Farmer1906

My daughter plays select fastpitch softball, and her coach, originally from Louisiana and a part-time LSU fan, gave the team a homework assignment after their last tournament. Since the bats have been cold, he told them to research Skip Bertman’s offensive philosophy.

Sure, you can find recent articles celebrating Bertman’s legacy, watch Hold the Rope, or let AI summarize what’s floating around online. But I wanted to hear directly from the people who lived it, watched it, and still carry those memories.

I’m humbly asking the diehard LSU fans to share what they know: the details, the stories, and the insights into Skip’s coaching style and offensive approach.

**Please refrain from mentioning the 1989 postseason** Thanks and Gig Em.

Nice double play to end it.

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87mph fastball down the pipe lol.

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I think most big-time SEC arms call that a changeup. :lol:

Yeah, I did not love that call... even before it didn't work out.

Rider is playing HR derby this inning. :scared:

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So many good games going at the same time right now.

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My hot take...

Regionals >>> March Madness. :nana:

This list looks oddly familiar to the list of opponents played most.

1. tu
2. Baylor
3. TCU
4. Rice
5. Arkansas
6. SMU
7. Texas Tech
8. Lsu
9. Houston
10. Oklahoma
11. Oklahoma St
12. Missouri
13. Miss St
14. Sam Houston
15. Auburn / Kansas St / Alabama

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Mercer should've gotten that spot.

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I tend to agree. They earned a spot.

Both USC and A&M are taking some risks today.

USC is throwing their #2 (Grant Govel) and saving the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year (Mason Edward) for Game 2. Grant is 10-2 with a 2.84 ERA, so he's no slouch. It must be nice to have 2 aces.

A&M is throwing Shane Sdao vs Lamar. He was the Friday night starter to begin the season, but struggled and lost his weekend spot by the end of April. He's been a middle reliever ever since.

USC is throwing their #2 vs Texas St. We're throwing Sdao. Both know they gotta go all in for game 2. Lots of risk, arguably more so on USC's part. Texas St is a live dog, and they're regulars in regionals.

I had to come out of retirement for this one.

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Are you really predicting a fan base of a two seed is gonna fill up 3400 of 4000 seats? Has that ever come close to happening in real life at any NCAA regional?

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The 2 largest crowds in Reckling Park history were games without Rice even playing. It was a regional 2/3 match-up between A&M and tu.

6,825 on June 14th 2014, and 6,603 on May 30 2014. The 10th most was A&M vs Lamar back in 2004 and 12th was A&M vs tu in 2014 as well.

I'd argue pretty much every game Rice hosted where A&M or tu were also there had as many or more visiting fans than Rice fans.

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