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re: For those who are older, was there a CWS LSU won with less talent than 2025 LSU?
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:36 pm to whitetiger1234
Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:36 pm to whitetiger1234
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2009 lineup was awesome. I think about that team a lot. I was 12 at the time, so it was the first CWS team that I watched and remembered.
I remember them all actually, but not in great detail from 30+ years ago. I was a teenager in 91, and a baseball junkie, but shite that was so long ago. I remember watching Ben McDonald pitch and Joey Belle at LSU.
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Posted on 5/8/25 at 8:42 pm to TigerCub
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Miami was a better team talent wise than us in 1996 too.
I agree. I remember our bullpen had absolutely sucked at times during the ‘96 season, especially at the sec tournament, which was mighty late to be stinking it up (knowing regionals were only a week away).
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:27 pm to Saunson69
There are seven of them. The only one that is even debatable is 2023.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:57 pm to fallguy_1978
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fallguy_1978
One of the best posters on this site. Always has great responses.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 10:03 pm to Saunson69
The 1997 team had the least amount of MLB talent. Brandon Larson was the only player from that team to make it to the show and that was likely only due to his first round draft pick contract.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 10:18 pm to JPLSU1981
That team was stacked
Posted on 5/8/25 at 10:22 pm to JPLSU1981
If you had asked me to list who I thought would be the most impactful ML player from '09 team, at the time, DJ probably would not cracked top 5
Posted on 5/8/25 at 10:29 pm to JPLSU1981
Yeah I’ll take 1997 over anything. Nothing topping that lineup.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 10:33 pm to MrWalkingMan
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Don’t forget Tyler Hanover who played a huge role on that team and started most of the season at 3B Fun fact: He’s the LSU all-time leader in career sacrifice bunts
He also had an amazing fastball. This board has always been insane.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:06 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
Exactly... kid or not it's just a question looking for some historical insight. If this isn't the place to ask this type of question what are we doing here.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 11:17 pm to lsupride87
Really? I was 11 in 2000 and vividly remember that championship. Although didn’t remember the season because back then they never televised college baseball during the season.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 5:21 am to MrWalkingMan
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but 2009 was my personal favorite lineup that we ever had
Don’t forget Tyler Hanover who played a huge role on that team and started most of the season at 3B
Fun fact: He’s the LSU all-time leader in career sacrifice bunts
wasn't Derek Helenihi the third baseman in 2009? I remember a great diving stop by him and a rocket throw to first in the postseason at some point in 2009. Either the SEC tournament, or Omaha it feels like but I cant remember exactly when it happened.
After thinking back on it for 2 minutes
I believe the diving stop was against Texas in the college world series final. I could be wrong though. But Derek Helenihi was definitely a senior in 2009 and played third base. I think Hanover came a year or two afterwards. This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 5:25 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 6:15 am to lsupride87
Hysterical!
Posted on 5/9/25 at 7:20 am to Saunson69
It is really hard to see who the best team is this year. It is wide open, no great stacked teams.
You probably have 20 teams that can make Omaha and 8-10 that can win it.
You probably have 20 teams that can make Omaha and 8-10 that can win it.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 7:56 am to Saunson69
I don't see a Dylan Crews, Tommy White, Brayden Jobert, Gavin Dugas, or a Tre Morgan on this current team! 
Posted on 5/9/25 at 7:59 am to Saunson69
Don't get ahead of yourself there Skippy. Some of the teams that won it all were not as talented as some of the teams that lost.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 8:01 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 8:27 am to chadr07
quote:And you would be lying if you said you knew the intricate details of the teams strengths, weakness, talent level etc
Really? I was 11 in 2000 and vividly remember that championship.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 8:29 am to Choupique19
quote:Yeh but that really doesn’t matter for college baseball back then and still really doesn’t matter periodically
The 1997 team had the least amount of MLB talent
Beloso and Raph rhymes both were clearly not MLB talent. But man oh man were they primed college players
1997 maybe didn’t have MLB talent but it was by far one of the most dangerous lineups in college baseball that year
From a “how are they dominating college perspective”, to me, this team seems lighter than other title teams.
This post was edited on 5/9/25 at 8:31 am
Posted on 5/9/25 at 8:41 am to lsupride87
Yeah, guys like Blair Barbier and Trey McClure were big time players at the college level but not big MLB prospects. I grew up with Trey and Todd McClure. Trey was probably the better all around athlete, but Todd had a 13 yr NFL career.
Posted on 5/9/25 at 8:48 am to Choupique19
Kurt Ainsworth was on that team. I don't remember him contributing any that year though.
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