In the infancy of athletes reaping an overdue harvest from brandishing their name, image and likeness, recruiting has blossomed into a full scale bidding war in public view. In the Golden Age of NCAA scrutiny, […]
Not long after Jay Johnson became LSU’s baseball coach in June, he realized the difference between this program and the one he left behind at Arizona. This had nothing to do with geography either. All […]
The end came later rather than sooner. It could have come after LSU was eliminated with a first-day loss in the SEC tournament on May 25, but the Tigers were invited to the NCAA tourney. It […]
There’s not much normal about LSU’s 2021 baseball team and season. Its two leading hitters are future first-round major league draft choices disguised as true freshmen. Its best pitcher has a record of 5-6 as […]
Before Monday night, the last time LSU baseball won an NCAA tournament road regional or super regional was 1989. Before Monday night, just five Division 1 teams since 2004 had ever lost the first game […]
LSU junior Giovanni DiGiacomo was hitless in seven trips to the plate in two NCAA regional games. It was also his miscalculation on a Central Connecticut State ball hit to center field that fell for […]
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri believes the long, winding look back at his 39-year distinguished career and the accompanying nostalgia has run its course. A week after announcing his retirement from coaching upon the conclusion […]
LSU’s Paul Mainieri has been a college head baseball coach for 39 seasons. Prior to Monday’s announcement of the 64-team NCAA tournament, Mainieri had guided teams to 20 NCAA tournaments including nine coaching for Notre […]
The NCAA baseball tournament selection committee extended retiring LSU head coach Paul Mainieri’s 39-year career in the dugout for at least another weekend. The 34-22 Tigers earned its 12th and final NCAA tourney invite under […]
One of the most honest, transparent and genuine-to-core college coaches announced his retirement Friday in a manner completely befitting who he is as a person. In a 63-minute press conference sprinkled with tears, gratitude, apologies […]
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