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Post by geauxtigerfan on Dec 24, 2020 11:42:36 GMT -5
It's a bit early but since the Football Tigers have ended their year -time to get started on Baseball 2021.
LSU should have a solid pitching staff this year.
From the Daily Tiger Rag:
"LSU pitchers Jaden Hill has been named first-team preseason All-America and Devin Fontenot is on the second team, both by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
Hill, a junior right-hander from Ashdown, Ark., allowed just one hit in 11.2 innings in the shortened 2020 season while recording 17 strikeouts. Opponents batted only .028 (1-for-36) against Hill during the year.
He made his first appearance in a game in nearly a year when he worked two relief innings versus Indiana on February 15. Hill, who was sidelined in 2019 by an elbow injury, was dominant in the outing, firing two shutout frames with no hits, one walk and three strikeouts. His fastball was consistently clocked in the upper 90s, peaking at 98 mph.
Hill earned his first LSU career save in a February 28 win over Texas with a dominating three-inning performance. He fired three scoreless frames, allowing no hits with one walk and six strikeouts, preserving the Tigers’ 4-3 victory.
Fontenot, a senior right-hander from The Woodlands, Texas, was 1-0 in 2020 with a 0.90 ERA, four walks, 17 strikeouts and four saves in 10 innings, and he ranked No. 3 in the SEC in saves.
He recorded a win and two saves in his final three appearances of the 2020 season, working five scoreless and hitless innings in that three-game stretch with two walks and 11 strikeouts.
Fontenot pitched four scoreless innings over two relief appearances during the final week of the season, earning a save versus Southeastern Louisiana and a win over UMass Lowell. He allowed no hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in the two appearances.
Fontenot will enter the 2021 season with a 9-5 record and 11 saves in 64 career appearances (five starts) for the Tigers. He has registered 115 strikeouts in 100.1 career innings at LSU."
The Tigers have had a lot of sore arms and minor injuries that have led to a less than stellar pitching staff. If the current staff stays healthy it could be a good year for the Tigers. And the Tigers will have 5 lefties on the staff. Two years ago they had none.
But the every day players will have to step up. There will be a lot of positions with not much experience.
So let's hope the vaccine helps put a damper on the CV plague that has paralyzed our country and we all can get on with a more normal life.
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Post by tonythegator on Dec 24, 2020 17:25:24 GMT -5
You forgot to mention that the Gators have more guys on the list than LSU, or the fact that the Gators are ranked #1.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 4, 2021 18:04:39 GMT -5
The Collegiate Baseball Pre-Season All-Americans for 2021
1st team
RHP Tommy Mace, Florida RHP Jaden Hill, Louisiana St. OF Jud Fabian, Florida
2nd team
RHP Jack Leftwich, Florida Relief Devin Fontenot, Louisiana St. Relief Ben Specht, Florida OF Jacob Young, Florida
3rd team
LHP Hunter Barco, Florida
There you go Tony.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 4, 2021 18:07:14 GMT -5
Collegiate Baseball’s 2021 Pre-Season NCAA Div. I Baseball Poll
Rank Team (2020 Final Record) Points 1. Florida (16-1) 498 2. Vanderbilt (13-5) 493 3. UCLA (13-2) 491 4. Texas Tech. (16-3) 488 5. Mississippi (16-1) 484 6. Miami, Fla. (12-4) 482 7. Louisiana St. (12-5) 480 8. U.C. Santa Barbara (13-2) 477 9. Mississippi St. (12-4) 474 10. Arizona (10-5) 473 11. Louisville (13-4) 470 12. Georgia (14-4) 469 13. N.C. State (14-3) 465 14. Virginia (14-4) 462 15. Arizona St. (13-4) 461 16. East Carolina (13-4) 457 17. Oklahoma St. (13-5) 454 18. Michigan (8-7) 453 19. Texas Christian (11-4) 451 20. Texas (14-3) 449 21. South Carolina (12-4) 447 22. Arkansas (11-5) 445 23. Coastal Carolina (11-5) 442 24. Dallas Baptist (12-4) 438 25. Clemson (14-3) 436 26. Texas A&M (15-3) 435 27. Alabama (16-1) 431 28. Florida St. (12-5) 430 29. Southern Mississippi (12-4) 427 30. Texas St. (14-4) 426 31. Stetson (11-4) 423 32. Central Florida (15-3) 421 33. Pepperdine (12-3) 418 34. Georgia Tech. (11-5) 416 35. Tennessee (15-2) 413 36. Duke (12-4) 409 37. Auburn (13-5) 405 38. Central Michigan (11-6) 402 39. Indiana (9-6) 399 40. Winthrop (11-4) 396 41. Oklahoma (14-4) 394 42. U.C. Irvine (8-7) 392 43. Tulane (15-2) 389 44. Long Beach St. (10-5) 385 45. Wichita St. (13-2) 382 46. Minnesota (8-10) 377 47. Notre Dame (11-2) 373 48. Houston (6-9) 370 49. Oregon St. (5-9) 368 50. Stanford (5-11)
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 12, 2021 16:47:19 GMT -5
The smell of college baseball is in the air -LSU begins practice Jan. 29, three weeks before LSU is scheduled to play Notre Dame, Army and Air Force on opening weekend, which is Feb. 19.
I hope that TV coverage of college baseball continues as it has in the recent past. ESPN streaming the games.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 14, 2021 11:39:19 GMT -5
It’s official now: The SEC is going to stick with its usual baseball schedule of 10 three-game weekend series, and its normal slate of non-conference opponents. There had been talks about going to a conference-only schedule with four-game weekend series due to coronavirus concerns, but that idea was embraced neither by by the coaches nor the athletic directors. LSU’s season is set to begin in a little over a month, on Feb. 19. Bring it on!
Geaux Tigers.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 15, 2021 11:33:21 GMT -5
Take a look at what LSU can offer its baseball players - Pretty amazing. link
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 15, 2021 11:34:58 GMT -5
Man I sure would have loved to be able to use that type equipment when I was a young man.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 21, 2021 14:13:19 GMT -5
LSU is already revising the 2021 schedule - only out a few days.
Mainieri said Wednesday COVID-19 concerns will prohibit UC Riverside from traveling to Baton Rouge this season in a three-game series February 26-28 in Alex Box Stadium. Instead, LSU will play Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. CT, and then face both Youngstown State (2 p.m. CT) and Nicholls (6:30 p.m. CT) on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The Tigers will now have on off day on Sunday, Feb. 28
In addition, the Tigers’ regularly-scheduled game with Nicholls has been moved from Wednesday, March 3 to Tuesday, March 2. First pitch for that matchup between the Tigers and the Colonels will be 6:30 p.m. CT.
Here’s the revised schedule:
FEBRUARY 19 (Fri.) AIR FORCE 7 p.m. 20 (Sat.) NOTRE DAME 7 p.m. 21 (Sun.) LOUISIANA TECH 3 p.m. 23 (Tue.) SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. 24 (Wed.) at UL Lafayette 6 p.m. 26 (Fri.) YOUNGSTOWN STATE 7 p.m. 27 (Sat.) YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2 p.m. 27 (Sat.) NICHOLLS 6:30 p.m. MARCH 2 (Tue.) NICHOLLS 6:30 p.m. 5 (Fri.) ORAL ROBERTS 7 p.m. 6 (Sat.) ORAL ROBERTS 3 p.m. 7 (Sun.) ORAL ROBERTS 1 p.m. 9 (Tue.) TEXAS SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. 10 (Tue.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. 12 (Fri.) UT SAN ANTONIO 7 p.m. 13 (Sat.) UT SAN ANTONIO 6:30 p.m. 14 (Sun.) UT SAN ANTONIO 1 p.m. 16 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6:30 p.m. 19 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 p.m. 20 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 6:30 p.m. 21 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 p.m. 23 (Tue.) at Tulane 6 p.m. 26 (Fri.) at Tennessee 5:30 p.m. 27 (Sat.) at Tennessee 5 p.m. 28 (Sun.) at Tennessee 12 p.m. 30 (Tue.) SOUTH ALABAMA 6:30 p.m. APRIL 1 (Thu.) VANDERBILT 6:30 p.m. 2 (Fri.) VANDERBILT 7 p.m. 3 (Sat.) VANDERBILT 2 p.m. 6 (Tue.) McNEESE STATE 6:30 p.m. 9 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. 10 (Sat.) at Kentucky 1 p.m. 11 (Sun.) at Kentucky 12 p.m. 13 (Tue.) GRAMBLING STATE 6:30 p.m. 16 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. 17 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 6:30 p.m. 18 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA 2 p.m. 20 (Tue.) UL MONROE 6:30 p.m. 23 (Fri.) at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. 24 (Sat.) at Ole Miss 4 p.m. 25 (Sun.) at Ole Miss 1:30 p.m. 30 (Fri.) ARKANSAS 7 p.m. MAY 1 (Sat.) ARKANSAS 6:30 p.m. 2 (Sun.) ARKANSAS 2 p.m. 4 (Tue.) SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. 7 (Fri.) at Auburn 6 p.m. 8 (Sat.) at Auburn 2 p.m. 9 (Sun.) at Auburn 1 p.m. 11 (Tue.) LOUISIANA TECH 6:30 p.m. 14 (Fri.) ALABAMA 7 p.m. 15 (Sat.) ALABAMA 6:30 p.m. 16 (Sun.) ALABAMA 2 p.m. 18 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. 20 (Thu.) at Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. 21 (Fri.) at Texas A&M 6:30 p.m. 22 (Sat.) at Texas A&M 2 p.m.
POSTSEASON 25-30 (Tue.-Sun.) SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. JUNE 4-7 (Fri.-Mon.) NCAA Regional Sites TBA 11-13/12-14 (Thu.-Mon.) NCAA Super Regional Sites TBA 19-29/30 (Sat.-Wed.) College World Series Omaha, Neb.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 21, 2021 14:13:53 GMT -5
College baseball less than a month off.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Jan 31, 2021 10:23:42 GMT -5
It is baseball weather in Houston and I am ready for the Tigers to begin the college baseball season. Love college baseball. If the Tigers can make the Omaha run - I might try to make it one more time. I had a great time a few years ago. Great experience if one likes baseball.
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Post by tonythegator on Feb 13, 2021 19:31:55 GMT -5
The season is almost here. Gators start with a 3 game series against Miami this coming weekend.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 14, 2021 14:25:23 GMT -5
LSU opens with Air Force, ND and La. Tech. Army dropped out and was replaced by La. Tech. Friday's games will be be a cold one. High of 45 degrees in Baton Rouge on Friday.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 19, 2021 12:52:25 GMT -5
Now ND dropped out and schedule changes again.
LSU will open tomorrow against Air Force and again on Sunday. The Tigers will play La. Tech on Monday.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 19, 2021 12:57:01 GMT -5
I am ready for the college baseball season to begin.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 19, 2021 12:59:19 GMT -5
I am thinking serious about going to the SEC baseball tournament in late May. It is in Hoover Alabama - suburb of Birmingham. Anyone else interested in attending the tournament? Maybe we could get together.
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Post by tonythegator on Feb 19, 2021 17:54:02 GMT -5
After a rain delay, the Gator baseball season has begun.
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Post by LaylaGator on Feb 19, 2021 20:58:01 GMT -5
7-5. Fuck the Canes. Go Gators!
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Post by tonythegator on Feb 19, 2021 20:59:03 GMT -5
#1 ranked Gators open the season with a 7-5 victory over the #21 Miami Hurricanes. And a sidenote.....the Gators' new ballpark is really nice.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 20, 2021 0:26:10 GMT -5
#1 ranked Gators open the season with a 7-5 victory over the #21 Miami Hurricanes. And a sidenote.....the Gators' new ballpark is really nice. So the Gators finally got a new park. Great.
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Post by LaylaGator on Feb 20, 2021 5:14:28 GMT -5
Gotta keep up with the Jeaunxes.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 20, 2021 17:15:29 GMT -5
LSU gets the opening day win over Air Force 6 to 1. LSU spread the pitching duty over 6 pitchers who allowed six hits with 1 run and 14 strikeouts and only 1 walk. LSU picked up 8 hits but AF allowed 11 walks. LSU has a veteran pitching staff but young everyday players.
The Tigers play the Falcons again tomorrow.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 20, 2021 17:27:15 GMT -5
I am watching the extra inning game between the Gators and Hurricanes. In the 13 inning. Miami left fielder has the name of LaLa. Strange name.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 20, 2021 17:43:34 GMT -5
Miami picks up two runs to take the lead 10 to 8. Gators batting in bottom of 13th.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 20, 2021 17:52:55 GMT -5
Gators pick up a run - runners on 1st and 2nd with one out.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 20, 2021 17:55:07 GMT -5
Gators now down to last out, runners still on 1st and 2nd.
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Post by tonythegator on Feb 20, 2021 18:17:25 GMT -5
Gators blew a 5 run lead in the game. Oh well. It happens.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 21, 2021 15:38:48 GMT -5
Just turned on the Tiger - Falcon game. AF was ahead 3 to 2 in the bottom of the 8th. Zach Arnold singled in two runs and Tigers lead 4 to 3 with Arnold on 1st.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 21, 2021 15:55:18 GMT -5
AR with two walks and an infield hit have loaded the bases in the top of the ninth. There is one out. Fingernail chewing time.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 21, 2021 16:02:21 GMT -5
Two more walks give AF and sac fly give them a 6 to 4 lead. Two outs.
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