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HOOVER, Ala. — Nothing the LSU baseball team does in the Southeastern Conference Tournament will enhance or diminish the Tigers’ record-setting regular season. It seems highly unlikely that anything that happens in the tourney will have a tangible effect on LSU’s ability or inability to reach the College World Series next month. Nonetheless, when … Continue reading →
HOOVER, Ala. — Tyler Moore hasn’t gotten as much playing time on the LSU baseball team this season as he did as a freshman last season. But that’s going to change during the Southeastern Conference Tournament this week. With second baseman JaCoby Jones sidelined because of a wrist injury, Mason Katz … Continue reading →
NEW ORLEANS — On his way to the Riverside Hilton on Tuesday on the Tiger Tour, Les Miles undoubtedly was tempted to detour by 2600 A.P. Tureaud or 3332 Huntlee Drive in Algiers. Those are the locations of St. Augustine and Karr high schools, both with multiple players the Tigers are recruiting, including five-star running … Continue reading →
D’haquille Williams decommitted from the LSU football team Tuesday. If you belong to the increasingly small demographic that doesn’t follow — and by follow I mean live and die — football recruiting with missionary-like zeal, this is not going to register as much of a blip on your radar. If you are recruitnik, more specifically an … Continue reading →
Les Miles is going to Destin, Fla., next week for the annual Southeastern Conference Spring Meeting hoping to come home with some version of beach blanket justice. LSU’s football coach, Athletic Director Joe Alleva and interim Chancellor William Jenkins have been beating the drum for months for the SEC to do away with … Continue reading →
The LSU baseball team bused to Hoover, Ala., on Monday in advance of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Frustratingly for JaCoby Jones, the Tigers second baseman is merely along for the ride. Jones is inactive for the tournament, still recovering from a wrist injury that sidelined him for last week’s regular season-ending series against Ole Miss. Continue reading →
John Chavis doesn’t really have time for golf. There is always something football-related that can monopolize the LSU defensive coordinator’s attention and dominate his day. Players to coach, evaluate and recruit, or one more film study session as he tries to figure out how to better slow down Johnny Football. Despite his demanding schedule, Chavis decided … Continue reading →
In this video, legendary former LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman talks with Advocate Online Sports Editor Pierce W. Huff about the current Tigers baseball team. Bertman likes what he has seen from the Tigers so far this season. Continue reading →
It's moving day on and off the field for the LSU baseball team. Off the field, the Tigers players talked to the media before they were about to board a bus to the SEC tournament. On the field, LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri has moved left-hander Cody Glenn up in the rotation to start the tournament opener. Continue reading →
In this video, LSU baseball coach Paul Maineri and second baseman JaCoby Jones talk before the team catches a bus to go to the SEC baseball tournament in Birmingham, Ala. about Jones not playing in the tournament because of a hand injury. Continue reading →
What will it take for LSU to win the SEC baseball tournament? Is a game against Vanderbilt for the SEC championship a foregone conclusion? What about the Tigers' pitching rotation? Adovcate Online Sports Editor Pierce W. Huff and Advocate sportswriter Les East answer those questions in this "The Advocate: LSU baseball" podcast. Continue reading →
Traveling as a devout scribe for Baseball America, Aaron Fitt’s itinerary calls for an escape from the humid climes to take in the Big Ten Conference tournament at the Minneapolis Twins’ home ballpark,Target Field. Yet the college baseball writer’s interest clearly would be piqued by a possible final in the SEC tournament Sunday in Hoover, Ala.: No. 1 Vanderbilt … Continue reading →
Powerhouses LSU and Vanderbilt haven’t met. The conference arms race is at a fever pitch. Dreams of Omaha soon will be put to rest. As the SEC descends on Hoover, Ala., for the league tournament, these five storylines bear watching: The SEC parrots ad nauseam that its strength lies in parity, but … Continue reading →
A day after the LSU softball team lost to Louisiana-Lafayette in the championship round of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, standout senior pitcher Rachele Fico suffered a far greater loss. Fico’s father, Ralph, died early Monday in a Metairie hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for terminal cancer, LSU spokesman Matt Dunaway confirmed. Continue reading →
After being shut out for 14 innings over two days by Louisiana-Lafayette pitcher Jordan Wallace, the LSU softball team had its best opportunity to scratch out a run and keep its season alive in the seventh inning of the championship game in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on Sunday. Trying desperately to put something other than another zero on … Continue reading →
When the graduating seniors on the LSU baseball team got their diplomas Friday, they were joined by Blake Dean. It was reflective of the unique position Dean holds on this year’s team as an undergraduate assistant coach. He’s just three years removed from one of the most productive careers in Tigers history, and he joined … Continue reading →
With the closing acts of the 2012-13 athletic year about to be played out at LSU, bats and balls and pads and cleats will be giving ground to construction cranes and concrete trucks. Though LSU’s athletic plant is never truly in a state of completion — the state of the art in facilities being a … Continue reading →
This is how good the 2013 LSU baseball team is: The Tigers played what was for them an essentially meaningless season-ending series with Ole Miss this past weekend, shelved staff ace Aaron Nola, rested hot-hitting second baseman JaCoby Jones, gave the understudies the starring roles in Saturday’s matinee, and still nearly swept the series. This team … Continue reading →
The end of All-America pitcher Rachele Fico’s four-year career with the LSU softball team was emotional in more ways than one this weekend when the Tigers were eliminated from the NCAA tournament. Fico was a hard-luck loser when LSU dropped 3-0 and 1-0 decisions Saturday and Sunday to Louisiana-Lafayette, which helped the Ragin’ Cajuns take the … Continue reading →
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette softball team took a 1-0 win over LSU on Sunday to claim the title in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at Tiger Park. ULL sophomore Jordan Wallace pitched her third consecutive shutout in the three-day tournament, allowing just four hits in beating LSU for the second day in a row. Continue reading →
The LSU baseball team entered its regular-season finale against Ole Miss on Saturday with virtually nothing at stake. The Tigers already had clinched the best regular-season and Southeastern Conference records in school history. They were locked in as the No. 2 seed in next week’s SEC tournament and are seemingly guaranteed to be seeded in the … Continue reading →
LSU spent much of the weekend celebrating its storied baseball past with the dedication of Skip Bertman Field and a reunion of its 1993 College World Series championship team. Arguably the most distinguished coach in college baseball history and one of his most remarkable teams were fully deserving of the spotlight and the remembrances. But this … Continue reading →
LSU will play either Alabama or Auburn in its first game in the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament Wednesday in Hoover, Ala., The second-seeded Tigers have one of the four first-round byes. Seventh-seeded Alabama and 10th-seeded Auburn will play in the second game Tuesday. LSU’s game will be played 30 minutes after the conclusion of Wednesday’s … Continue reading →
They’ve spent most of LSU’s remarkable baseball season as spectators, but on one topsy-turvy Saturday they were the ones in the spotlight, being cheered on by the players they usually watch from the bench. With the series clinched Saturday night with a 5-4 victory over Ole Miss, coach Paul Mainieri vowed to turn an essentially meaningless regular-season … Continue reading →
Hours after being delivered a punch to the gut by Louisiana-Lafayette in the Baton Rouge Regional, the LSU softball team returned to the diamond Saturday night hoping to earn another shot (or two) at the Ragin’ Cajuns the following day. The Tigers took care of the first piece of business by dispatching Central Connecticut State 11-0 in … Continue reading →
The LSU men’s golf team improved its score for the third day in a row Saturday in the Baton Rouge Regional at the University Club, this time firing a 5-over par 293 to ensure a top-five finish and a qualifying spot for the NCAA championships. The Tigers had finished the first day of the tournament tied for … Continue reading →
After watching ace Jordan Wallace throw 250 pitches in less than 24 hours in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, it would be easy for Louisiana-Lafayette softball coach Michael Lotief to think hard about his options for the championship game. Or maybe not. It seems Lotief knows who’ll get the ball when ULL … Continue reading →
To fans not old enough to remember baseball at LSU before Skip Bertman, the happenings Friday night at Alex Box Stadium wouldn’t have appeared much out of the ordinary. A crowd of 10,000-plus, all drenched in purple and gold, sat waiting for the Tigers to match up with Ole Miss in the second of a three-game … Continue reading →
LSU junior right-hander Ryan Eades can increase his win total this season to the combined number he had in his first two seasons if he gets a victory against Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium. Eades, who played at Northshore High School in Slidell, is … Continue reading →
After leading the LSU track and field teams with winning performances at the 2013 SEC outdoor championships, seniors Kimberlyn Duncan and Damar Forbes were honored Friday as recipients of SEC postseason awards in a vote of the league’s coaches. Duncan is a repeat selection as Women’s Outdoor Runner of the Year, while Forbes was named Men’s Outdoor … Continue reading →
The Central Connecticut State softball team was thrown a curve Friday night in the Blue Devils’ opening game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at LSU’s Tiger Park. But it didn’t come from LSU All-American Rachele Fico, a Connecticut native. It came from Tigers coach Beth Torina, a standout college pitcher in her own right, in the … Continue reading →
The LSU men’s golf team took a step toward NCAA championship qualification Friday by posting a round of 6-over-par 294 to move into a tie for fifth place with Coastal Carolina at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at the University Club. The top five teams after three rounds will advance to the championships from May 27 to … Continue reading →
Senior Day for the LSU baseball team is officially Saturday, but four of the seniors took center stage the night before. Mason Katz started the winning rally in the eighth inning, Raph Rhymes ended it with a two-run home run, Kevin Berry got the win and Chris Cotton saved … Continue reading →
They came from everywhere Friday night to honor Skip Bertman. Old men with walkers who had to wait through two buses for a ride in from the Hayfield parking lot and young children who weren’t even a glint when Bertman coached at LSU, clutching oversized commemorative tickets with the old coach’s image on them. Even an elderly … Continue reading →
On Deck WHEN: Noon Saturday WHERE: Alex Box Stadium RECORDS: LSU 48-7, 23-6 Southeastern Conference,
Ole Miss 35-20, 14-15. STARTING PITCHERS: LSU — Jr. RH Ryan Eades (8-1, 2.29), … Continue reading →
Click here for live tweets and analysis from Advocate sportswriter Les East during the Ole Miss at LSU baseball game at Alex Box. Continue reading →
This is a big night for the LSU baseball team with the dedication of "Skip Bertman Field" and the celebration for the 1993 NCAA championship team, but Tigers coach Paul Maineri said his players should be able to rise to the occasion and play well despite the extra-curricular activities. Continue reading →
For once, the 1993 LSU baseball team won’t have to come from behind to earn its due. This time the honors are coming right up front. LSU’s second College World Series national championship team will be honored Friday night shortly before the 7 p.m. first pitch of the middle game of the LSU-Ole Miss weekend series … Continue reading →
Anyone who has paid attention to LSU baseball and Skip Bertman knows how his coaching days ended. It was a 7-1 loss to Tulane in the third game of a 2001 NCAA super regional at jam-packed Zephyr Field in Metairie. Not many know how it began: ironically, a 7-1 win at Southern Miss. LSU played 1,203 … Continue reading →
Alex Box: Nephew of the stadium’s namesake Alex Box shares his name with his late uncle, after whom LSU’s baseball stadium is named. And starting Friday night, Alex Box Stadium will share its name with Skip Bertman Field in a fitting tribute to two legends of the university. “From Day One, I … Continue reading →
Legendary LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman talks with Advocate Online Sports Editor Pierce W. Huff about "Skip Bertman Field," his love for LSU, his legacy at the university and where he ranks among the greatest collegiate baseball coaches of all time. Continue reading →
Legendary LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman talks with Advocate Online Sports Editor Pierce W. Huff about “Skip Bertman Field,” his love for LSU, his legacy at the university and where he ranks among the greatest collegiate baseball coaches of all time. Continue reading →
Mason Katz ended a 25-game home run drought and triggered a four-homer night for the LSU baseball team as the Tigers beat Ole Miss 7-1 in the opener of a three-game series Thursday night at Alex Box Stadium. Katz, who found out Thursday morning he would be starting at second base instead of his customary spot … Continue reading →
LSU second baseman JaCoby Jones will not be in the lineup for the Tigers’ three-game series against Southeastern Conference rival Ole Miss because of a sore left hand. Coach Paul Mainieri said Jones’ hand had been bothering him for a couple of days and after visiting a hand specialist Thursday morning, rest was prescribed. Continue reading →