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Moo State was the original SEC Baseball School
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:16 am
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:16 am
Congrats Moo State!
For those that are new to SEC baseball, Ron Polk, not Skip Bertman, was the man that put SEC Baseball on the map. I grew up going to the old Alex Box games and there would be less than 50 people in the stands for any given game. In 1985, Moo State and Polk came through town for a weekend series with LSU. The Moo State absolutely packed the third base line. That weekend they had more fans in the stadium than LSU put in the seats all year. The cowbells and cheering was unbelievable for a baseball game.
Of course, that was the series that LSU took 2 of 3 from the number 1 team in the nation and this series was arguably the start of LSU Dynasty.
PS - I hated Ron Polk as a coach but love the guy as a person.
For those that are new to SEC baseball, Ron Polk, not Skip Bertman, was the man that put SEC Baseball on the map. I grew up going to the old Alex Box games and there would be less than 50 people in the stands for any given game. In 1985, Moo State and Polk came through town for a weekend series with LSU. The Moo State absolutely packed the third base line. That weekend they had more fans in the stadium than LSU put in the seats all year. The cowbells and cheering was unbelievable for a baseball game.
Of course, that was the series that LSU took 2 of 3 from the number 1 team in the nation and this series was arguably the start of LSU Dynasty.
PS - I hated Ron Polk as a coach but love the guy as a person.
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Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:17 am to westcoastcajun
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PS - I hated Ron Polk as a coach but love the guy as a person.
Word is Ron Polk REALLY loved his players...intimately.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 9:30 am to westcoastcajun
Ron Polk was always an a-hole. At least my encounters with him always were. Jackie Sherrill on the other hand... Definitely a nice guy. Type of guy you would want on your side going into enemy territory. That's just what I gathered from drinking scotch and smoking cigars with him couple of times out and about.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:23 am to westcoastcajun
Congrats to Miss. St! (It must be noted that Georgia was the first SEC school to ever win the CWS -- not sure if we ever will it again, tho). 
This post was edited on 7/1/21 at 10:24 am
Posted on 7/1/21 at 10:58 am to westcoastcajun
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and this series was arguably the start of LSU Dynasty.
So it's our fault?
Posted on 7/1/21 at 11:08 am to westcoastcajun
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Ron Polk, not Skip Bertman, was the man that put SEC Baseball on the map.
That is 100% bullshite.
Posted on 7/1/21 at 11:11 pm to westcoastcajun
100% correct
Posted on 7/2/21 at 11:25 am to westcoastcajun
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In 1985, Moo State and Polk came through town for a weekend series with LSU. The Moo State absolutely packed the third base line.
I was a State student at the time and went to that 1985 series in Baton Rouge.
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