re: LSU record for fewest walks allowed per 9

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If I had pitched during those years I would have stood on the mound and just refused to throw the ball. Nothing good was going to result from throwing the ball anywhere near the strike zone in 1996.

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Some games the philosphy was to actually throw fastballs off of the plate on the first pitch. You hope to get the batter to swing at a ball, or maybe the umpire gives you a called strike on a ball 8 inches off the plate. If the count became 1-0, throw an offspeed pitch in hope that the batter will get himself out on that pitch. If that didn't work, you were screwed.