Last night was a core memory and is what the magic of LSU baseball is all about

The Warren Morris walk off home run in 1996 was when I fell in love with LSU baseball. I was watching it with some cousins and called my dad all excited to ask if he saw it too - as if he wasn’t watching . From that day forward, he and I watched and listened to all the games together. It started a long tradition of LSU baseball with him that I’ll always treasure.

In my opinion, what we witnessed last night was one of the all-time greatest moments in LSU sports history. Warren Morris’s walk off is obviously the best but Tommy White’s walk off, given the stakes and how the entire game had progressed up until that moment, is up there as a top three moment in my opinion. Huge Warren Morris vibes with that one and I don’t think many can disagree.

Years ago, when watching LSU baseball with my dad as a kid, we had this tradition where I would slowly bring out every piece of LSU memorabilia I owned and faced it towards the radio (before all games were televised) and the tv when they were broadcast. It was our thing to do and that tradition was undefeated - each and every time I did that, LSU won. My dad and I laugh about that all the time still to this day. Good times and fantastic memories for the both of us.

Fast forward to 6:00 last night. I’m sitting down to watch the game start and my eight year old son walks in with all his LSU shirts and jerseys and starts placing them face forward to the tv. I thought “no way he’s doing what I think he’s doing”. I say, “buddy, what are you doing?” And he says “we gotta win this game dad. I’m bringing out all my stuff for good luck”. My proudest dad moment came in that instant. I almost shed a tear and just gave him a big ole hug.

Fast forward to last night when Tommy White hit his home run to propel us to an improbable two victories over the only other number one team this year, out of the losers bracket, and into the championship series. I jumped up and down, screamed, yelled, laughed, jumped some more - I looked and sounded like a child trapped in a grown man’s body. I felt like I was 11 again when Warren Morris did his thing, except this time my childhood LSU baseball tradition came full circle and I was with my own son who was excited with me this time.

To fans of other teams who say baseball isn’t a big deal and who warn us that we still have to beat Florida, I say this: that’s where you’re wrong. LSU baseball is much more to LSU fans. Of course I badly want to win the championship but it’s about more than championships. It’s about traditions, memories, lore, magic, and some luck. Last night is what it’s all about. Last night was perfect for me and the memory of the night starting with my son doing what I used to do all the time with no knowledge of how I used to do the same thing with my dad and ending with the Tommy White walk off will stick with me forever.