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Erik Tolman is listed as an Arizona State commit on perfect game. I am fairly confident that is new.

Are you talking about best former lsu player in mlb? I would say Albert would be up there. Albert was a great player n I mean great but Ben was in a class by himself. Unfortunately he was damaged goods by the time he got to pro baseball. There was no question who the number 1 player in the country was in that era.

Don't know but his dad was an absolute beast 12-14 years old. Turned out to be a very good college baseball player at SLU.

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I assume the question arises due to the poor offense and comments surrounding people being frustrated. I was talking to a college coach yesterday and I was telling him how much I hated the bats and he was telling me how much he loved them as it equalized his ability to competed against the premier programs. This is obviously old news and in my opinion why don't we have everyone play whiffle ball to give all a chance and reward mediocre talent and play. It is like putting PGA players on the gooney golf tour. Heck I may have a chance to win an event

I would say Russ Johnson has been reincarnated but he is alive and kickin in Denham Springs? As hard nose of a player as you will see anywhere!

In the normal world of baseball pitchers are taught to pitch to contact and get ground balls to limit pitch count etc. With the state of the bats, balls etc. We need to teach hitting grounds balls so that hopefully some can get through or put pressure on the defense to make mistakes. I can understand this if you are utilizing the hit and run or run and hit or bunting etc. but this is really out of whack. I also realize that when hitters get skewed toward either in the air or beating the ball in the ground you try to move them back toward the best option of line drives by asking them to do the opposite. Hopefully the new balls will make a difference??? Does anyone know if high schools are going to the lower seam ball?

The video is from 2007 in high school. He has matured physically quite a bit from that video. I was told by a well respected Junior College coach who has had numerous players play D1 and in the NFL that he is an extremely athletic and talented young man.

This kid is an exceptional athlete. Believe it or not has the physical tools to play a number of postion's at the D1 level. And no I am not related nor have any special interest in him. May also play Quarterback or Wide receiver at Moorpark.

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Long time friend and faced him on a number of occasions. He was plain nasty! During a night game at LSU (terrible lighting) he threw the first picth to me that registered 100 on the LSU gun. I literally heard it go by me. I immediately went into contact mode.

Yeah they probably have a couple of guys every year who could compete at LSU. But they are not taking a JUCO unless they have an area where they need immediate help and LSUE would need to have that guy that year. Don't feel bad their best guys get drafted or go to other good baseball schools.