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BRexileMar 24, 11:18 AM

Congrats, LSU baseball team, on snuffing our optimism

Interest has gone from sky high to a low murmur, at best. It's not just that they're losing. Rather, it's the shoddy-fielding, popup-swinging, spiritless and deflating ways that they're finding to lose these games. Here we are in the last full week in March and this board is almost devoid of baseball talk. Didn't think that was possible. LSU was 8-0 on Feb. 24 when Glenn Guilbeau published his Tiger Rag article that quoted Jay Johnson as saying, "There are some schools that are all in on baseball. And we need to be one of those schools. We’re not there yet.” LSU has gone 8-9 since that article. Just sayin'.
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JaMarkus

Mar 24, 11:46 AM

BRexile said:
Interest has gone from sky high to a low murmur, at best. It's not just that they're losing. Rather, it's the shoddy-fielding, popup-swinging, spiritless and deflating ways that they're finding to lose these games. Here we are in the last full week in March and this board is almost devoid of baseball talk. Didn't think that was possible. LSU was 8-0 on Feb. 24 when Glenn Guilbeau published his Tiger Rag article that quoted Jay Johnson as saying, "There are some schools that are all in on baseball. And we need to be one of those schools. We’re not there yet.” LSU has gone 8-9 since that article. Just sayin'.
Bad teams find ways to lose. Good teams find ways to win. Right now we are a bad team. We could’ve very well swept Oklahoma this past weekend. We scored 31 in Nashville and lost the series. And you’re right, it’s not losing, it’s how we are losing most games. It’s just not fun to watch right now. We’ll see if any of it is fixable this season with this roster.
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racking raf

Mar 24, 12:33 PM

When is the last time the big 3 sports at LSU had a school year this bad?
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Tigahs14

Mar 24, 12:49 PM

racking raf said:
When is the last time the big 3 sports at LSU had a school year this bad?
2024 baseball was worse Football is arguable either way
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Holy Bull

Mar 24, 1:01 PM

If you're going to be a melty b, do it like OP did. They tried to disguise it.
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AtlanTiger

Mar 24, 1:10 PM

racking raf said:
When is the last time the big 3 sports at LSU had a school year this bad?
Fugly. If I cared about women's basketball, I'd say we should go all in. But that would just make us UConn. ...
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KennyWitKoke

Mar 24, 1:12 PM

AtlanTiger said:
Fugly. If I cared about women's basketball, I'd say we should go all in. But that would just make us UConn. ...
the same uconn that has dan hurley?
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nolafan33

Mar 24, 1:13 PM

Tigahs14 said:
2024 baseball was worse Football is arguable either way
It will be interesting to revisit this in like a month because things could get quite hairy for baseball with this upcoming stretch.
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MidlandRouge

Mar 24, 1:17 PM

nolafan33 said:
It will be interesting to revisit this in like a month because things could get quite hairy for baseball with this upcoming stretch.
May not win a series until May when we host SCaro
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C$Case

Mar 24, 1:18 PM

Moore being out is going to sting for sure. A lot of pressure on Evans and Schmidt now
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A.T.

Mar 24, 1:26 PM

Always thought fan was short for fanatic and meant true supporter rather than entitled twit. It's less unfortunate that they pissed in your cheerios than losing games. They are struggling. There was a day when that meant fan support.
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LSUSaints420

Mar 24, 2:41 PM

racking raf said:
When is the last time the big 3 sports at LSU had a school year this bad?
Oh quit crying lol. You are right, but this is a day for excitement.
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merica1775

Mar 24, 2:44 PM

I haven’t had time to watch them the last two weeks but all LSU has to do is make the postseason and Jay cooks
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TexanTiger2

Mar 24, 2:59 PM

I’m not going to crash out in March after watching LSU start 3-12 in the SEC in 2024 before a dropped fly ball prevented them from hosting a Super Regional. The pieces are there, just need to be put together.
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Tigahs14

Mar 24, 3:51 PM

nolafan33 said:
It will be interesting to revisit this in like a month because things could get quite hairy for baseball with this upcoming stretch.
For sure. 2024 also started 3-12 in conference play
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LSUFanMike1

Mar 24, 4:22 PM

One thing I’ve found interesting about our hitters this year is that we do the hardest part of baseball and put the ball in play. It’s just always a pop up or a groundout lmao I just went and looked it up and we are actually very much above average in terms of not striking out. Interested to see if this can lead to anything with some minor tweaks
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AtlanTiger

Mar 24, 6:12 PM

KennyWitKoke said:
the same uconn that has dan hurley?
Well, I was referring more to the UConn women's basketball program. I don't think Hurley coaches them but maybe he helps out Auriemma. ...
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Pas Bon

Mar 24, 6:14 PM

Holy Bull said:
If you're going to be a melty b, do it like OP did. They tried to disguise it.
Yeah, the passive aggressive stuff makes my skin crawl.
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banthony504

Mar 24, 6:30 PM

LSUFanMike1 said:
One thing I’ve found interesting about our hitters this year is that we do the hardest part of baseball and put the ball in play. It’s just always a pop up or a groundout lmao I just went and looked it up and we are actually very much above average in terms of not striking out. Interested to see if this can lead to anything with some minor tweaks
we also had a game where we had like 16 balls hit over 100 MPH and ended up with like 4 hits total that game…this year has been weird to say the least lol
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TigerLaw40

Mar 24, 10:51 PM

BRexile said:
LSU was 8-0 on Feb. 24 when Glenn Guilbeau published his Tiger Rag article that quoted Jay Johnson as saying, "There are some schools that are all in on baseball. And we need to be one of those schools. We’re not there yet.” LSU has gone 8-9 since that article. Just sayin'.
I'm just glad someone else noticed and made reference to the article/interview and how it coincided with the wrong direction the team has been headed in since then. I had joked with some on here a couple of weeks after that came out that Jay had cursed the program by giving Guilblow of all people an interview and further compounded it by putting the bad juju in the air over the "need for more support". But it has all kind of held true. Maybe we need some sort of sacrificial ceremony. If it means throwing Guilblow into a fire or pit or maybe a fiery pit, then I'm cool with that. 😅
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Hunter_4net

Mar 24, 11:00 PM

Wonder if they let yamin dabble at 1st
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TigerLaw40

Mar 24, 11:03 PM

Hunter_4net said:
Wonder if they let yamin dabble at 1st
I've been asking for that to happen, but I think Jay wants Serna in the lineup and knows it can't always be at DH or C, so he wants to find another position for him in case that pathway is needed. 1B is the only realistic option for him and is a position we could see him at next year as well since he and Cade return. So I think he's sacrificing some now in the sake of getting him reps to be prepared for later. Also curious to see where William Patrick is going to fit in on the infield as Jay alluded to in his post-game presser the other day.
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Stagger72

Mar 24, 11:09 PM

BRexile said:
Interest has gone from sky high to a low murmur, at best. It's not just that they're losing. Rather, it's the shoddy-fielding, popup-swinging, spiritless and deflating ways that they're finding to lose these games. Here we are in the last full week in March and this board is almost devoid of baseball talk. Didn't think that was possible. LSU was 8-0 on Feb. 24 when Glenn Guilbeau published his Tiger Rag article that quoted Jay Johnson as saying, "There are some schools that are all in on baseball. And we need to be one of those schools. We’re not there yet.” LSU has gone 8-9 since that article. Just sayin'.
On the bright side, look at all the interest in the first day of spring practice
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BRexile

Mar 25, 4:20 AM

Pas Bon said:
Yeah, the passive aggressive stuff makes my skin crawl.
There was nothing passive about it. Every observation was the blunt truth. This team has been a disappointment. Maybe Guilbeau will choke on a cheeseburger soon and the hex will be lifted. Let's hope for that.

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