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re: LSU's best all-around catcher???

Posted on 6/27/11 at 1:40 pm to
Posted by tadelatt
Buga Nation
Member since Jan 2010
12331 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 1:40 pm to
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Don't think he qualifies in this


Agreed.

I went with Cresse because that was 2000. Recent past should cover anything from 2000 - now
Posted by Trent
Member since Jan 2008
2151 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 1:54 pm to
Garidel all day. Dude went yatzee every time he got a chance to bat too.
Posted by Mitchell613
Lyon, France
Member since May 2008
890 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 1:56 pm to
quote:

Gibbs may be the best with the glove I have ever seen at the college level.


You never saw Taylor Teagarden?
Posted by ScoopAndScore
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
12291 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:27 pm to
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Mike Bianco
Keith Osik
Gary Hymel
Adrian Antonini
Tim Lanier
Clint Earnhardt
Brad Cresse
Matt Heath
Matt Liuzza
Micah Gibbs

I'd go Osik if he qualifies as recent past (not really I guess). But didn't he play all 9 positions one game? That's pretty impressive.
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32513 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:28 pm to
Hymel, Osik, Gibbs, Cresse...the rest. Don't you dare put Liuzza anywhere near the top 5. He couldn't throw a runner out to save his life. Second base was like a turn style with him behind the plate. His hitting got weaker as the years went on.
Posted by stonedbegonias
Member since Jan 2010
12178 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:34 pm to
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susanfoster


Sooooo? Who was right?
Posted by crazyLSUfan
LA (Lower Alabama)
Member since Aug 2006
6698 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:35 pm to
Very overshadowed by Cresse, but Jorgensen was very good as well. Spider Man
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52509 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:45 pm to
quote:

Micah Gibbs - no contest.
duh
Posted by bradwieser
Cornell Fan
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:48 pm to
Harry Berrios
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
288472 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

He couldn't throw a runner out to save his life. Second base was like a turn style with him behind the plate



you are thinking of someone else.


i think he had 1 bad year throwing out runners. Our pitchers couldnt hold runners on for shite that year. It was an on going problem


prob the best defensive catcher in recent memory at LSU besides Jorgensen
Posted by Jay Quest
Once removed from Massachusetts
Member since Nov 2009
10688 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

Very overshadowed by Cresse, but Jorgensen was very good as well

Jorgensen made it to the majors but he could never unseat Cresse because of Brad's offense.
Posted by Uncle Stu
#AlbinoLivesMatter
Member since Aug 2004
33847 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

He couldn't throw a runner out to save his life.
quote:

you are thinking of someone else.

sounds like Doc Lanier
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175859 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:52 pm to
Ryan Jorgensen seems like a forgotten man.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81984 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:56 pm to
Believe he's thinking of Matt Heath, who couldn't throw out a runner to save his life.

Best defensive catcher Jorgensen.
Best offensive catcher Cresse.
Best all around catcher Gibbs
Posted by wilfont
Gulfport, MS on a Jet Ski
Member since Apr 2007
14860 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:57 pm to
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Best defensive catcher Jorgensen.
Best offensive catcher Cresse.
Best all around catcher Gibbs

Nice summation
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
81984 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

Our pitchers couldnt hold runners on for shite that year. It was an on going problem

speaking of this, I hope Dunn can teach our guys to do this a little more effectively, we haven't been good about it the last couple years
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32513 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 2:58 pm to
Lester you are right, I was thinking of Heath. My bad.
Posted by CajunFootball
Jackson, Mississippi
Member since Oct 2010
19432 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 3:03 pm to
Brad Cresse is the only correct answer.
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32513 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 3:06 pm to
Cresse was great with the bat but was very mediocre defensively. Gibbs and Hymel imo were easily the best all around.
Posted by LSU=Champions
BAWxtard | Tier 1
Member since Apr 2004
22352 posts
Posted on 6/27/11 at 3:11 pm to
Heath was pretty poor behind the plate but that guy was a bulldog and hated the piss out of USL and that is why he and Aaron Hill will always be two of my favorite players.
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