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re: What year did you think LSU was gonna win it all in baseball but didn't

Posted on 6/11/13 at 1:16 am to
Posted by Purple and Geaux
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Oct 2007
145 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 1:16 am to
1998 for sure the biggest shock to me.

2012 - up 1 game to none over Stony Brook in the Supers.

1995 - Tigers were loaded with talent, but ran into a Rice team in the Regional with Lance Berkman, Jose Cruz Jr. and one really good pitcher.
Posted by Roi.Trois.Faulk
Member since Sep 2012
187 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 2:50 am to
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Can't remember exactly, but one of those years we made it under Smoke


Me too.... I think it was the year I learned that a top end pitcher is needed.....

Whichever year that may have been, I think it was the lineup.... not pitching staff that gave the illusion that the team was gonna do it...

Was it not the year after the year Pontiff passed away?
Posted by LSU CRAZY
Da Bestbank!!
Member since Dec 2004
3457 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 6:25 am to
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1998 was the worst miss, for sure.


Amen. Thought we had 3 peat.

1987 Stanford grand slam. Yak!
This post was edited on 6/11/13 at 6:32 am
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30856 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:06 am to
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1998. That team was loaded. Didn't we hit like 8 hrs in the first game against Seth Etherton. Home plate became a launching pad.
This, and as others said, it aint close. Toward the end of the first game we were still launchin HRs and on one replay you could see the USCw pitcher mouthin' "Oh my God".



this year proved.. no matter how good of a hitting team.. you need to be able to bunt....
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31482 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:09 am to
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1998 for sure


They let one slip away that year.
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:10 am to
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1998. And it ain't even close
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
11330 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:11 am to
1998. 1998. 1998.
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
11330 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:13 am to
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this year proved.. no matter how good of a hitting team.. you need to be able to bunt....


The problem with that team was that it was the apex of the Gorilla Ball era. We not only couldn't bunt but we couldn't files a bunt. The weather changed in Omaha that year. It got cold. We couldn't hit the homers and SC small balled us to death.
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
Member since Jun 2008
33232 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:19 am to
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1998. 1998. 1998


Danny Higgins lf
Josh Dalton ss
Trey McClure 2b
Eddy Furniss 1b
Brad Cresse c
Jeff Leaumont dh
Wes Davis rf
Blair Barbier 3b
Cedrick Harris cf
Doug Thompson p
Chris Demouy p
Dan Guillory p
Posted by Fat Bastard
coach, investor, gambler
Member since Mar 2009
73739 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:38 am to
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1998 for me


yep not too mention you must start out 2-0 in the CWS to avoid the losers bracket so the other team has to beat you twice prior to the championship game. well we blew it and USC knocked us out. shoulda been 3 in a row.
Posted by Nunk Red
Over 'der
Member since Jun 2006
407 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:41 am to
1998 for sure. That first game against USC was the most fantastic game a fan could ever watch. You would think that with a team having 8 homers they would be dominating, but the Tigers had to come from behind twice. USC had a Grand Slam in that game, also. LSU had ten different players with home runs in that CWS. I was was there for those first 2 games and had to leave, and I left thinking LSU was going to win their third.
Posted by ffishstik
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
4129 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 7:53 am to
88, 98 and last year.
Posted by mtemplet
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2006
1622 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 8:04 am to
quote]1998. That team was loaded. Didn't we hit like 8 hrs in the first game against Seth Etherton. Home plate became a launching pad. [/quote]

wonder if there is video of this game on youtube?[
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38431 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 8:06 am to
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Cedrick Harris cf



Posted by Palm Beach Tiger
Orlando, Florida
Member since Jan 2007
29886 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 8:09 am to
98 is the answer. But if we didn't win it this year I think that would surpass 98 with the way we have been playing.
Posted by Weaver
Madisonville, LA
Member since Nov 2005
27750 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 9:22 am to
1998. I was at work listening to both games. God Damn Seth Etherton. And we blasted USCw the previous Saturday as well, but they took two from us and we missed the ship. That would have been a threepeat for sure if we got Arizona St.
Posted by MetryTyger
Metro NOLA, LA
Member since Jan 2004
15609 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 9:23 am to
Didn't we have an ungodly record in 1986 also?

I'd say 1987, 1989 (from the momentum of the A&M win), 1998, and maybe 2001 (damn Weenies) and last year, until the rain delay ruined Gausman against Thorny Brook....
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
34035 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 9:30 am to
92, 94, 95, 98
Posted by big wodi
Austin
Member since Feb 2009
28 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 9:56 am to
1998 by far – Gorilla ball was still alive!
Brad Cresse – 29 HRs
Eddy Furniss – 28 HRs (won Dick Howser Trophy)
Trey McClure – 27 HRs
Team Total – 161 HRs
Tigers hit 8 HRs in first game in Omaha, followed by 6 more against MSU. Tigers went on to lose the next 2 games to eventual champion USC.
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 6/11/13 at 9:58 am to
1992

1998
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