re: Furniss, T.Walker, B.Dean

Furniss also choked horribly in Omaha

I cast my vote for Todd Walker.

i was too young to see walker play, and furniss was my favorite player

i guess i give the edge to furniss seeing as he's the best power hitter in SEC history...from what i hear though, walker couldnt get out at times

abd furniss definitely used the gold easton every time i saw him play

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Furniss also choked horribly in Omaha

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i couldnt find his stats from '96, but he was pretty awesome in '97 and '98

8 games
28 AB
11 hits
.392 BA
2 HR
5 RBI
12 runs
10 BB

his power #'s went a down, but overall production was still there

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Dean has 1 great season. He needs to do it again to even be mentioned with these guys

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+1. Hopefully next year we can say he belongs in that discussion.

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Kenny Jackson

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Will Hunt is that you!?!

Walker was obviously the best overall.

Just wondering if anyone was there for the Furniss HR at Zephyr Field when he practically hit it to the Saints practice facility?

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i guess i give the edge to furniss seeing as he's the best power hitter in SEC history

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He has the HR record and he was a great power hitter. However, he is far from the best power hitter in SEC history. You can argue he had the greatest career, but you can't compare talent by using career numbers in college baseball. That would be like saying Torris Bright was a better 3 point shooter than Chris Jackson.

Back in '91, the Kansas City Royals (insert laugh) had a tryout at Louisiana Tech. I went and tried out. We all fielded, threw, and ran times for the scouts. After we came into the dugout, 2 guys with Bossier Phillies American Legion uniforms came back out onto the field. One to pitch and one went to the plate. A guy in the dugout said the one at the plate is the one they're interested in. We watched him hit and were all astonished. We all thought we were pretty good at baseball until we saw him. Whoever's familiar with Tech's field at all, Mr. Walker hit 2 completely over the railroad tracks down the right field line, and hit several more out that made us all want to go back to our vehicles. Todd's build was about the same as mine, but he could put the damn ball out about 100 feet further than I could. I hit a fair share of home runs through the years, but I had to tip my hat to him. We could all tell he was on another level than us. He won the MVP of that tryout. The next year, I was watching an LSU game on TV and said "Hey, that's that guy!" He was my favorite player for LSU because he's the only one I can say that I've been on the same field with. That dude could hit.

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Just wondering if anyone was there for the Furniss HR at Zephyr Field when he practically hit it to the Saints practice facility?

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I was there. He hit it over the swimming pool in right field. Probably about 425 feet. One of my best memories about Walker was the 93 CWS, the semi-final game vs Long Beach State. Batting in the bottom of the 9th, and tied. LBS had its ace closer, Gabe Gonzalez on the mound. They had just walked the previous Tiger to set up a force play and Walker was at the plate. He was 3-4 on the day, and somehow they thought it was best to pitch to him. He hit a hot shot at the 2nd baseman, which bounced over his head after hitting him (ruled a hit)and we scored the winning run. We then faced Wichita State in the final.