lpgreat1

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re: The reality of travel baseball

Posted by lpgreat1 on 5/28/26 at 3:38 pm to Vacherie Saint

I've found that in the circumstances in our area at least (NE Louisiana), if you or your kid want to develop as baseball players in any meaningful way beyond coach pitch age, tournament ball is the way to go.

I've seen that in the rec leagues, the type of volunteer coaches you get more often than not can't even teach what would be considered basic baseball for a kid 9 years old and up (backing up throws, base running, pitching/catching, etc.). Not their fault, they're stepping up for the kids that have signed up. But, they can't coach baseball.

We found a team that allows time for the kids to play all the other fall and winter sports, only requires a spring time commitment with a few loose practices in the fall just to stay acclimated. Played in 8 tournaments within 100 miles from home from early March - mid May then called it a season.

My son loves football, basketball, etc. so this arrangement really worked for us and we will continue with this team next year.

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re: Spencer Pratt on Nithya Raman's foolishness: "She's going to get stabbed in the neck"

Posted by lpgreat1 on 5/7/26 at 10:05 am to Ace Midnight

quote:
but Pratt doesn't really have any policy ideas of his own.

Very few political ideas are original, first of all.

Secondly, the guy is saying the "quiet part out loud", which I think will be the basis of a lot of successful political campaigns for the foreseeable future. Americans, meaning regular folks, are sick of traditional politicians being traditional politicians are most people can now see right through that.

And yes, there are plenty of "regular folks" in California. They're just politically muzzled as the loud, extreme left dominates the conversation.

Political Talk

re: Does anyone else find Tim Brando to be insufferable?

Posted by lpgreat1 on 2/1/26 at 11:22 am to BCLA

I’ve never thought about the fact that he’s never invited to guest on many shows or otherwise given his flowers for being a vet in the business like much of the older guard.

Otherwise, I’ve never taken huge issue with his opinions until recently. He’s definitely an old man yelling at clouds and just can’t accept where college sports are in 2026.

O-T Lounge

re: Does George Strait get too much credit?

Posted by lpgreat1 on 1/29/26 at 7:26 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

Any lyrical songwriter will tell you that a song can only go so far without a singer and a proper delivery.

Go get rich yourself if these guys are no different than AI. It must be more than simple enough to pull off.

re: Does George Strait get too much credit?

Posted by lpgreat1 on 1/29/26 at 7:24 pm to danilo

If the ability to sing a song in a way that makes people buy it, want to hear it, want to hear you sing it live, etc. so much that you get 50+ number one hits means nothing and whether you wrote the song means everything, then yes.

NYT/Pretti

Posted by lpgreat1 on 1/28/26 at 10:56 pm

NYT app main page has no mention of Pretti until 2 stories from the bottom now. And it’s about the new footage.

This guy will disappear from the narrative overnight.

Political Talk

LSU Spring Game - Gameday Experience

Posted by lpgreat1 on 1/18/26 at 1:07 pm

I am one of likely many thinking of attending the spring game for the first time this year.

What is the day like on campus and around Tiger Stadium for a spring game? Similar to a Saturday or just some tailgating until game time?

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re: Who was the more electric player to watch: Mathieu or Daniels?

Posted by lpgreat1 on 12/29/25 at 9:34 am to magildachunks

HB was one of the most electric, must-watch, anything can happen at any time on both defense and ST players maybe in college football history. At least in recent decades. JD5 was special and deserving of the Heisman but HB’s uniqueness is sort of untouchable.

re: Favorite Albums of 2025

Posted by lpgreat1 on 12/9/25 at 9:57 am to LSUBoo

Bartees Strange - Horror
Sam Fender - People Watching
Sharon Van Etten - Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory
Fust - Big Ugly
Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
Bon Iver - Sable Fable
Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky
Alien Boy - You Wanna Fade?
Friendship - Caveman Wakes Up
Florry - Sounds Like…
caroline - caroline 2
Perfume Genius - Glory
Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon
Spacey Jane - If That Makes Sense
Alex G - Headlights
Lord Huron - The Cosmic Selector Vol 1
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
Deftones - Private Music
Water From Your Eyes - It’s A Beautiful Place
Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones
Wolf Alice - The Clearing
Liquid Mike - Hell Is An Airport
Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys
Hayley Williams - Ego Death At a Bachelorette Party
Wednesday - Bleeds
Geese - Getting Killed
crushed - no scope
Greg Freeman - Burnover
Dijon - Baby

re: Everybody slow your roll RE: Wilson

Posted by lpgreat1 on 12/2/25 at 7:32 pm to 44tiger

Lane would fire his arse immediately and certainly not let him coach the bowl game if he strong armed him like that. Plus, I always thought Frank and Lane had a good relationship.

re: If rumor is true about Frank..

Posted by lpgreat1 on 12/2/25 at 7:10 pm to BTRDD

My guess is Frank doesn’t know what his position will be next year. He’s answering truthfully in that regard when asked by recruits. And those he’s recruited and are close to may be waiting it out instead of signing tomorrow.

I’d bet that’s the closest to the truth in this.

Is Klatt trolling?

Posted by lpgreat1 on 11/29/25 at 2:28 pm

With this OSU suck off he’s performing on this broadcast? You can hear him pausing to come up with another way to restate how in love he is with them. Awful broadcast.

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re: Is all of this “I feel torn” his way of letting Ole Miss down gently?

Posted by lpgreat1 on 11/28/25 at 3:11 pm to JakeFromStateFarm

Of course it is. He made a deal to not announce anything until tomorrow so he’s gotta make it seem like he’s still undecided.

As someone said here earlier, the lack of noise is good if you want LK

Posted by lpgreat1 on 11/27/25 at 10:18 am

Since Friday, all we’ve heard is internet speculation. Nothing close to confirmed new news on the LK front. This tells me a decision was made a week ago, communicated to OM, and the agreed upon plan is being executed for this week into Saturday.

Obviously good if you want LK at LSU. Nothing else makes much sense, given what little we have heard from the OM Chancellor, players, etc. Now, LSU supporters’ only slight concern is the “what if”, especially with other jobs being filled this week.

re: That statement says it all….

Posted by lpgreat1 on 11/21/25 at 3:58 pm to tigergirl26

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He's leaving, but wants to finish the season

I think this has been the issue all along. How he continues to coach, and for how long, while also taking the LSU job. Plus the OM coaching search aspect as well.

That statement says it all….

Posted by lpgreat1 on 11/21/25 at 3:38 pm

If he’s staying at OM, you just announce it. Even if details aren’t final.

This is to keep things together to finish the season. He’s leaving.

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Geese...New album “Getting Killed” out this past Friday

Posted by lpgreat1 on 9/28/25 at 8:41 pm

All kinds of hype on the interwebs as this being one of the albums of the year, decade, etc. Cameron Winter continuing his year as the new prince of Indie. This is set up to top a lot of lists in December.

Spent a lot of time with this record over the weekend. And yes it lives up to the hype. Sounds like a lot of classic material and also like nothing I’ve ever heard before at the same time. Another great record from this band that will hopefully be around for a long time to come.

Geese - Taxes