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re: Best company to open a Roth IRA with

Posted by HC87 on 6/14/25 at 6:51 am

Some other good choices have been mentioned, but also check out Janus Henderson.

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re: Is there a world where LSU goes into Clemson and beats the brakes off of them?

Posted by HC87 on 6/14/25 at 6:47 am

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Yes. We have a whole roster of motivated players who will play with a chip on their shoulder.

Those who have been here a while don't want to see another opening L and those new portal, impact guys want to play for something. IMO, for the first time in years we have athletes at every level on DEF - DL, LB, DB - that can make impactful plays. Come out fast on OFF and make some plays on DEF to include creating a turnover or two, and don't forget about the speed back there on STs. Punch them in the nose and keep on punching them.

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re: On a scale of 1-10 how nervous are yall for this Arkansas game.

Posted by HC87 on 6/13/25 at 10:54 am

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8

Yep! They are the best team in the CWS not named LSU. HUGE game to set us up for success in the following days. No other way to say it.

Hope Anderson is ON for min 7IP and our lineup finds ways to get on base, move runners, and keep scoring. This is what you worked for, to be in these positions.

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re: Grant Taylor

Posted by HC87 on 6/11/25 at 10:45 am

Talk about a GREAT 1st appearance! Bringing the heater and not backing down. Here it is, try to hit it. Good on him & I hope he continues to have success.

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re: Lowder vs. Skenes. The greatest college baseball game ever

Posted by HC87 on 6/10/25 at 11:01 am

You talk about being on the edge of your seat for 11 innings watching some phenomenal baseball, from both teams.

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re: SI.com. “Skenes is the greatest phenom to take the mound”. Link

Posted by HC87 on 6/10/25 at 8:10 am

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He is so special. I just wish he were on a team where it mattered.

Hopefully, he gets traded somewhere good soon.

It will certainly be interesting as he gets closer to the end of his rookie contract. NO WAY Pitt can afford to keep him, not with the NY teams, Dodgers, Cubs, Phils, and others ready to throw hundreds of millions at him.

PS seems like a quiet, non-assuming guy. It will be interesting to see where he wants to play.

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re: Braswell’s swing is terrible

Posted by HC87 on 6/10/25 at 7:56 am

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Braswell’s swing is terrible

He needs to watch some film and go back to the tee & bucket of balls. Get the plane of his swing aligned to where he feels it & sees it resulting in squared up contact. Love his D at 3b, but too often the last two weekends he has come up with a chance to do some damage and he has left ducks on the pond. His bat coming alive for the CWS would complete the lineup and keep pressure on the opposing pitchers.

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re: Grant Taylor to the Majors

Posted by HC87 on 6/10/25 at 7:42 am

CONGRATS to him! He is one of those guys I wish we saw pitch more in a LSU uniform.

Different topic, but I hope Shores sticks around for another season. His best pitching in an LSU uniform can still be ahead of him.

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re: Crews a bust?

Posted by HC87 on 6/10/25 at 7:25 am

He obviously has a more severe obligue strain than initially diagnosed. He was coming around and having some better games at the plate. From everything I had read he was fielding his position well in the OF. At the major league level, it is a constant game of adjustments. Look at W. Langford batting .227 and he has been playing full time since last season.

I believe a healthy D. Crews will be back and prove he is one of the better young OF's across MLB.

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re: West Virginia 9 @ LSU 16 Final

Posted by HC87 on 6/7/25 at 4:51 pm

We are going to need some quality IPs from our BP if we want to finish this season on top. 1 or 2 current guys, who have not done it to date, are going to need to find the zone and get in a groove b/c at some point we will need them to win it all.

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re: Evan’s will legit be the best pitcher in the country next year?

Posted by HC87 on 6/7/25 at 7:35 am

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And he’s not as good as Anderson and Eyanson

You got to think CJJ is going to turn these two guys loose this weekend. If they are in a groove, we'll see 100-115 pitches out of them. Tonight especially, it wouldn't surprise me to see Evans come in to finish off a close game to secure that 1st W.

If the OFF is complimentary to the SP this weekend, we'll be going to Omaha.

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re: SEC Storied - Hold the Rope

Posted by HC87 on 6/6/25 at 7:21 am

I was in the USMC supporting an exercise in a Combat Operations Center in 2000. Fortunately, I had a laptop nearby and I was wearing out the 'refresh' button keeping up with LSU v Stanford finals. Got the update and notification when Brad Cresse hit the walk-off single to win the game 6-5. I had to step outside to celebrate and then get back into the fight! GREAT TIMES from an unprecedented era of LSU Baseball.

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re: Elon & DOGE - Massive failure

Posted by HC87 on 6/6/25 at 6:47 am

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Ever notice how many Trump hires end up this way and how quickly you all turn on the hire but ignore the common denominator?

Preach! :cheers:

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re: Is it ok to believe that both are being complete morons about this?

Posted by HC87 on 6/5/25 at 4:22 pm

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Trump is not losing it like Elon is

:rotflmao:

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re: Tristen Keys Signs NIL Deal With Adidas

Posted by HC87 on 6/5/25 at 10:33 am

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Tristen Keys Signs NIL Deal With Adidas

CRAZY! :confused:

LSU Recruiting

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re: Nuss calling to tell his WRs goodnight

Posted by HC87 on 6/5/25 at 7:51 am

GOOD job Nuss. We want your receivers to be dreaming of catching crossing, slant & go routes in full stride, and taking them to the house!

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re: The pride of Rosepine

Posted by HC87 on 6/5/25 at 7:46 am

Ethan the BEAST! He is only scratching the surface of the hitter he can be.

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re: Nuss calling to tell his WRs goodnight

Posted by HC87 on 6/5/25 at 7:45 am

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4 dudes eating dinner off a ping pong table every night

You guys were rich with a ping poing dinner table! :lol:

I remember it was a coffee table and you sat on a chair, the couch or the floor while we watched TV.....and it didn't suck.

:cheers:

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re: Evans giving the ball to Eyanson

Posted by HC87 on 6/3/25 at 1:47 pm

With his talent and energy (swagger), Evans is going to be fun to watch as a starting pitcher next season on Fri or Sat nights.
We need to go find two more like him!

:cheers:

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re: Can we agree Jones is out of the slump?

Posted by HC87 on 6/3/25 at 6:57 am

It is of course promising to see him square up that HR, but he needs to stay right there in the #6 spot. It lengthens the lineup and puts less pressure on him in the #2 spot. See the ball, hit the ball.

PS Our #2 hitter Frey is hitting his stride, and I hope he does not look back. He has that Wyatt Langford build and swagger to him. Almost like must see TV when he comes to bat as you want to see where he is going to press it.

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