re: LSU Softball - Start 2019 off right with a new wallpaper for your phone and watch!

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357 or Ree,

Are we a World Series team this year? Are we a really contender for a title? Beth T has been a hell of a coach. Seem to get them to the WS a ton...

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Very good question. I think right now LSU is probably a 10 to 15 ranked team.

Losing Walljasper and Hoover is a lot. They were probably the best one-two punch for pitchers LSU has ever had. Losing them brings a lot question marks.

I think LSU will be better offensively. That is a guess though. And even if they are it will come down to how much better if at all. The recruiting has been great but dominant pitchers can stymie good bats.

LSU added graduate transfer Amanda Sanchez from Mizzou. She was a 2018 SEC all-defensive team selection. This past season she had career highs in average (.374), runs scored (31), doubles (10), on-base percentage (.500) and slugging percentage (.671). And that was playing in the SEC !!!

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The West Covina, California native finished fourth among the SEC in on-base percentage, tied for ninth in average (.374) and slugging percentage (.671), and tied for 10th in home runs (12). She capped off the 2018 season on a terror at the NCAA Norman Regional, hitting .417 (5-for-12) with three runs scored, two home runs and six RBI.

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Amanda Sanchez

Andrews, Doyle and Sunseri (12 runs, 14 rbi, 7 home runs) (5-2 record pitching) are back to help offensively.

Gorsuch and Sunseri are the retuning pitchers and neither have great ERA's so far in their careers. Ali Kilponen from Colorado and Shelby Wickersham will be new pitchers for this season.

Kilponen in high school:
was ranked 69th in the FloSoftball Hot 100 ... Helped lead her team to three-straight state championships as a freshman, sophomore and junior and a four-straight appearance at state as a senior ... As the pitcher, she owned a 87-4 record ... As a senior, she finished with her best ERA at 0.42 to go along with 273 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 134 innings pitched. ..As a junior, she threw a total of 149 innings and tallied 283 strikeouts, 18 walks and finished the year with a .47 ERA. four-time Colorado Player of the year and a three-time Colorado Pitcher of the Year.

Wickersham in high school:
Recently ranked No. 9 on FloSoftball’s Hot 100 list ... In her junior year, she was a two-time state champion in volleyball and softball ... Has pitched nine perfect games thus far in her career ... As a junior, she earned the Advocate’s All-Metro MVP honor, along with LSCA All-State 5A Pitcher, Times Picayune All-Metro MVP/Pitcher of the Year, District 9 SA MVP ... Helped her team to a 21-5 record and was first in districts ... Finished the year with a 0.85 ERA with a 19-3 record, three no hitters and 192 strikeouts ... In her sophomore season, she led her team to a first-place finish at districts with a 21-4 record ...

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Tigerbait357

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Thanks for the info and for all you do informing the rest of us about the goings on concerning the softball team.

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there are a lot of us who have been supporting LSU softball for many years and our program is doing perfectly well without you

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You never did it without me. You think you are the only person who has ever followed LSU softball?

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Many of us coached softball, had daughters that played, played the game ourselves, or donate to the program.

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You are correct. Many of us have. Not only you.

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We were here when nobody else was

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Yep, I used to pull for and follow Southwestern Louisiana (better known as U-La-La) because LSU did not have a damn softball team. I remember their pitcher Nichols who threw damn near every pitch for the team for years. Double headers, extra innings, etc.

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and while we all love the growing support, we don't need a newcomer to come in and talk to us like we're nobody

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You don't know what the hell you are talking about. When have I ever talked to anyone about anything to do with softball and did it in a fashion that you or anyone else would think I treated them as a nobody. You are pretty emotional and making shite up now.

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Just join us

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??? I've been joined for years. I used to do softball game threads years ago on this very board. I did game threads last season when Lsuman25 couldn't do them.

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let the softball veterans discuss our team and the game that we all love and enjoy the ride.

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Now who is trying to talk down to someone?

Hell, I've been a member or Robocoach for so long I couldn't even guess the number of years.


Like I said earlier, I have no idea what your problem is. Maybe old, senile and have me confused with someone else, I don't have a clue. But the problem is definitely with you and on your side of the ledger.

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Way looks like Wam

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In the smaller distant photo. In the larger (2nd) photo it is easy to see that the last letter is a "Y". I see that they were trying for the "paint-brushed" look and think they did a good job of it.

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Oh, I know you now... you are educote!!! Glad to see you back!

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I just don't know man. Let's just not converse anymore.