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re: What’s your first LSU baseball memory?
Posted on 6/16/21 at 9:26 pm to lsudocts
Posted on 6/16/21 at 9:26 pm to lsudocts
Will Smith, Jeff Brantley, and Rafael Palmeiro visiting the Box and playing one of Skip Bertman’s first teams. Maybe 1984. Ron Polk the Ms St coach. Lots of talent MLB talent on that team. Palmeiro played left field and the students catcalled him Chico. Not happy. He flipped the bird.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 9:57 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
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One that stuck with me was a Wes Davis HR that hit the apartments over the left field wall of the old box.
At Skip Bertman Camp one year Beetle Bailey said he told our hitters to, “hit the ball so hard the students in the married housing apartments will think they’re back in Beirut.”
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:06 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Armando Rios doing a flip going to the field.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:07 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
1975 when we won the SEC. The Session(sp?) brothers were awesome. Catcher and pitcher.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:14 pm to roux
1987 Ben McDonalds' first season. My favorite player was Mike Papajohn!
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:21 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Watching the ‘91 CWS and thinking, “I thought LSU played football?”
From there I would only watch or follow LSU when they were in Omaha until a friend took me to my first game at The Box 11 years later. After that I began to follow the team more closely.
From there I would only watch or follow LSU when they were in Omaha until a friend took me to my first game at The Box 11 years later. After that I began to follow the team more closely.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:26 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
shite man idk. I grew up going to the games so it was like second nature to me. I honestly couldn't name my first LSU baseball memory bc it was so long ago and I was so young.
My most memorable memory was in 1996 and I was 11. We were sitting in the left field bleachers behind the wall in Omaha for the warren Morris home run to win it. Once Tim Lanier struck out, I was all pissed off and thought we were going to lose and I was talking all kinds of pissed off shite like why did we drive all the way here to see us lose and crap like that. Well, the next pitch warren Morris slammed a home run and I was jumping and shouting "I knew we would win!!" Lol. Me and my dad still talk about it to this day. it taught me alot about sports, life, and especially about lsu...never, never, never count the tigers out!
My most memorable memory was in 1996 and I was 11. We were sitting in the left field bleachers behind the wall in Omaha for the warren Morris home run to win it. Once Tim Lanier struck out, I was all pissed off and thought we were going to lose and I was talking all kinds of pissed off shite like why did we drive all the way here to see us lose and crap like that. Well, the next pitch warren Morris slammed a home run and I was jumping and shouting "I knew we would win!!" Lol. Me and my dad still talk about it to this day. it taught me alot about sports, life, and especially about lsu...never, never, never count the tigers out!
This post was edited on 6/16/21 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:26 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Buying my first season ticket for the 1987 season and eventually watching every game that Ben McDonald pitched at Alex Box. Loved watching him pitch (except for that walk-off Grand Slam to Stanford at the 87 CWS).
Posted on 6/16/21 at 10:30 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Skip Bertman got hired right around the time I was graduating from LSU. During my years as a student I missed no football games, only a hand full of basketball games, and never set foot in the baseball stadium.
One of the pre TAF booster clubs in New Orleans used to put on a big luau party at Stonebridge Country Club on the west bank every year. Skip was the guest speaker at one shortly after he was hired and dazzled the crowd with a very DaleBrownesque speech. I knew then that great things were about to happen.
The first college baseball games I ever attended were at the 1987 Regionals at UNO that we won to advance to our 1st CWS. I have been going ever since.
One of the pre TAF booster clubs in New Orleans used to put on a big luau party at Stonebridge Country Club on the west bank every year. Skip was the guest speaker at one shortly after he was hired and dazzled the crowd with a very DaleBrownesque speech. I knew then that great things were about to happen.
The first college baseball games I ever attended were at the 1987 Regionals at UNO that we won to advance to our 1st CWS. I have been going ever since.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:07 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
I believe it was the 1990 CWS when Georgia took the title.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:39 pm to Adajax
I’m a good bit younger than most of y’all, so my first game attended in-person was in 2003 against Jacksonville State on a Sunday afternoon. We mercy ruled them something like 19-1 in 7 innings.
So I grew up watching the Smoke Laval teams in person and the transition into the Mainieri years. I watched the Skip Bertman glory years on VHS tapes my dad had saved. JC Holt was my favorite player on those Smoke Laval era teams. I was still an infant in the hospital when Warren Morris hit the walk-off, and my parents had to watch it from the nursery.
I remember the Marist 3B fainting from heat stroke in the 2005 regional game when it was extremely hot on that Friday afternoon. The next day, Wayne Graham was in the urinal next to me before the Rice game we lost.
Lots of fun memories at the Old Box. It was certainly intimidating for visiting teams. I remember a pitcher for UNO talking a bunch of shite to the fans heckling him in the bullpen, then going in to face LSU and immediately giving up 3 or 4 long homers in a row before getting pulled.
So I grew up watching the Smoke Laval teams in person and the transition into the Mainieri years. I watched the Skip Bertman glory years on VHS tapes my dad had saved. JC Holt was my favorite player on those Smoke Laval era teams. I was still an infant in the hospital when Warren Morris hit the walk-off, and my parents had to watch it from the nursery.
I remember the Marist 3B fainting from heat stroke in the 2005 regional game when it was extremely hot on that Friday afternoon. The next day, Wayne Graham was in the urinal next to me before the Rice game we lost.
Lots of fun memories at the Old Box. It was certainly intimidating for visiting teams. I remember a pitcher for UNO talking a bunch of shite to the fans heckling him in the bullpen, then going in to face LSU and immediately giving up 3 or 4 long homers in a row before getting pulled.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:49 pm to Michael Stein
To set this up, I am 71.
Going to games at the old box in the 1968 to 1970 era was mostly meant as a quiet place to go study and/or work on a suntan. Some games might have had maybe 100 in attendance.
Going to games at the old box in the 1968 to 1970 era was mostly meant as a quiet place to go study and/or work on a suntan. Some games might have had maybe 100 in attendance.
Posted on 6/16/21 at 11:59 pm to HawkeyeHankHatfield
I was a student at LSU from 1984 to 1989. Although our first trip to Omaha was in 1986, it took some time to build the fan interest. It really didn't take off until 1991 and 92.
I regret not going more as a student. I may have seen 5 games at the old Box in my LSU career. I remember walking in the stadium and sitting right behind home plate for a Saturday afternoon game because there were plenty of available seats and there was no security walking around asking to show your ticket.
I remember going to a midweek game when Skip brought in the San Diego Chicken. It was packed that night. I also remember that the baseball games weren't on the radio back in the 1980's. Of course, this was before internet and cell phones. The student phone directory had a number listed for Alex Box. I remember several times calling the Box and getting an answer, then asking for the score.
I wish my fandom of baseball today was the same back then. Regionals weren't televised until the mid to late 90's and even the World Series wasn't appointment viewing. In fact, some of the 1991 CWS games involving LSU were not broadcast live on ESPN. They would show them tape delayed at 2am the next morning. Times have changed.
I regret not going more as a student. I may have seen 5 games at the old Box in my LSU career. I remember walking in the stadium and sitting right behind home plate for a Saturday afternoon game because there were plenty of available seats and there was no security walking around asking to show your ticket.
I remember going to a midweek game when Skip brought in the San Diego Chicken. It was packed that night. I also remember that the baseball games weren't on the radio back in the 1980's. Of course, this was before internet and cell phones. The student phone directory had a number listed for Alex Box. I remember several times calling the Box and getting an answer, then asking for the score.
I wish my fandom of baseball today was the same back then. Regionals weren't televised until the mid to late 90's and even the World Series wasn't appointment viewing. In fact, some of the 1991 CWS games involving LSU were not broadcast live on ESPN. They would show them tape delayed at 2am the next morning. Times have changed.
Posted on 6/17/21 at 12:02 am to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Lloyd Peever getting rocked in the skull on a comeback ball.
Posted on 6/17/21 at 12:04 am to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Buddy of mine in high school had a sister that dated (eventually married) one of the players during the late 90’s - 2000. His family brought me up there to my first game. I remember people were getting their autographs and my buddy and I didn’t have anything for them to sign. We asked the concession stand folks for a cardboard box, tore the edges off and had the guys sign that.
Posted on 6/17/21 at 12:06 am to HawkeyeHankHatfield
05 LSU v. Rice Regional
Posted on 6/17/21 at 12:08 am to HawkeyeHankHatfield
Lyle Mouton hitting it all the way to married student housing
Posted on 6/17/21 at 1:40 am to HawkeyeHankHatfield
‘96 Warren Morris walk-off. 49th St. IYKYK
Posted on 6/17/21 at 3:15 am to ifyoubuildit
Was with my parents on Perdido Key 1989. Just so happened to be CWS week. We weren’t as great as Texas and Wichita St., but being one of the last 4 teams was a pleasant surprise. It was good to have another major competitive sport given Dale Brown had already peaked (we didn’t know that at the time, but I was too young to remember his final four teams) and Mike Archer didn’t seem like he’d continue what Arnsparger started. Wichita won 68 games that year. We didn’t play them, but I thought they had to be good to beat Texas. I wouldn’t have believed we’d beat them for the championship 2 years later, but they weren’t the same.
ETA: I guess the first memory was the loss to Miami. I don’t remember the Long Beach game, but we felt vindicated to beat Miami on the second try. I guess that’s when Skip started to pass them up.
ETA: I guess the first memory was the loss to Miami. I don’t remember the Long Beach game, but we felt vindicated to beat Miami on the second try. I guess that’s when Skip started to pass them up.
This post was edited on 6/17/21 at 3:20 am
Posted on 6/17/21 at 3:24 am to Purplehaze
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To set this up, I am 71.
That’s how old my parents are. The only baseball games they saw were from the married students dorm. They didn’t live there, but a friend of theirs did.
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