re: Best LSU Baseball team ever ?

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The bats being dialed back is the big question mark to me..If we were using those bats today our numbers would be higher, and if those teams from the 90's were using today's bats no way you have 188...

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The other 300 or so division I teams use the same bats. We were first in HRs by a mile in 1997. This year's team is 32. There is no comparison of the power between the two teams.

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Besides I really don't think the main way to measure the greatness of the team is by how many bombs it can hit.

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You're right, but the 57-13 record speaks for itself. We simply dominated teams in 1997. The current team has shown it can dominate in the postseason thus far, but nothing like the 1997 team.

The bats being a tiny bit wider doesn't account for twice as many HR's... especially when the other teams had them too.

Doug Thompson was money. Brandon Larson was insane. Coogan was money. Blair Barbier, Danny Higgins, Eddie Furniss, Shipp, Jason WIlliams, Wes Davis... they were great.

This team still has 4 games to play... let's hold off with the victory parade just yet.

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The SEC is tougher today than IMO

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That's just wrong. 97 CWS had 4 (four) teams from the SEC West. And that doesn't count a very good UF team or Tenn.

This is WAY premature.

ONE game at a time. LSU plays again on Friday, don't look past that game.

This entire thread should be deleted with apologies to the baseball gods.

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The pitching on the 97 team was every bit as good as 09 (outside of a dominant closer). Overall, starters were better (Coogan/Thompson just as good as LC/AR) and the other starters/pitchers were much better (Shipp, Painich, Demouy, Daugherty, etc. better than Ross & Co.)

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Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

34 Chris Demouy..... 3.63 6-1 36 3 0 0/1 5 62.0 59 28 25 24 70 12 1 4 234 .252 7 4 0 1 4
25 Kevin Shipp...... 4.10 4-1 11 8 1 0/0 0 52.2 56 30 24 10 56 8 0 8 213 .263 0 1 0 0 1
32 Patrick Coogan... 4.46 14-3 25 17 3 0/1 3 125.0 114 69 62 36 144 25 6 14 480 .238 15 5 2 5 1
30 Joey Painich..... 4.52 9-2 22 13 0 0/0 1 77.2 81 47 39 27 72 13 1 11 311 .260 10 2 0 6 1
9 Doug Thompson.... 4.63 12-3 25 19 3 1/1 1 124.1 133 73 64 44 158 21 5 18 490 .271 8 3 5 2 3
35 Eric Berthelot... 5.98 7-3 22 10 0 0/1 0 58.2 77 52 39 23 53 12 0 11 244 .316 5 3 0 3

its impossible to call. its all going to be opinion.

as for the 188 HRs in 97, they have significantly changed the specs on the bats, so idk. i thought ALL the c-ship teams were the best we've ever had haha

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This team still has 4 games to play... let's hold off with the victory parade just yet.

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Hopefully just 3.

This 2009 team is a damn good baseball team.

Honestly.... We had it so good in the 90's. There's never been this long of a drought between champions. It's fair to say that this team holds the key to getting back to the ultimate respect and to complete the re-energizing of the program, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

This HAS TO HAPPEN. It's been too long for such awesome fans to wait.

I did not realize the 91 team had 7 players make it in MLB. 13 Were drafted and 7 actually saw time on MLB Rosters... Maybe they should be included in discussion