RedFoxx

re: Mosquitos are awesome

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/15/25 at 8:32 pm

You from Maringouin?

Mosquitos kill about 1,000,000 humans a year.

re: Ford Trimotor coming to Shreveport Downtown Airport April 25-27

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/14/25 at 7:56 pm

Also going to be at the airport in Reserve May 2-4 for rides to book.

re: LSU 4 @ Auburn 8 Final

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/11/25 at 8:31 pm

Why do you pitch to him with 1B open?! Butch is supposed to be a pitching guy.

re: Tanner reaves has cost this team multiple runs today

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/11/25 at 8:14 pm

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Braswell time. All I’ll say

Idk why the player who had the highest BA in SEC play on the team is riding pine for a guy 0-3 with 2 errors that have cost multiple runs.

re: Where the hell was this Dutton at the last few years?

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/11/25 at 8:06 pm

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Don’t know who Auburn’s pitching coach is, but he needs a raise

Butch Thompson (auburn HC) is a pitcher whisperer.

Dutton fricked LSU in chapel hill and now auburn

re: Ted Schirmer wrote a book

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/10/25 at 10:30 pm

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Man he’s good.

He is. When I lived in Austin I’d go watch him at the Continental Club every Wednesday night where he did a midnight show.

I lived three houses away from him and my dog would always try and chase his cats when we went on a walk.

McMurtry also played and drank at our neighborhood bar, Whip-In. Talked to him and his son a couple of times, he hates people and is a curmudgeon, but I can’t blame him, people suck.

Hell of a songwriter and guitar player.

re: Ted Schirmer wrote a book

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/10/25 at 9:40 pm

That’s James McMurtry

re: Why is EBR paying for Chauna Banks trips to Ghana, Puerto Rico, etc?

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/10/25 at 8:33 am

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In June 2023, the city-parish sponsored my 10 day trip to Ghana in South Africa.

Chauna should take another trip to study a map.

Ghana is not located in South Africa or even the grammatically correct Southern Africa when referring to the region. It is located in West Africa.

But all you have to do is ask Teedy she can tell you exactly where Ghana is.

re: Last time any lsu pitcher threw 130+?

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/3/25 at 10:27 pm

re: SEC baseball tournament info

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/3/25 at 10:00 pm

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I am looking to attend the tournament this year and have started looking online for tickets. Looks like the website says available in March but haven’t seen any available. When do tickets typically become available and how much do they usually cost? Thanks for any relevant answers!

The SEC really does a bad job of advertising ticket sales for non premium seats for this event. I looked all the second half of March and nothing for regular reserved or general admission.

But I could buy Mens or womens basketball tournament tickets weeks after they took place…

With it being single elimination you can probably scoop up some tickets on the cheap from fans who have had their teams bounced early.

re: Oklahoma starter was good.

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/3/25 at 8:40 pm

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Pico from state and Weatherspoon are as good as it gets in the conference this year

And LSU found ways to win against them both. Impressive thus far.

re: Career night for Kade

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/3/25 at 8:19 pm

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Kade* But yea what an outing

But with 14 Ks

re: Small plane crash kills local DPE- Houma

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/3/25 at 1:08 pm

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DPE

Designated
Pilot
Examiner

They are FAA certified examiners who go up with pilots to check them out to get licensed.

re: Small plane crash kills local DPE- Houma

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/3/25 at 1:05 pm

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Pretty certain his was on floats. I would love a 210….

210 has retractable gear so no floats.

re: Old Alex Box Question

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/2/25 at 1:10 am

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The pregame music Playlist at the old box was better as well.

Baseball at the box - John fred and his playboys

Cheap seats - Alabama

Centerfield - John fogerty

Glory days - Bruce Springsteen

Talkin’ baseball - terry cashman

re: Old Alex Box Question

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/1/25 at 10:26 pm

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The “cooks” that ran the shack on the third base side had some interesting nick names (tick, flea, etc.)

I can’t even count how many grilled chicken sandwiches I had there, they were so good. It seemed like everyone had a nickname, at least in that section right past the 3B bag. The cooks, the ushers, the fans all had nicknames. Adults around us would sneak in collapsible coolers of beer and ride the umps and give the visiting bullpen a good time.

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I remember how much of an upgrade we thought it was when they moved the light poles behind the seats.

That was around 98, 99 maybe. LSU gave Southern the old lights so they could light up Lee Hines.

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The old Box was something magical

No doubt.

re: Old Alex Box Question

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/1/25 at 10:17 pm

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Never forget that Buzzy Haydel hit the last homer in the old box. I seent it in person.

And recorded the last putout playing first against that kid from Road to Perdition.

re: Old Alex Box Question

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/1/25 at 10:04 pm

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Was a freshman the last year the box was in use. Went out there and got onto the field on a random weekday evening during the offseason with some buddies and played catch. Good times

Started going to games as a kid in the 1990s and was a student at LSU during the last years. That last series against Mississippi state and of course the Super against UCI was incredible. Hated to say goodbye to the old ballpark but that was just about as perfect of a way to do it.

Snuck onto the field a couple of times.

It was kind of amazing how many LSU facilities were just open not that long ago:

Alex Box
Tiger Stadium
Long Field House
Natatorium
The “tunnels”

re: Old Alex Box Question

Posted by RedFoxx on 4/1/25 at 9:22 pm

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Would also play “Batman” theme song when Todd Walker came up to bat. This was before “walk up” music was a thing.

Walkup music was informally invented by Comiskey Park organist Nancy Faust who would play songs semi related to each batter.

The old Box was a great ballpark, the WPA era concrete grandstand, the gates with the baseball designs, the train tracks right up on the side of the stadium, the smoke coming from the concessions grill and blowing out over third base, the SEC school flags, and the old school light-up scoreboard.

The fans were right up on the field there and it was loud and rowdy.