading to STM to play them in baseball and I was a Junior and a rarely used pitcher. Coach Kevin Magee came up to me on the bus ride there and told me I was pitching that game. Lyle Mouton took me deep to the track but didn't take it out of the park. I can remember it like it was yesterday. STM players were yelling "help me coach, I'm a noodle" and "hey kid, whats that string hanging out of your shirt...OH, wait that's your arm". I went on to pitch 6 innings and we won because they couldn't hit that 83 mile an hour cheese I was throwing. Boy, I wish I could go back to those days!!
Posted on 6/20/12 at 6:38 am to TexasTiger08
I remember one in the 80's that hit near downtown. Longest one I ever saw I tell ya.
Posted on 6/20/12 at 10:34 am to TexasTiger08
Don't forget the one he hit off the facade of the terrace in the Superdome during one of the Louisiana Classic games.
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