re: Russ Reynolds interview after the game.

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There once was a time that we mocked ULL for having little man syndrome. "What?!?! Matt Heath stared in our dugout and disrespected us. Let's bean him next time!" Now LSU is the one with the little man syndrome. "SELU's coach had the umps check Reynolds' hat. That's calling us a cheater in front of national tv and a couple of thousand people at the game. I'm disrespected. Arrrrggghhhh!"

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Hate to say it, but I tend to agree. Baseball players get too worked up over stuff like this, or bat flipping, or a player trotting around the bases too slow, or staring at an opponent too long, etc, etc, etc. It's just silly. Play the damn game.

Cheap shots, trash talk, etc. happen every play in football and basketball, and there's real physical contact between opponents there.

If our opponent does stupid stuff, skip the "I've been disrespected" or "my integrity has been challenged" angle. Just play.

And if it really bothers you, go ahead and beat the ever-loving shite out of the opponent for doing it. That's the best reaction and revenge of all. But stop all the belly-aching.

SLU coach was ok for checking hat if it looked doctored

Russ was ok for getting fired up and saying what he said

Everything's being overblown - this type of stuff happens all the time in baseball. Now tbh, I would be OK with RR apologizing directly to the coach for cursing and calling him a pussy after the game, but I don't think it's necessary

You serious Clark? Wow.....

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Pitchers have been accused of (and some have been caught) using foreign substances for 100 years. Just shrug it off and keep pitching.

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I'm pretty sure Ben McDonald admitted he was one of them when this incident happened during the game.

Reynolds should have buzzed the next batter high and tight

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