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Twenty-one LSU baseball players set for summer league play

May 27, 2020 William Weathers 2

LSU assistant baseball coach Eddie Smith said the task of placing as many players from the Tigers program onto competitive summer league teams has evolved into a year-round practice. When the coronavirus pandemic halted the […]

Nowhere to go but up: First in a four-part series of the birth of Skip Bertman’s LSU baseball dynasty

May 22, 2020 Tiger Rag News Services 0

Editor’s note: In honor of former LSU baseball coach and athletic director Skip Bertman’s 82nd birthday on May 23, freelance writer Jim Mashek wrote a four-part series of the formative years of Bertman’s eventual five-time […]

LSU baseball roster possibly facing overload situation

May 13, 2020 Ron Higgins 0

The trickle-down effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a daily constant. For example, major league baseball owners have cut costs since there has been no revenue after coronavirus shut down all sports for the […]

Mainieri worried financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic could damage college baseball

April 3, 2020 Ron Higgins 0

“It almost feels like the Twilight Zone, doesn’t it?” LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri said. Well, yes it does, Paul. We watched you conduct a Zoom media videoconference Thursday afternoon from your bedroom. “It’s so […]

Cole Henry waiting for major league baseball to clarify a draft date

April 2, 2020 William Weathers 0

LSU pitchers Cole Henry, Eric Walker and Matthew Beck looked to make the best of a golden opportunity. The trio had a rare weekend off when LSU’s opening Southeastern Conference baseball series at Ole Miss […]

Jaden might be Tiger King of the Hill, but his Mom is the hero of the household

March 31, 2020 William Weathers 0

LSU sophomore baseball pitcher Jaden Hill didn’t really understand. He assumed while growing up in his hometown of Ashdown, Ark., that superheroes were either fictional characters portrayed on a silver screen or genuine athletes completing […]

Cade Doughty trying to stay sharp with no LSU baseball season

March 30, 2020 William Weathers 0

LSU freshman second baseman Cade Doughty quipped there may soon be a reprisal of one-on-one whiffle ball games in the family’s backyard against his older brother Braden, a junior catcher with the Tigers. Having been […]

His spring training cut short with the Yankees, Josh Smith heads home to Baton Rouge

March 25, 2020 William Weathers 0

Former LSU standout shortstop Josh Smith eagerly climbed into his vehicle Wednesday for an unexpected 715-mile drive home to Baton Rouge. That’s where he’ll remain for the foreseeable future with his professional baseball career on […]

Woodward says LSU’s focus is fall sports in wake of coronavirus spread

March 16, 2020 Ron Higgins 0

Thoughts of LSU resuming any sport before the start of football season seems highly unlikely because of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus. LSU athletics director Scott Woodward said in a Monday media teleconference that the […]

SEC shuts down all sports, including practices through April 15

March 13, 2020 Tiger Rag News Services 0

Seems like it gets worse every day. In coordination with the Southeastern Conference, all member institutions, including LSU Athletics, will suspend both practice and competition for all sports through April 15. The decision comes in […]