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re: When did your LSU baseball fandom start?
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:25 am to CrawfishElvis
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:25 am to CrawfishElvis
It’s kinda odd for me. It was always around, especially as I was at LSU during the ascent in the 90s. But I was frankly just always busy doing stuff, partying, running the roads, etc., to really appreciate it like now. I regret only going to a handful of games despite being there on campus and in BR for many years.
It hasn’t been until getting older, married with kids and having more time to devote to watching almost every single game, that I’ve really come into true fandom, e.g., know all or most players by name and background, tendencies, and other things.
It hasn’t been until getting older, married with kids and having more time to devote to watching almost every single game, that I’ve really come into true fandom, e.g., know all or most players by name and background, tendencies, and other things.
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Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:37 am to CrawfishElvis
1986
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:57 am to CrawfishElvis
The first college baseball game i ever watched was the CWS final in 1990 when Georgia won it all. I thought, "Why can't LSU do that?" and began to closely follow the Tigers. It didn't take them long to prove that they could - over and over!
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:23 am to CrawfishElvis
I started playing t-ball when I was 4 in 91 in Opelousas and I was hooked. My grandma and grandpa would take me and my cousins to The Box if we didnt have a practice or game. So 91 is when it started for me. Pretty good time to start 
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:26 am to im4LSU
1986
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:38 am to im4LSU
Grew up in Krotz springs and baseball was life growing up there. Mid 1980’s Skip Bertman made LSU baseball become a part of Louisiana culture. Skip Bertman held baseball clinics all around the state and I remember the LSU bus pulling into my little town and getting instruction from Skip and LSU players on our town park baseball field. As I got into high school watching college baseball on ESPN with LSU becoming very good was pure joy. My best friend had an older brother and he would take us to Alex Box during the mid-late 1980’s right before we became a powerhouse. Skip definitely is why LSU baseball is so big in the state. 
Posted on 6/30/25 at 11:42 am to CrawfishElvis
I was born in 88...the Warren Morris walk off is the first CWS run I really remember so man what a way to kick off my fandom
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:51 pm to CrawfishElvis
Early 90s. My mom is a HUGE LSU baseball fan and would watch anytime we could and she always kept up with them in the paper.
My first real memory watching is both of us on the floor in the living room watching the Morris HR. It stuck with me ever since.
My first real memory watching is both of us on the floor in the living room watching the Morris HR. It stuck with me ever since.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 1:01 pm to CrawfishElvis
1995 when I was 7.
I’m very, very fortunate that I remember exactly where I was when Morris hit that homer against Miami in 96.
I’m very, very fortunate that I remember exactly where I was when Morris hit that homer against Miami in 96.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 1:06 pm to CrawfishElvis
Watching games that I can vividly remember, 2008 last year at the box. However I like to say my fandom started in 96 as a 1 month old being held in my aunt's arms. Which is what made this year's win sweet for me, as I held my 1 month old son as we won! Hoping he brings the luck of a repeat as well!
Posted on 6/30/25 at 1:18 pm to CrawfishElvis
Went to baseball camp there in early 2000s. Plunked a ball off the intimidator just like one of the real players. Only difference, we were about 30 yards from the outfield fence Good times
Good times Posted on 6/30/25 at 1:21 pm to CrawfishElvis
My grandfather played baseball for LSU in the 40's (under Red Swanson) so it has been in my blood since conception.
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 6/30/25 at 1:23 pm to Tigergreg
1989 for me. Glorious being in Tejas & beating eaTme.
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 6/30/25 at 1:44 pm to CrawfishElvis
During Big Ben's time, late 80's.
I remember him from high school. We were the same age, he played at Denham Springs (same district my school was in), and I saw him play basketball at my school's gym.
I remember him bumbling around a bit at LSU on the basketball court (he was 6'6, which was big in high school, but not in college-- and he wasn't fluid), but damn he could throw that baseball. Became a stud and something of a legend. I think LSU baseball arrived the year they went into College Station for a regional, and won. A&M was #1 and had some insane record, something like 50-4, and it was hot as hell. And Ben pushed them to Omaha. No titles yet, but the program had turned the corner.
At that point, LSU now started fighting Miss State for the SEC, which was something that had been uncontested while Ron Polk was there. And then it was going to Omaha often, and then we started winning it.
It was a unique, nearly impossible to replicate circumstance. LSU was a "name" school, football had history. Sugar Bowls, a natty and Heisman. Basketball, you had Dale Brown getting the team into the NCAA tournament every year, fighting Kentucky for the conference. Both imploded nearly the same time- Curly Hallman killed football for almost a decade, and then the NCAA probation hammered our basketball hopes.
We had NOTHING to root for, ... except baseball.
And Skip delivered.
I remember him from high school. We were the same age, he played at Denham Springs (same district my school was in), and I saw him play basketball at my school's gym.
I remember him bumbling around a bit at LSU on the basketball court (he was 6'6, which was big in high school, but not in college-- and he wasn't fluid
), but damn he could throw that baseball. Became a stud and something of a legend. I think LSU baseball arrived the year they went into College Station for a regional, and won. A&M was #1 and had some insane record, something like 50-4, and it was hot as hell. And Ben pushed them to Omaha. No titles yet, but the program had turned the corner. At that point, LSU now started fighting Miss State for the SEC, which was something that had been uncontested while Ron Polk was there. And then it was going to Omaha often, and then we started winning it.
It was a unique, nearly impossible to replicate circumstance. LSU was a "name" school, football had history. Sugar Bowls, a natty and Heisman. Basketball, you had Dale Brown getting the team into the NCAA tournament every year, fighting Kentucky for the conference. Both imploded nearly the same time- Curly Hallman killed football for almost a decade, and then the NCAA probation hammered our basketball hopes.
We had NOTHING to root for, ... except baseball.
And Skip delivered.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 2:06 pm to Scoob
Hell, this makes me think of just how remarkable that time period was.
College, you had football and (men's) basketball, and then women's basketball was a distant 3rd... because of La Tech and then Tennessee. College baseball was barely varsity, nobody paid much attention. Those kids were considered below minor league level.
But you had the emergence of cable tv, which changed everything. You had the Astros, the Braves, the Cubs putting most of their games on channels that cable picked up, so you were able to watch a ton of Major League games. And so when Will Clark homered in his first big league at bat, or Rafael Palmeiro did well with the Cubs, or Albert Belle became a beast with the Indians, you had LSU fans saying "hey, I saw them at the Box, or at least heard them on the radio". And suddenly college baseball wasn't so distant or small anymore, you could see professional talent.
And ESPN, due to lack of broadcast rights for lots of things (they have now), would put the CWS on, and you could see it.
That, combined with the LSU situation where the fanbase desperately needed something to tailgate at and enjoy, catapulted the SEC up. It became a viable sport, and the more that committed to it, the more it snowballed.
College, you had football and (men's) basketball, and then women's basketball was a distant 3rd... because of La Tech and then Tennessee. College baseball was barely varsity, nobody paid much attention. Those kids were considered below minor league level.
But you had the emergence of cable tv, which changed everything. You had the Astros, the Braves, the Cubs putting most of their games on channels that cable picked up, so you were able to watch a ton of Major League games. And so when Will Clark homered in his first big league at bat, or Rafael Palmeiro did well with the Cubs, or Albert Belle became a beast with the Indians, you had LSU fans saying "hey, I saw them at the Box, or at least heard them on the radio". And suddenly college baseball wasn't so distant or small anymore, you could see professional talent.
And ESPN, due to lack of broadcast rights for lots of things (they have now), would put the CWS on, and you could see it.
That, combined with the LSU situation where the fanbase desperately needed something to tailgate at and enjoy, catapulted the SEC up. It became a viable sport, and the more that committed to it, the more it snowballed.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 5:24 pm to CrawfishElvis
1986
Posted on 6/30/25 at 5:26 pm to Tigergreg
Me too, TA&M regional was epic, I was hooked after that.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 8:04 pm to CrawfishElvis
It was pre 1996 for me and still get chills when I see or hear the Warren Morris walk off HR.
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