Ben Sheets

I think he had some nagging injuries in high school that prevented him from being a big time recruit.

Let’s get all this straightened out. He’s from St Amant. Was a better basketball player throughout his high school career. At least the second best pitcher on that St Amant team behind Jeremy Robinson (maybe further down the depth chart, but hell it was twenty five years ago).

Showed up at American Legion ball that summer pumping 92 outta nowhere with a pretty fresh arm (injury plagued senior year of high school if memory serves me correctly). That team finished second in the American Legion World Series and he was a stud.

Skip didn’t miss anything. Late bloomer, awesome career.

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And until this season, Ben Sheets was the sole reason LSU had ever pitched a #1 in the first game of a 4 team regional. LSU couldn’t pitch down against ULM with Ben Sheets on the mound and had to pitch ace Kurt Ainsworth against him.

It worked out in the long run because it let Kurt come back against ECU on Monday after the rain delay and whip ECU.

Actually it was a 6 team tournament to go to Omaha. I was at the 98 regional and the rain helped Kurt and sheets rest “enough” to go at it on Monday. We collected ticket stubs and passed them out to people without tickets. The box was rocking that day.