I will say it now, Megan Fox is the hottest woman to ever walk the face of the earth. When I say ever, I mean ever. Not in the last decade, not in the last century, but EVER. I just returned from seeing Transformers 2 and I was very disappointed. I really liked the first one and was expecting this one to at least match it. Two's story line was not as good and it was way too long. The only reason I stayed for the whole thing was the one Miss Megan Fox. Especially the slow motion running scenes ala Baywatch. So I'll say it again, Megan Fox is the hottest woman to ever walk the face of the earth. I implore any of you to prove me wrong. Here is some of my proof...
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
THE BOYS ON THE LSU FARK BOARD ARE HAVING A LITTLE FUN WITH LOUIS
Here is the original picture
Here are the photoshopped ones
Here are the photoshopped ones
Friday, June 26, 2009
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Here is a video of Louis Coleman's final strikes to each batter in the 9th followed by the celebration. For those of you who won't catch it, the fastball on the second strikeout shows 93 on the radar in the upper right hand corner. I'd say some adrenaline was pumping at that point. Enjoy!
Good read here....
I found this while googling for some pics of Louis to put up. I thought it was a good. I hope you enjoy.
Rosetta: Everything fits well for '09 Tigers
By RANDY ROSETTA
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Jun 26, 2009
Symmetry fits pretty well in sports, baseball maybe more than any other.
Batters start at home with the idea of getting back there.
Nine positions on the diamond in a game played for nine innings.
The college baseball program of the 1990s starts the first new decade of the millennium with a national championship and closes it out with yet another, signaling the clear-cut transition into a promising new era of rekindled dominance.
Sons follow their fathers, and fathers are there to share big moments with sons later on.
And for LSU in a magical 2009 season, Louis Coleman on the mound at the beginning and Louis Coleman there at the finish.
That’s how this season played and that’s just about as perfect as can be imagined.
Rewind and consider the variables.
Coleman makes the decision to come back for his senior season. LSU opens a shiny, brand-new stadium with a promising new era on center stage for the Tigers. Coleman takes the mound and throws the first pitch at the new Alex Box Stadium and records the first victory.
Anchored by Coleman’s SEC Pitcher of the Year season, LSU goes back to the College World Series for a second straight year. And in the final dramatic chapter, Coleman throws the final pitch to put a bow on LSU’s sixth national championship.
There he was in the center of the ESPN camera’s eye, flinging his glove out of sight as catcher Micah Gibbs lumbered out for a form-perfect tackle that triggered a dogpile Coleman and his teammates yearned for from the time every one of them stepped on LSU’s campus.
Afterward, there was a consensus among his younger teammates that watched and learned so much from Coleman that the dogpile had to start with him and finish with him getting up off the ground after everyone else.
When the massive championship flag appeared on the field at Rosenblatt Stadium, there was Coleman snatching it and circling the field again. He got the chance for an encore Thursday when he was the last player introduced at the Tigers celebration at the Box, and he had that flag in his hands once more.
The Schlater, Miss., native even injected a little symmetry of his own when he alluded to the corps of talented Tigers who are coming back.
“We’re going to get another one next year,” he said.
Coleman’s wasn’t the only made-for-Hollywood story.
LSU’s national crown was the first of third-year coach Paul Mainieri’s 29-year coaching career, but not the first for his family. His dad, Demie “Doc” Mainieri led Miami-Dade North Community College to the NJCAA national crown in 1964 in Grand Junction, Colo.
His oldest son was 7 at the time and right there by his dad’s side, telling his pop he wanted to take a team to the top some day. Forty-five years later, with 80-year-old Doc right behind the dugout to see it up close and personal, his oldest son came full circle.
Symmetry is pretty cool, huh?
Rosetta: Everything fits well for '09 Tigers
By RANDY ROSETTA
Advocate sportswriter
Published: Jun 26, 2009
Symmetry fits pretty well in sports, baseball maybe more than any other.
Batters start at home with the idea of getting back there.
Nine positions on the diamond in a game played for nine innings.
The college baseball program of the 1990s starts the first new decade of the millennium with a national championship and closes it out with yet another, signaling the clear-cut transition into a promising new era of rekindled dominance.
Sons follow their fathers, and fathers are there to share big moments with sons later on.
And for LSU in a magical 2009 season, Louis Coleman on the mound at the beginning and Louis Coleman there at the finish.
That’s how this season played and that’s just about as perfect as can be imagined.
Rewind and consider the variables.
Coleman makes the decision to come back for his senior season. LSU opens a shiny, brand-new stadium with a promising new era on center stage for the Tigers. Coleman takes the mound and throws the first pitch at the new Alex Box Stadium and records the first victory.
Anchored by Coleman’s SEC Pitcher of the Year season, LSU goes back to the College World Series for a second straight year. And in the final dramatic chapter, Coleman throws the final pitch to put a bow on LSU’s sixth national championship.
There he was in the center of the ESPN camera’s eye, flinging his glove out of sight as catcher Micah Gibbs lumbered out for a form-perfect tackle that triggered a dogpile Coleman and his teammates yearned for from the time every one of them stepped on LSU’s campus.
Afterward, there was a consensus among his younger teammates that watched and learned so much from Coleman that the dogpile had to start with him and finish with him getting up off the ground after everyone else.
When the massive championship flag appeared on the field at Rosenblatt Stadium, there was Coleman snatching it and circling the field again. He got the chance for an encore Thursday when he was the last player introduced at the Tigers celebration at the Box, and he had that flag in his hands once more.
The Schlater, Miss., native even injected a little symmetry of his own when he alluded to the corps of talented Tigers who are coming back.
“We’re going to get another one next year,” he said.
Coleman’s wasn’t the only made-for-Hollywood story.
LSU’s national crown was the first of third-year coach Paul Mainieri’s 29-year coaching career, but not the first for his family. His dad, Demie “Doc” Mainieri led Miami-Dade North Community College to the NJCAA national crown in 1964 in Grand Junction, Colo.
His oldest son was 7 at the time and right there by his dad’s side, telling his pop he wanted to take a team to the top some day. Forty-five years later, with 80-year-old Doc right behind the dugout to see it up close and personal, his oldest son came full circle.
Symmetry is pretty cool, huh?
Crockett's Back... So long Micheal and Farrah
Well we had a little computer trouble over the past couple of days but all is well now. So with that being said, lets get up to speed. LSU wins National Championship!! Go SEC!! Go Louis!! It was pretty fantastic. I and probably everyone else for that matter figured we would see Louis back on the mound in that 3rd and final game, but I didn't envision he would be up there with the lead he had. The Dreadlocks of Doom(Chad Jones) came in after the starter(Ranaudo) and threw two strong innings to put Texas on there backs and then they gave the ball to the man in the eighth. As I told Mac via text message during the game, it was only fitting that he be on the mound to close out the season. He was the opening day starter and if you watched any of the CWS you know how the coaches feel about him and his decision to stay for his senior year. And close out the season he did. I can say this with complete certainty, he is the only person I know that has won a National Championship and we here at the blog are happy for him and his family and teammates.
Moving along, I don't recall ever in my time on this earth where two "Icons" passed away on the same day. I can remember a friend bringing the "Thriller" album to school in the 2nd grade for show and tell. We put the record on and just let it play. It took a few songs, but before long the whole class was groovin and trying to moon walk and what have you. Chappelle even did a skit on him concerning his extra activities at the 'Ranch' and I think Chappelle said it best, He made 'Thriller'..... 'Thriller'. As for Farrah, I am sure she was the subject of many young boys fantasies back in the day. Anyway, they will be missed and we will never forget them.
So with that being said, I would like to tell you what it is like without the internet. It is not that bad. Honestly, it was like not having an obligation. You know, you get to work, you have to check your email a hundred times a day, maybe adjust the roster of your fantasy team, whatever. I went a week without doing any of that and was pretty cool after the 4th day. I guess I just decided the hell with it. Now make no mistake, I am glad it is back. Otherwise you wouldn't be reading this pile of useless rambling. I am just saying, it was nice to know I can survive without it. It's not like it is a cell phone or anything. Anywho, hope all is well.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
SMALL BALL VS. GORILLA BALL
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The championship series of the college world series is set. Texas vs. LSU in a three game series for the college baseball national championship. The three games will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (if necessary). All 3 games will start at 6 pm Central time and will be aired on ESPN. Louis Coleman will start game 1 on Monday night for the Tigers in what is no doubt the biggest game of his life. This series will contain two teams with completely different styles. Texas plays what they call "small ball" They bunt, hit and run, and steal bases to try to score runs. They rely on good pitching and defense and usually play low scoring games. LSU can also do all of those things but here in the CWS seem to have brought back "Gorilla Ball" from the LSU national championship teams of the mid to late 90's. LSU has hit 9 home runs in 3 games and is averaging 10 runs a game in Omaha. LSU has cruised through the tournament with wins of 9-5, 9-1, and 14-5. Texas has won it's 3 games by scores of 7-6, 10-6 and 4-3. The one run games were both won in the 9th inning. Geaux Tigers!... and Louis!
PAPA BERT'S SIPPIN SEAT
With football season (and fathers day) right around the corner I figured this might come in handy for some of you. I assume this would get by the cops. I have never seen them check someone's stadium seat. Here's where to order...
http://www.papabert.com/Stadium-Sippin%27-Seat/Papa-Bert-Stadium-Sippin%27-Seat-Deluxe-Kit.asp
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
APPARENTLY GREENWOOD USED TO HAVE A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMI really don't
1952 Greenwood Dodgers
I really don't know how I found this site. I was just surfing the internet out of boredom and happened to stumble upon it. If you're not a baseball fan you probably won't care about this site but from 1910 - 1951 Greenwood apparently had a minor league baseball team. Here is a site that documents the history of the team and it's players. I found it interesting. Some of you may, some of you may not. I can't please everyone.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Shatel: LSU brings a punch Omaha
This just in: The College World Series is better when LSU wins.
No offense to the seven other teams — OK, six as Cal State Fullerton drives to the airport — here in Omaha. We love you all. But there's no sense in denying it: LSU is Omaha's team (with apologies to UNO and Trev Alberts).
Nothing against Arkansas, either. The “Omahogs'' were loud and proud and everywhere you looked. If we can't have gumbo for two weeks, pulled pork is a fine caloric substitute. The Omahogs look like they can throw a party, too.
But let's not kid ourselves. It's Mardi Gras in June again.
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You can see it, feel it and hear it around Rosenblatt Stadium. “L-S-U, L-S-U'' is b-a-c-k. There are tiger tails and crazy feather hats. There are strings of gold and purple beads everywhere. There was so much gold and purple in Rosenblatt on Monday night that the old relic looked like it was wearing the beads.
We've had some fun stories around here in recent years. But Oregon State and Fresno State don't capture the imagination like the Bayou Bombers. We'll take a party over parity every time.
And that's really why the Tigers resonate with Omaha. Oh sure, LSU was here so often they could have voted. And everyone would have voted Skip Bertman for mayor. There was Gorilla Ball. Omaha loves a good fireworks show.
But mostly, Omaha loves a good party. When LSU is here, the CWS is more colorful, more boisterous, more fun.
The feeling is mutual. Omaha carries a reverence in the great state of Louisiana. The ghosts of Warren Morris, Todd Walker and Eddy Furniss live on in the framed Omaha sports sections you can find on the walls in crawfish and gin joints from Baton Rouge to Bourbon Street.
Meanwhile, here on Leavenworth Street, Karen Barrett prepared this week for Mardi Gras in June. Barrett's Barleycorn is the hub of all things LSU in Omaha and has been since 1995, when an LSU fan met his wife at the Irish bar.
Barrett told the New Orleans Times-Picayune this week that there are already plans for a party on the sand volleyball court if the Tigers win it all. Asked if all of the LSU fans scare away fans from other schools, Karen said, “I sure hope so.''
The other spots in Omaha understand. Nobody plays harder than LSU. And the team isn't so bad, either.
The Tigers are back. The smiles are back. The truth is, we've missed LSU. Their loyal fans would still make the trek, but the CWS hasn't been the same since 2000, Bertman's last of five titles in nine years. Since then, LSU made three CWS appearances in 2003, 2004 and 2008, winning one game.
But the CWS is back to the future. In beating Virginia and Arkansas, Paul Mainieri's team looks like one of those CWS videos from the 90s.
Put it this way: Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn may have gotten rid of the monkey on his back. But this time he was going up against a gorilla.
Gorilla Ball is back. We thought that college baseball had banished the term, with the aluminum bats dialed back and all and LSU's absence from the top. But the Tigers have unleashed their inner beast again on Omaha.
They have five homers here, including three against Arkansas. It's an amazing thing. This was supposed to be a good offensive team. But coming to Omaha, LSU “only'' had 94 homers. Not exactly your father's gorillas.
This was an LSU team with veterans, gloves, a one-two pitching punch in Anthony Ranaudo and Louis Coleman and some live bats.
But they have a new life in Omaha. Balls are flying out again. What is it about this stadium and LSU? The old voodoo is back.
Coleman, a fourth-round pick by Kansas City, was terrific Monday night. Armed with a fastball with serious movement, he struck out seven and allowed just six hits in six innings. He gave Omaha Royals fans a glimpse of what they might see in a couple of years. Well, not necessarily in Rosenblatt again.
LSU is in the driver's seat for another long ride. They don't play again until Friday. By then, Omaha will feel like the location for the movie “The Hangover 2.''
The Tigers gave Van Horn a headache. It was interesting watching Van Horn get interviewed on ESPN right after he passionately argued a call at first base. The timing could have been better. He was the only guy in the stadium who wasn't happy to see Erin Andrews.
Now we get Arkansas vs. Virginia on Wednesday night, which will seem like an inside joke to local fans. In the battle between Van Horn and Brian O'Connor, it will be the closest thing to a Nebraska vs. Creighton game in the CWS.
Not to worry. Our other home team is home again. Pass the beads. And the aspirin.
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Evolution of Louis: Coleman wasn't always an ace for LSU
OMAHA, Neb. - There was a time when Louis Coleman did not know if he would start another game, much less an extremely pivotal one in the College World Series.
Coleman, a senior from Schlater, Miss., who is LSU's ace at 13-2 with a 2.74 ERA, will lead the No. 1 Tigers against Arkansas in the winner's bracket final of Bracket One at 6 p.m. tonight on ESPN in Rosenblatt Stadium.
The game carries huge consequences. The winner advances to within a win of reaching the national championship best-of-three series and doesn't play again until Friday against a team from the loser's bracket. The loser tonight must win Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to reach the national championship series that starts a week from today.
"Louis just overflows with confidence, and consequently, everybody has confidence in him," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said Sunday after pitching Coleman in a critical eighth inning Saturday night with a 6-5 lead. The No. 1 Tigers (52-16) won 9-5 to advance.
No. 7 Arkansas (40-22), meanwhile, upset No. 2 seed Cal State Fullerton, 10-6, Saturday afternoon and will start sophomore right-hander Brett Eibner (5-4, 4.61 ERA) tonight.
Coleman, a 6-foot-4 right-hander who has won five of his last six starts and pitched seven or more innings in seven of his last eight starts, was named a first team All-American on Sunday by Baseball America after receiving the same honor from Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com in recent weeks. He was drafted in the fifth round by Kansas City last week.
"I'll definitely be ready to go on Monday," said Coleman, who threw just 17 pitches in his inning Saturday, facing the minimum with a strikeout. "I'm definitely good to go."
Yet, just two years ago, Coleman was a project not sure if he should throw overhand, submarine style or with a three-quarters delivery.
A 28th-round pick by Atlanta out of Pillow Academy in the Mississippi Delta in 2005, Coleman made LSU's SEC rotation as a freshman in 2006 and went 5-6 with a 6.14 ERA in 13 starts and 80.2 innings. But in 2007 in Mainieri's first year with the new delivery, Coleman submarined to a 2-3 record with four saves and a 5.59 ERA in 46.2 innings in just four starts.
"The low point was my sophomore year in 2007 when I had to drop underneath," Coleman said. "It was frustrating. I wasn't having success over the top, where I felt most comfortable. I started off in the weekend rotation the first two weekends, and after that I went to the pen. Then I went to closing. Then I went to middle relief. I just bounced around. At first, the submarine wasn't too bad, because I had some velocity."
When Coleman returned for his junior year, though, he was sinking.
"My velocity was way down. I just wasn't locating, and it was easy to hit," he said.
So Mainieri and then-pitching coach Terry Rooney moved him to a three-quarters delivery.
"We were really trying to salvage the kid's career," Mainieri said. "He really went through an evolution."
Mainieri didn't expect much out of Coleman last season, but halfway through Mainieri gave him another chance and he started to dominate with a moving fastball in the high 80s and a nasty slider. From April 15 through the College World Series last season, Coleman was as deceptive as his delivery as he went 7-1 with two saves, a 1.91 ERA, a .217 batting average allowed and 45 strikeouts in 42 innings in 16 appearances.
He has picked up where he left off last season and is tied for third nationally in victories with San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg - the first player selected in the Major League Draft. He leads LSU with 114 innings.
"Now, it's like a low three-quarter delivery," Coleman said. "I think just being able to get more movement on the fastball helped a lot. Now, I can throw it a lot more often. Before my junior year started, I worked a lot with grips and with making the ball move. And Jared Bradford (LSU's ace in 2007-08) gave me a sinker grip to work with. Really, it was just getting the mental approach and saying I can still do this. I had a pretty good season last year, but I didn't throw near as much (55.1 innings). To be able to do it for this long, I'd say this is more of a successful season."
Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn would agree. Coleman allowed two hits in nine innings at Arkansas for a 5-0 win on May 2, and Van Horn can still see that unorthodox delivery.
"Hitters would probably call him filthy, especially the right-handers with that cross-fire action," Van Horn said Sunday. "It looks like he's throwing it behind them, and he tries to locate it away. Very few guys can do that as consistently as he can throwing that fastball and the slider on the outer half to the right-handers. The lefties see it a little better, but he tries to get under their hands a little bit with the slider. He's just a good pitcher. I wouldn't say I'm glad to have another crack at him."
Coleman was glad to help with the win Saturday, but he sees that as only an appetizer.
"I think it will help because the more I throw the better my arm feels," said Coleman, who twice relieved in SEC games on Friday nights this season and started and won two days later against Kentucky and Georgia.
"I would have thrown a bullpen anyway. I got to throw 100 percent and threw 100 pitches. That was perfect," he said. "If we can get the job done and get a couple days off, it will be wonderful."
Coleman, a senior from Schlater, Miss., who is LSU's ace at 13-2 with a 2.74 ERA, will lead the No. 1 Tigers against Arkansas in the winner's bracket final of Bracket One at 6 p.m. tonight on ESPN in Rosenblatt Stadium.
The game carries huge consequences. The winner advances to within a win of reaching the national championship best-of-three series and doesn't play again until Friday against a team from the loser's bracket. The loser tonight must win Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to reach the national championship series that starts a week from today.
"Louis just overflows with confidence, and consequently, everybody has confidence in him," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said Sunday after pitching Coleman in a critical eighth inning Saturday night with a 6-5 lead. The No. 1 Tigers (52-16) won 9-5 to advance.
No. 7 Arkansas (40-22), meanwhile, upset No. 2 seed Cal State Fullerton, 10-6, Saturday afternoon and will start sophomore right-hander Brett Eibner (5-4, 4.61 ERA) tonight.
Coleman, a 6-foot-4 right-hander who has won five of his last six starts and pitched seven or more innings in seven of his last eight starts, was named a first team All-American on Sunday by Baseball America after receiving the same honor from Collegiate Baseball and Rivals.com in recent weeks. He was drafted in the fifth round by Kansas City last week.
"I'll definitely be ready to go on Monday," said Coleman, who threw just 17 pitches in his inning Saturday, facing the minimum with a strikeout. "I'm definitely good to go."
Yet, just two years ago, Coleman was a project not sure if he should throw overhand, submarine style or with a three-quarters delivery.
A 28th-round pick by Atlanta out of Pillow Academy in the Mississippi Delta in 2005, Coleman made LSU's SEC rotation as a freshman in 2006 and went 5-6 with a 6.14 ERA in 13 starts and 80.2 innings. But in 2007 in Mainieri's first year with the new delivery, Coleman submarined to a 2-3 record with four saves and a 5.59 ERA in 46.2 innings in just four starts.
"The low point was my sophomore year in 2007 when I had to drop underneath," Coleman said. "It was frustrating. I wasn't having success over the top, where I felt most comfortable. I started off in the weekend rotation the first two weekends, and after that I went to the pen. Then I went to closing. Then I went to middle relief. I just bounced around. At first, the submarine wasn't too bad, because I had some velocity."
When Coleman returned for his junior year, though, he was sinking.
"My velocity was way down. I just wasn't locating, and it was easy to hit," he said.
So Mainieri and then-pitching coach Terry Rooney moved him to a three-quarters delivery.
"We were really trying to salvage the kid's career," Mainieri said. "He really went through an evolution."
Mainieri didn't expect much out of Coleman last season, but halfway through Mainieri gave him another chance and he started to dominate with a moving fastball in the high 80s and a nasty slider. From April 15 through the College World Series last season, Coleman was as deceptive as his delivery as he went 7-1 with two saves, a 1.91 ERA, a .217 batting average allowed and 45 strikeouts in 42 innings in 16 appearances.
He has picked up where he left off last season and is tied for third nationally in victories with San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg - the first player selected in the Major League Draft. He leads LSU with 114 innings.
"Now, it's like a low three-quarter delivery," Coleman said. "I think just being able to get more movement on the fastball helped a lot. Now, I can throw it a lot more often. Before my junior year started, I worked a lot with grips and with making the ball move. And Jared Bradford (LSU's ace in 2007-08) gave me a sinker grip to work with. Really, it was just getting the mental approach and saying I can still do this. I had a pretty good season last year, but I didn't throw near as much (55.1 innings). To be able to do it for this long, I'd say this is more of a successful season."
Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn would agree. Coleman allowed two hits in nine innings at Arkansas for a 5-0 win on May 2, and Van Horn can still see that unorthodox delivery.
"Hitters would probably call him filthy, especially the right-handers with that cross-fire action," Van Horn said Sunday. "It looks like he's throwing it behind them, and he tries to locate it away. Very few guys can do that as consistently as he can throwing that fastball and the slider on the outer half to the right-handers. The lefties see it a little better, but he tries to get under their hands a little bit with the slider. He's just a good pitcher. I wouldn't say I'm glad to have another crack at him."
Coleman was glad to help with the win Saturday, but he sees that as only an appetizer.
"I think it will help because the more I throw the better my arm feels," said Coleman, who twice relieved in SEC games on Friday nights this season and started and won two days later against Kentucky and Georgia.
"I would have thrown a bullpen anyway. I got to throw 100 percent and threw 100 pitches. That was perfect," he said. "If we can get the job done and get a couple days off, it will be wonderful."
FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE
Most of you who know me know that I am a talker and sometimes I say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Well, chalk one more up on the big board. While sitting in class today I hear a conversation taking place on the row behind me. They are talking about the video of the 72 year old woman who was tased in Texas by a Constable Deputy. If you haven't seen it, here it is.
Since I had seen the video I figured I would join the conversation. So I turn around and say "That bitch deserved every bit of that tasing!" Then everyone in the conversations eyes get real big as one of them looks at me and says "That's my grandmother". I realized quickly by everyone's look that this was the part of the conversation that I had missed. Luckily she agreed with me and was not upset. Anyway, the girl is now a celebrity in our class since it's a class full of cops who have all seen and love the video. Moral of the story is know your surroundings and be careful when you get in on the middle of a conversation. Below is a picture of our new class celebrity. I think I could take her if she did get upset although she is all tatted up and probably fights dirty.
Since I had seen the video I figured I would join the conversation. So I turn around and say "That bitch deserved every bit of that tasing!" Then everyone in the conversations eyes get real big as one of them looks at me and says "That's my grandmother". I realized quickly by everyone's look that this was the part of the conversation that I had missed. Luckily she agreed with me and was not upset. Anyway, the girl is now a celebrity in our class since it's a class full of cops who have all seen and love the video. Moral of the story is know your surroundings and be careful when you get in on the middle of a conversation. Below is a picture of our new class celebrity. I think I could take her if she did get upset although she is all tatted up and probably fights dirty.
CHANCE AT REDEMPTION
by Carl Dubois www.tigerdroppings.com
I can't put you on the mound in Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium for you to get a glimpse of what it will be like to be Louis Coleman tonight, but Jared Bradford can.
Bradford and Coleman are good friends. They share the same basic body type, the same willingness to handle multiple roles as LSU pitchers, and they shared the highs and lows of the Omaha experience at the 2008 College World Series.
Coleman relieved Bradford with the score tied and later surrendered the ninth-inning grand slam that gave North Carolina a 7-3 victory that sent the Tigers home to Baton Rouge.
The next morning, Coleman put his bags on the team bus, stepped back off and talked about returning to Omaha as a senior so he could help LSU win the College World Series. Bradford, one of his closest friends, says his fellow right-hander is competitive in ways you and I can't realize just from watching him pitch.
"Louis was ready to get back out there and pitch against North Carolina immediately after getting back to the hotel that night," Bradford says.
When LSU (52-16) plays SEC West rival Arkansas (40-22) in a pivotal winners-bracket game at 6 p.m. CDT (ESPN2), Coleman will be back on the mound at Rosenblatt as a starter this time. He threw 17 pitches in relief Saturday in the Tigers' 9-5 first-round victory against Virginia.
This will be his fifth CWS appearance, his first as a starting pitcher. It won't be his first game this season against the Razorbacks.
Coleman (13-2, 2.74) pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout May 2 for a 5-0 victory at Arkansas. He is scheduled to oppose Razorbacks sophomore right-hander Brett Eibner (5-4, 4.61).
For more nuts and bolts on No. 1-ranked LSU, visit LSUSports.net.
For a similar look at No. 7-ranked Arkansas, go to ArkansasRazorbacks.com.
For insight into Coleman's competitive nature, listen to Bradford, who is now in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He's on the phone from Jupiter, Fla.
"Louis is not going to back down from any challenge, not by any means," Bradford says, eager to talk about his friend and former teammate. "You can tell him I'm going to race him to the bag of trash in that garbage can in his apartment, and he's going to beat me."
Bradford, recalling Coleman's demeanor after allowing North Carolina to crush LSU's spirit and eliminate the Tigers from last year's CWS, says the return trip is about Coleman making things right for himself -- and for his team. Bradford recalls hearing Coleman talk in the fall about how this team was clicking and coming together the way the 2008 team had done.
Since then, Coleman has been making his way back to where he wanted to be, one pitch at a time. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning Saturday night in Omaha and will turn around and start against Arkansas tonight.
If anyone knows what that's like, it's Bradford, who in 2007 and '08 defined the job description of part-time starter, part-time closer, full-time team player on LSU's pitching staff.
"If you'd asked me about it before I went to LSU, before I took on that role, I would have said that it's very difficult, just because starting and relieving are so different," Bradford says. "But Louis has had the experience, a lot like I did, where he's gotten used to it -- to where instead of starting and relieving, it just becomes pitching."
Whatever the situation, the preparation becomes easier to manage, he says.
"You kind of get used to that mindset of just being able to get loose at a moment's notice," Bradford says.
He explains by saying Coleman can compress the starter's pregame routine into almost any time frame, from jogging to running to soft tosses to throwing at game speed in the bullpen.
"Louis has got the body of a guy that can bounce back," Bradford says. "He's one of those guys that has the rubber arm, so to speak, but aside from the physical aspects of it, Louis has got the mentality to be able to not think of himself as just a starter or just a closer or just a middle reliever.
"He's got the attitude that he's going to compete no matter what the situation is. It is a difficult role, but eventually you settle into like he did, and there's no doubt in my mind he'll compete with the best of them in any situation."
Coleman's shutout of Arkansas in May started the Razorbacks on what grew into an eight-game SEC losing streak. The relative job security of Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn became a topic of discussion in the usual places.
The Arkansas team Coleman will face tonight has won eight of its last 10 games, including all six NCAA postseason tournament games. The Razorbacks have scored 10 or more runs in four games during the winning streak, nine runs in another.
Coleman's journey to this matchup has been four seasons of hard-earned development. He was a power pitcher in high school, but he learned as an LSU freshman it's not just about throwing hard. He was the pitcher on the staff most prone to giving up home runs, and he had ups and downs while learning the lessons inherent in the higher level.
Before his sophomore year, a new coaching staff approached him about pitching with a side-winding delivery. Bradford, a junior transfer that year, watched as Coleman agreed to do whatever was necessary to help the team.
His velocity dropped, but he had success at the beginning. As time passed, Bradford got the idea that Coleman didn't seem 100 percent convinced the change was a good thing.
Coleman told Bradford early last season he didn't feel as confident as he would if he went back to something closer to an over-the-top motion. Bradford encouraged him to tell that to the coaches, especially pitching coach Terry Rooney.
"He went to Coach Rooney, and he was all for it," Bradford says. "Coach Rooney said, 'Sure. If this is something that you want to do, let's do it.' Louis began working with it.
"That's when he got that funky windup where his lower half is going sidearm and his upper half is going over the top, and from there he gained that confidence back. You can tell that he knew, that it clicked with him, and he knew this was what made him comfortable, this was going to help him, and this was going to help the team."
He was terrific down the stretch, helping the team get to Omaha. From April 15 through the end of the 2008 season, Coleman was 7-1 with a 1.91 ERA and two saves in 16 appearances. He held opponents to a .217 batting average.
Bradford says Coleman played the most significant role in the drive to Omaha from a pitching standpoint.
"He came on at the end of the year," Bradford says.
This year, Coleman's record speaks for itself, and it describes an evolution hard to fully comprehend unless you're a Jared Bradford, who's come as close to walking in those shoes as anyone.
"He's definitely struggled at times," Bradford says, "but he'll tell you -- just like I will, just like any other pitcher will -- that at the level LSU plays at, you've got to fail some in order to understand how to push through and persevere. He does it as well as anybody."
Coleman will get the ball tonight. Does some piece of Bradford wish it were him?
"Absolutely," he says, and you can hear the smile.
"But there comes a point when it's time to move on," Bradford says. "It's time to be out of college like I am,
I can't put you on the mound in Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium for you to get a glimpse of what it will be like to be Louis Coleman tonight, but Jared Bradford can.
Bradford and Coleman are good friends. They share the same basic body type, the same willingness to handle multiple roles as LSU pitchers, and they shared the highs and lows of the Omaha experience at the 2008 College World Series.
Coleman relieved Bradford with the score tied and later surrendered the ninth-inning grand slam that gave North Carolina a 7-3 victory that sent the Tigers home to Baton Rouge.
The next morning, Coleman put his bags on the team bus, stepped back off and talked about returning to Omaha as a senior so he could help LSU win the College World Series. Bradford, one of his closest friends, says his fellow right-hander is competitive in ways you and I can't realize just from watching him pitch.
"Louis was ready to get back out there and pitch against North Carolina immediately after getting back to the hotel that night," Bradford says.
When LSU (52-16) plays SEC West rival Arkansas (40-22) in a pivotal winners-bracket game at 6 p.m. CDT (ESPN2), Coleman will be back on the mound at Rosenblatt as a starter this time. He threw 17 pitches in relief Saturday in the Tigers' 9-5 first-round victory against Virginia.
This will be his fifth CWS appearance, his first as a starting pitcher. It won't be his first game this season against the Razorbacks.
Coleman (13-2, 2.74) pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout May 2 for a 5-0 victory at Arkansas. He is scheduled to oppose Razorbacks sophomore right-hander Brett Eibner (5-4, 4.61).
For more nuts and bolts on No. 1-ranked LSU, visit LSUSports.net.
For a similar look at No. 7-ranked Arkansas, go to ArkansasRazorbacks.com.
For insight into Coleman's competitive nature, listen to Bradford, who is now in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He's on the phone from Jupiter, Fla.
"Louis is not going to back down from any challenge, not by any means," Bradford says, eager to talk about his friend and former teammate. "You can tell him I'm going to race him to the bag of trash in that garbage can in his apartment, and he's going to beat me."
Bradford, recalling Coleman's demeanor after allowing North Carolina to crush LSU's spirit and eliminate the Tigers from last year's CWS, says the return trip is about Coleman making things right for himself -- and for his team. Bradford recalls hearing Coleman talk in the fall about how this team was clicking and coming together the way the 2008 team had done.
Since then, Coleman has been making his way back to where he wanted to be, one pitch at a time. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning Saturday night in Omaha and will turn around and start against Arkansas tonight.
If anyone knows what that's like, it's Bradford, who in 2007 and '08 defined the job description of part-time starter, part-time closer, full-time team player on LSU's pitching staff.
"If you'd asked me about it before I went to LSU, before I took on that role, I would have said that it's very difficult, just because starting and relieving are so different," Bradford says. "But Louis has had the experience, a lot like I did, where he's gotten used to it -- to where instead of starting and relieving, it just becomes pitching."
Whatever the situation, the preparation becomes easier to manage, he says.
"You kind of get used to that mindset of just being able to get loose at a moment's notice," Bradford says.
He explains by saying Coleman can compress the starter's pregame routine into almost any time frame, from jogging to running to soft tosses to throwing at game speed in the bullpen.
"Louis has got the body of a guy that can bounce back," Bradford says. "He's one of those guys that has the rubber arm, so to speak, but aside from the physical aspects of it, Louis has got the mentality to be able to not think of himself as just a starter or just a closer or just a middle reliever.
"He's got the attitude that he's going to compete no matter what the situation is. It is a difficult role, but eventually you settle into like he did, and there's no doubt in my mind he'll compete with the best of them in any situation."
Coleman's shutout of Arkansas in May started the Razorbacks on what grew into an eight-game SEC losing streak. The relative job security of Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn became a topic of discussion in the usual places.
The Arkansas team Coleman will face tonight has won eight of its last 10 games, including all six NCAA postseason tournament games. The Razorbacks have scored 10 or more runs in four games during the winning streak, nine runs in another.
Coleman's journey to this matchup has been four seasons of hard-earned development. He was a power pitcher in high school, but he learned as an LSU freshman it's not just about throwing hard. He was the pitcher on the staff most prone to giving up home runs, and he had ups and downs while learning the lessons inherent in the higher level.
Before his sophomore year, a new coaching staff approached him about pitching with a side-winding delivery. Bradford, a junior transfer that year, watched as Coleman agreed to do whatever was necessary to help the team.
His velocity dropped, but he had success at the beginning. As time passed, Bradford got the idea that Coleman didn't seem 100 percent convinced the change was a good thing.
Coleman told Bradford early last season he didn't feel as confident as he would if he went back to something closer to an over-the-top motion. Bradford encouraged him to tell that to the coaches, especially pitching coach Terry Rooney.
"He went to Coach Rooney, and he was all for it," Bradford says. "Coach Rooney said, 'Sure. If this is something that you want to do, let's do it.' Louis began working with it.
"That's when he got that funky windup where his lower half is going sidearm and his upper half is going over the top, and from there he gained that confidence back. You can tell that he knew, that it clicked with him, and he knew this was what made him comfortable, this was going to help him, and this was going to help the team."
He was terrific down the stretch, helping the team get to Omaha. From April 15 through the end of the 2008 season, Coleman was 7-1 with a 1.91 ERA and two saves in 16 appearances. He held opponents to a .217 batting average.
Bradford says Coleman played the most significant role in the drive to Omaha from a pitching standpoint.
"He came on at the end of the year," Bradford says.
This year, Coleman's record speaks for itself, and it describes an evolution hard to fully comprehend unless you're a Jared Bradford, who's come as close to walking in those shoes as anyone.
"He's definitely struggled at times," Bradford says, "but he'll tell you -- just like I will, just like any other pitcher will -- that at the level LSU plays at, you've got to fail some in order to understand how to push through and persevere. He does it as well as anybody."
Coleman will get the ball tonight. Does some piece of Bradford wish it were him?
"Absolutely," he says, and you can hear the smile.
"But there comes a point when it's time to move on," Bradford says. "It's time to be out of college like I am,
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Coleman, Ott seal LSU's win over Virginia
Posted by ESPN.com
LSU coach Paul Mainieri didn't want to take any chances with a 6-5 lead heading into the eighth inning, sending SEC Pitcher of the Year Louis Coleman to the mound against Virginia in the evening session of the opening day of the College World Series.While Coleman did his part in preserving the lead for the Tigers in the top of the eighth inning, his teammates did him one better in the bottom half of the inning, adding three insurance runs to give the Tigers a lead that would prove it be all they needed as LSU beat Virginia 9-5.
D.J. LeMahieu's double scored Austin Nola from second base for the first run and Ryan Schimpf followed up with the next two, blasting the first pitch he saw from Virginia pitcher Tyler Wilson for a two-run home run.
From there it was up to SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, Matty Ott, nicknamed "Matty Ice" by his teammates. LSU's closer lived up to his nickname, striking out the final Virginia batter to preserve the win for the Tigers.
The Tigers will advance to the winner's bracket to face Arkansas on Monday night (ESPN2, ESPN360, 7 p.m. ET) while Virginia will face an elimination game against Cal State Fullerton Monday afternoon (ESPN2, ESPN360, 2 p.m. ET).
College World Series Streaker
This is from last years game between LSU and NC.... I tell ya, that was a clean hit as I have ever seen from a security personnel. He leveled that guy. All the same, keep your clothes on and your @$$ off the field. These boys are trying to play ball out there...no pun intended.
College World Series Schedule
Game 1 - Cal State Fullerton vs Arkansas, Saturday, June 13 @1:00PM ESPN
Game 2 - LSU vs Virginia, Saturday, June 13 @ 6:00PM ESPN
Game 3 - North Carolina vs Arizona State, Sunday, June 14 @1:00PM ESPN
Game 4 - Texas vs Southern Miss, Sunday, June 14 @ 6:00PM ESPN2
Game 5 - Monday, June 15 @ 1:00PM ESPN2
Game 6 - Monday, June 15 @ 6:00PM ESPN2
Game 7 - Tuesday, June 16 @ 1:00PM ESPN2
Game 8 - Tuesday, June 16 @ 6:00PM ESPN2
Game 9 - Wednesday, June 17 @ 6:00PM ESPN2
Game 10 - Thursday, June 18 @ 6:00PM ESPN2
Game 11 - Friday, June 19 @ 1:00PM ESPN2
Game 12 - Friday, June 19 @ 6:00PM ESPN2
Game 13 - Saturday, June 20 @ 1:00PM ESPN **Only if needed. If one game is played, it will be the 6 pm game.
Game 14 - Saturday, June 20 @ 6:00PM ESPN **Only if needed. If one game is played, it will be the 6 pm game.
Finals Game 1 - Monday, June 22 @ 6:00PM ESPN
Finals Game 2 - Tuesday, June 23 @ 6:00PM ESPN
Finals Game 3 - Wednesday, June 24 @6:00PM ESPN **If needed.
**Obviously we will update this as the tournament progresses.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
CRANK UP THE JUKEBOX FOR ME!
This one goes out to the Crockett Street Frat house and what I'm sure will be a couple of late nights this weekend. Crank up the jukebox for me with a little Jimmy Lewis. Yall have a good weekend.
LSU COACH CALLS COLEMAN: THE MISSING PIECE
Coleman gave Nats an offer they could refuse and became vital cog for Tigers
BATON ROUGE - Sometimes the best way to get a new job is when you love your current job and don't really want a new one just yet.
That was Louis Coleman's crafty pitch to the Washington Nationals a year ago when they made him a 14th-round selection in the draft. He made them an offer they could refuse, and the rest is LSU history.
Coleman ended up staying at LSU for his senior year and is likely more responsible for the Tigers reaching the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., than any other player as his 13 victories are tied for third in the nation with San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg. A right-hander from Schlater, Miss., Coleman has but two losses on the season and a 2.76 ERA that is the best among LSU starters.
It was Coleman who beat Rice, 5-3, Saturday to win the Super Regional and send LSU to Omaha as he held the Owls to three runs on nine hits in eight innings
The Tigers (51-16) meet Virginia (48-13-1) at 6 p.m. Saturday in Rosenblatt Stadium on ESPN. Coleman is slated for possible late relief of starter Anthony Ranaudo in that game and is expected to start LSU's second game on Monday.
Coleman was the last pitcher to throw for LSU in Omaha. With the scored tied 3-3 in the top of the ninth, he gave up a ninth-inning grand slam to North Carolina's Tim Federowicz, and LSU was eliminated 7-3 after three games. It was just the second home run allowed by Coleman that season.
Part of Coleman didn't want to be a National. He wanted to finish things off right in Omaha next time.
"The way last season ended, it left a bitter taste in my mouth," Coleman said. "I wanted to get back there and correct that."
No amount of money from the Nationals was going to change his mind. Well, almost.
Coleman was a junior last season. Most college players drafted in a decent round go pro after their junior season because they have leverage - their senior year - and tend to get more money than after their senior season when they have no leverage. Coleman was 8-1 with a 1.95 ERA and two saves in 2008. He'd made it to Omaha. It ended badly, but after the initial heartbreak wore off, he realized it might be time to go pro.
"It's sad, but it is about money sometimes," Coleman said.
At the same time, Coleman loved being at LSU. And there would be a new Alex Box opening in 2009 and most of the 2008 Tigers would be back for another run to Omaha and possibly a longer stay.
"And LSU's fans are the greatest in the world," Coleman said.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri met with Coleman not long after returning from Omaha. He had one request - make your decision soon. That way if he did go pro, Mainieri would have a chance to sign another pitcher. If Coleman let negotiations drag and didn't decide to sign until August, it would be too late for Mainieri to sign a capable pitcher.
"That would really hurt us," Mainier told Coleman.
Coleman had another idea.
"Coach, what if I put an enormous figure on my head?" Coleman asked Mainieri. "And I promise you I won't sign for a dollar less than that. That way I can wait the summer out and see what happens."
Mainieri said yes. The Nationals said no. And Coleman leaves for Omaha Thursday.
Mainieri said he will remember his August conversation with Coleman "until the day I die."
He did not want to tell him what the decision to stay would mean to LSU back when Coleman was still making up his mind so as not to pressure him. But when it was over, Mainieri said to Coleman, "Your decision to come back is going to be a monumental decision in the history of LSU baseball. You will have that sort of impact on this team. You're the missing piece of the puzzle. We'll have a chance to win the national championship because of you."
A year later and Coleman will likely be drafted significantly higher than the 14th round today.
"My guess is he's going to go in the first four or five rounds and end up getting the money he was asking for last year," Mainieri said.
Coleman will likely be getting the best of both worlds.
"It was the greatest decision I ever made in my life," Coleman said minutes after beating Rice to reach Omaha again. "I wouldn't change it for the world. God's blessed me with the ability to stay healthy for an entire year and get back to Omaha. I told coach when I decided to come back that I didn't care what happens between here and Omaha as long as we go back to Omaha and see what happens there."
Coleman only packed for a week, but that's not a problem.
"We can do laundry there," he said. "We should be there for a long time. We better be."
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
DEPUTY IN TEXAS TASES 72 YEAR OLD WOMAN
Now before all of you get all fired up and appauled that this could happen, this bitch deserved everything she got. That's right I said it. A 72 year old woman deserved to get hit with a taser. Old people run around thinking they can get away with anything just because they are old. Well not in Texas my friend. In Texas if you get snippy and act like you are above the law, then you get dealt with, no matter how old you are. Watch the video and come to your own conclusion, but I bet you will agree with me.
COLEMAN'S RETURN LEADS LSU TO OMAHA
Decision to stay with Tigers over MLB is paying off for Coleman, program
By Heather Dinich
ESPN.com
BATON ROUGE, La. -- As he made his way around the new Alex Box Stadium for a prolonged victory lap with his teammates Saturday, it seemed as if LSU senior pitcher Louis Coleman had hundreds of proud parents in the stands who couldn't wait for their turn to gush over him.
And as Coleman spoke to reporters about pitching in his final game at LSU, the Tigers' 5-3 win over Rice in the Baton Rouge Super Regional, he nearly brought one grown man to tears -- his coach.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri tries not to play favorites, but Coleman, who has been around the program long enough to contribute to its resurrection since a disappointing 2006 season, has made that particularly difficult. Coleman's decision to put Major League Baseball on hold so he could return to LSU for his senior season made a lasting impression on the coach hired to restore the Tigers' fading glory.
"I'll remember these conversations I had with him last summer 'til the day I die," Mainieri said. "When he decided he was going to come back, I said, 'Louis, it's going to make all the difference in the world with our team. It's the final piece of the puzzle for this next year's team. We're going to go back to Omaha because of you.'"
And they are.
After a gritty performance by Coleman in the second game against Rice, LSU will face Virginia on Saturday in the College World Series. In many ways, Coleman's ascension at LSU has mirrored the program's rise back to Omaha. As Coleman's role in the pitching rotation became murky, so did LSU's place among college baseball's elite. But as he solidified himself as one of the best, not coincidentally, so did the Tigers.
Coleman, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound right-hander, began his junior season without a clear role in the pitching rotation after getting lost in the shuffle in 2007. But as the Tigers began their improbable 23-game winning streak en route to Omaha last season, Mainieri found himself a sensational closer. Coleman pitched in 23 games (three starts) and recorded an 8-1 mark and a team-best 1.95 ERA in 55.1 innings with two saves, 10 walks and 62 strikeouts.
He was drafted last year by the Washington Nationals in the 14th round of the MLB draft, but could sense LSU was on the brink of something special. Coleman saw a confidence in this team that made him think twice about leaving. The decision has paid off for the Tigers, as Coleman has developed into the No. 2 starter (after Anthony Ranaudo) who will give the Tigers one of the most formidable pitching duos in Omaha.
"It was the greatest decision I've ever made in my life," Coleman said. "I wouldn't change it for the world. God has blessed me with the ability to stay healthy for an entire year and get back to Omaha. … To be able to come back for a senior year and go back to Omaha is something special and something I know that I won't forget, along with the other 24 guys."
Coleman was voted this year's SEC Pitcher of the Year by the league's head coaches. Catcher Micah Gibbs said Coleman's most noticeable difference this season has been his ability to throw strikes in the clutch.
"He's had the stuff from the very beginning, he's just now tapping into it," Gibbs said. "The competitiveness he has is outstanding. Every single time he goes out, it seems like it's a real close ball game and he somehow pulls us out of it. It's awesome."
Coleman enters the College World Series with a 13-2 record and 2.76 ERA. He has 124 strikeouts and has walked just 19 batters. Gibbs said Coleman's focus is remarkable.
"He takes practice like a game," Gibbs said. "I remember facing him in fall ball and it seemed like he was out there in Omaha. Once he gets on the mound, he's so zoned in. Off the field, though, he's just another guy. He's real relaxed, and that's the thing I love about him. You know that once he crosses the foul line, he's a totally different guy and he's going to be the most competitive person out there."
It has had a trickle-down effect on his teammates. Coleman has taken freshman reliever Matty Ott under his wing. Ott, who sealed the win in the final inning against Rice, said he is over Coleman's house just about every day, "hanging out."
"He just taught me the mental aspect of the game, that it's going to get tough sometimes, and you've got to battle through it," Otto said. "But if you work hard and battle through it, you're going to be successful most of the time."
And Coleman has been, which is just one reason it's hard for a coach not to play favorites.
"Every time he's been given the ball, he's just given the greatest effort any human being could possibly give for his school," Mainieri said. "He's certainly going to go down in history with me in my coaching career as one of my all-time favorite kids."
COLEMAN PICKED IN 5TH ROUND BY THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS
BATON ROUGE -- LSU senior righthander Louis Coleman and junior infielder/outfielder Ryan Schimpf were both selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday, joining Jared Mitchell (1st Rd., 23rd overall) from yesterday's first three rounds. Follow LSU's players in rounds 4-50 of the draft throughout the day.
Coleman was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the fifth round (152nd overall), while Schimpf was eight picks later by the Toronto Blue Jays on day 2 of the draft.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Whatever....
These are pretty much played out at this point. I mean hell Hitler hates Ole Miss, MSU, and the Dallas Cowboys. You get the idea. Basically, anyone that chokes. But since I got it via email from and Ole Miss Grad/Former Roommate, I will post it because we deserve it.
Monday, June 8, 2009
You asked for It...You got It
This was a badass concert by the way and next time if you want this request honored, leave your name, otherwise it won't be.
Monday Metallica!!!
This just feels right at this point in the day. About an hour to go for you 8 to 5ers. Take it on home
That is a nice stache, but this is the apex of mustaches
I can still remember pulling this card out of that complete set of Topps cards I got for the 1984 season. Thats right, I had all the cards for that year and himself, Rollie Fingers was in there. It was like complete disbelief for a seven year old to see that stache. I thought it looked cool and cherished that card. I don't know if Crockett has the moxy to pull off something as spectacular as that, but by damn he will give it the ole college try.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
How much money does a Domino's Delivery driver make?
So we order our pizza and this baller shows up to deliver it. The pic is pretty terrible and does not serve it any type of justice, but you get the idea, White Caprice, sitting on 24's with spinna's and murdered out windows. Yeah, this guy was legit. I tipped him more than usual for some reason. Hopefully you will get to see this guy creepin' around town, slinging pies and god knows what else because I know he ain't rollin' like this working for Domino's.
Moving right along...
Seeing as how we are so eloquent in the clutch and we no longer have a dog in the hunt, Ole Miss football starts in 92 days...
Schedule
September 6*
2:30 pm
at Memphis
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
ESPN
September 19*
Southeastern Louisiana
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
September 24
6:30 pm
at South Carolina
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
ESPN
October 3
at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
October 10
Alabama
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Alabama–Ole Miss rivalry)
October 17*†
UAB
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
October 24
Arkansas
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Arkansas–Ole Miss rivalry)
October 31
at Auburn
Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
November 7*
Northern Arizona
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 14
Tennessee
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 21
LSU
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)
November 28
at Mississippi State
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Standard Time.
Also this is a link to a composite grid for all SEC teams
2009 SEC Football Composite Schedule Grid
Schedule
September 6*
2:30 pm
at Memphis
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN
ESPN
September 19*
Southeastern Louisiana
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
September 24
6:30 pm
at South Carolina
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
ESPN
October 3
at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
October 10
Alabama
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Alabama–Ole Miss rivalry)
October 17*†
UAB
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
October 24
Arkansas
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Arkansas–Ole Miss rivalry)
October 31
at Auburn
Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
November 7*
Northern Arizona
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 14
Tennessee
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 21
LSU
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Magnolia Bowl)
November 28
at Mississippi State
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Standard Time.
Also this is a link to a composite grid for all SEC teams
2009 SEC Football Composite Schedule Grid
AS IF IT DIDN'T STING ENOUGH ALREADY
Southern Miss headed to College World Series
Dream season continues
After trailing nearly the entire game, USM scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to take its first lead of the game. Joey Archer’s two-run single tied it, then Adam Doleac scored what proved to be the winning run when the Gators couldn’t turn a double play on Tyler Koelling’s grounder to shortstop.
Mike Mooney’s throw to first was in time to beat Koelling for what would have been the third out of the inning, but it was low and first baseman Preston Tucker couldn’t dig it out of the dirt cleanly.
USM coach Corky Palmer then turned to closer Carlin Cargill, who got clean-up hitter Josh Adams to bounce into a 5-4-3 game-ending doubleplay for his 13th save.
USM players ran from their dugout and dogpiled on the infield, celebrating the continuation of an improbable ride that two weeks ago many, even USM Palmer, who will retire at the end of the season, didn’t think was possible.
After losing to Rice in the Conference USA Tournament championship game, Palmer figured USM’s chances of receiving an at-large berth in the 64-team NCAA Tournament field were iffy.
But after getting that bid, USM became a different team. The Golden Eagles beat host and top-seeded Georgia Tech twice to win the NCAA Atlanta Regional, then swept host Florida — the No. 8 national seed — to earn one of eight spots in collegiate baseball’s showcase event.
The CWS opens on Saturday at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb. USM (40-24) will play its first game on Sunday against the winner of Monday’s decisive Game 3 in the Texas-TCU Super Regional.
Florida jumped on top 6-1, pounding USM ace Todd McInnis with solo homers in the first and second and then using three hits and two walks to put up a four-spot in third.
But just as they have throughout the postseason, the Golden Eagles battled back.
An RBI-single by Corey Stevens and RBI-double by Archer in the fourth cut it to 6-3. USM challenged for more, loading the bases with one out, but Kyle Maxie hit a shallow fly to right field that became a double play when right-fielder Jonathan Pigott threw Stevens out at the plate after tagging at third.
Stevens, who was out by about 10 feet, was also ejected from the game when the home plate umpire said he threw a forearm at catcher Buddy Monroe in an attempt to dislodge the ball from his glove.
USM cut it to 6-4 on James Ewing’s solo homer in the fifth, then scored three in the eighth to win it.
Scott Copeland was the winning pitcher after holding the Gators to one hit and no runs in three innings of middle relief.
HOTTY TODDY GOSH AMIGHTY WHO THA HELL IS SHE!!!
I know I've been out of the loop for a bit now, but is this new? I have never seen this before but I'm definately glad that I did. This video contains one of my favorite things in life to see, preppy white kids dancing to rap music. It will never get old as long as I live. It's like someone who farts at a completely inappropriate time. It's always funny. This aint your daddy's Ole Miss anymore. Also, I think this should be the new Ole Miss fight song.
What a weekend.....
As I sit here with a very cluttered head and a feeling of concern because the details of the last two nights are fuzzy, I notice a pint of Crown Royal in a jar on my desk. How did that get there? I really don't know and honestly don't care. Did I steal that from someones house? It's amazing the shenanigans that can occur when you stay on the drink for a few days. This is not to say that I got a problem by know means. I barely get out as it is, so when the opportunity came to take a weekend night off for a friends wedding, naturally I jumped at the chance. As a matter of fact, I asked off back in April. With that being said, a few musings that I saw this weekend....
Friday night when I got to everyones favorite watering hole, Webster's, I saw a woman on the back patio holding a baby in her arm and a mixed drink in the other hand while alternating between drags off what appeared to be a Misty. It was a long and slender smoke, so i figured it was either that or a Virginia Slim. This is irrelevant, I know, but it was a shade past midnight at this point and I couldn't help but wonder how badly this kids cartoon schedule is going to be affected because momma decided to take Suzie out for a couple of rounds at the bar. That's good parenting. So as usual, I went to late night which is conveniently located a few houses down. I had reached the point in the evening where things were slowing down, people were leaving and it was time I do the same. As I opened the fence from the backyard to the frontyard, I notice a truck parked there, running, people inside. Naturally, I knew them and they rolled down the window and said, "Get In". There was a two second delay on my part as if the little devil on one shoulder was fighting with the little angel on the other. The devil won and off we went. Where? Riding around. Always a sound, rational decision after you have been on the drink for a couple of hours. I will omit the participants because it is not important to the story, nor is there a moral to be had from this blurb. Well, I guess the moral is, "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough". Anywho, we go out to everyones favorite place of racial diversity, Money. Money is a great source for late night booze cruise; a good bit of gravel, minimal traffic and nobody cares how loud the music is.. So this 'Cruise' involved a near hit on a raccoon, seeing a good family of deer and some Reba. That's right, "Fancy" came on the radio and we all sang along. Go ahead and act Macho all you want, but you know good and damn well you know the words to the song. This is the stuff of gold, the little gems in life that often occur under the influence and that you wish you could have photographic or video evidence of the event, so that when you are having a bummer of day you can look at or watch and laugh. Anyway, we wrap up the party, drop some folks off and are heading home. If you are keeping score at home and are wondering at what time it was, lets just say, those newspapers that get delivered in morning, were already out on the lawns and driveways. About 200 yards from home an impromptu decision to hit up the Krystal burger was put into effect and a U-turn was busted and off we went back into the lions den of dodging the cops and driving straight. Apparently, they(Krystal) switched over from mini burgers to there breakfast menu some time before we arrived. As displeasing as this was, I felt a biscuit would suffice. My wingman, I guess wanted to get all fat and nasty, so he went with what I am sure was a 12,000 calorie breakfast bowl. Eggs, grits, sausage and bacon all melded together in a bowl for a good blast to the ticker. He countered this cholesterol concoction with a diet coke because, he said he was watching his weight. Smart move on his part. There were people out taking a leisurely early morning stroll when I(we) finally arrived at the safety of home. I am guessing that I probably don't need to many of these nights strung together. This was just Friday night/Saturday morning.... I will give you the details of Saturday whenever I can remember them.
Friday night when I got to everyones favorite watering hole, Webster's, I saw a woman on the back patio holding a baby in her arm and a mixed drink in the other hand while alternating between drags off what appeared to be a Misty. It was a long and slender smoke, so i figured it was either that or a Virginia Slim. This is irrelevant, I know, but it was a shade past midnight at this point and I couldn't help but wonder how badly this kids cartoon schedule is going to be affected because momma decided to take Suzie out for a couple of rounds at the bar. That's good parenting. So as usual, I went to late night which is conveniently located a few houses down. I had reached the point in the evening where things were slowing down, people were leaving and it was time I do the same. As I opened the fence from the backyard to the frontyard, I notice a truck parked there, running, people inside. Naturally, I knew them and they rolled down the window and said, "Get In". There was a two second delay on my part as if the little devil on one shoulder was fighting with the little angel on the other. The devil won and off we went. Where? Riding around. Always a sound, rational decision after you have been on the drink for a couple of hours. I will omit the participants because it is not important to the story, nor is there a moral to be had from this blurb. Well, I guess the moral is, "If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough". Anywho, we go out to everyones favorite place of racial diversity, Money. Money is a great source for late night booze cruise; a good bit of gravel, minimal traffic and nobody cares how loud the music is.. So this 'Cruise' involved a near hit on a raccoon, seeing a good family of deer and some Reba. That's right, "Fancy" came on the radio and we all sang along. Go ahead and act Macho all you want, but you know good and damn well you know the words to the song. This is the stuff of gold, the little gems in life that often occur under the influence and that you wish you could have photographic or video evidence of the event, so that when you are having a bummer of day you can look at or watch and laugh. Anyway, we wrap up the party, drop some folks off and are heading home. If you are keeping score at home and are wondering at what time it was, lets just say, those newspapers that get delivered in morning, were already out on the lawns and driveways. About 200 yards from home an impromptu decision to hit up the Krystal burger was put into effect and a U-turn was busted and off we went back into the lions den of dodging the cops and driving straight. Apparently, they(Krystal) switched over from mini burgers to there breakfast menu some time before we arrived. As displeasing as this was, I felt a biscuit would suffice. My wingman, I guess wanted to get all fat and nasty, so he went with what I am sure was a 12,000 calorie breakfast bowl. Eggs, grits, sausage and bacon all melded together in a bowl for a good blast to the ticker. He countered this cholesterol concoction with a diet coke because, he said he was watching his weight. Smart move on his part. There were people out taking a leisurely early morning stroll when I(we) finally arrived at the safety of home. I am guessing that I probably don't need to many of these nights strung together. This was just Friday night/Saturday morning.... I will give you the details of Saturday whenever I can remember them.
Today is the DAY!!!!
There ain't no tommorrows. It has to happen TODAY!!! Time to kick the tires and light the fires!!! And while this video has absolutely nothing to do with baseball, it is relational from the point that this is how this series has gone and how most baseball games are decided. Just like football, baseball is a game of inches. You see it with close pitches, you see it with bloop singles and hits down the line and you definately see it with mundane plays that should be outs.
And for you doubters out there that think it is over, well here you go..
And for you doubters out there that think it is over, well here you go..
Saturday, June 6, 2009
COLEMAN PITCHES TIGERS TO OMAHA, REBELS SHOW APPRECIATION TO THEIR FANS BY GIVING THEM ONE MORE GAME AT HOME
BATON ROUGE -- LSU starter Louis Coleman allowed only three runs in eight innings, and the top-ranked Tigers completed a two-game sweep of No. 6 Rice with a 5-3 victory Saturday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium to advance to the College World Series for the 15th time in school history.
A record crowd of 9,651 was on hand to watch the Tigers advance to Omaha in its inaugural season at the new stadium.
LSU (51-16) extended its win streak to 10 games and improved to 117-44 all-time in NCAA Tournament games, which is the highest winning percentage (.727) in tournament history. The Tigers will be making back-to-back trips to the CWS for the first time since 2004.
Rice finished its season with a record of 43-18.
“Omaha, here come the Tigers,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We’re going to go up to Omaha and I know our fans are going to go up. We’re going to have a lot of fun up there. This year we’re going to go up there with seven great ball clubs. I figure one team has to win, so it might as well be us. We’re going to go up there with the idea that we’re going to put another trophy in the trophy case and give it our best effort.
“I don’t know if I feel great or relieved. This has been a real grind to get to this point because this season started with such promise for our team. Our kids have been under the microscope all year, and a lot has been expected of them. They just are so remarkable in their consistency, poise, composure and how they have been able to handle those expectations. I’m just so happy for all of them. They deserve it. Now we go get to have a great experience together in Omaha.”
Coleman (13-2) earned his fourth straight win as the SEC Pitcher of the Year allowed nine hits and struck out five batters. Freshman closer Matty Ott secured the victory with his 16th save of the season.
Rice starter Ryan Berry (7-2) suffered only his second loss of the season after giving up five earned runs on eight hits and four walks in five innings of work.
Third baseman Derek Helenihi led the Tigers at the plate with two hits and two RBI. The senior also blasted his fourth home run of the season. Designated hitter Blake Dean also had two hits on the afternoon, and catcher Micah Gibbs and center fielder Mikie Mahtook each drove in one run apiece.
The Tigers got off to a quick start, jumping out to a 1-0 advantage in the top of the first. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu led off the game with a double down the right field line, and left fielder Ryan Schimpf and Gibbs each walked to load the bases with one out. Mahtook then followed with an RBI grounder to bring home LeMahieu.
Rice second baseman Brock Holt tied the game at 1-1 in the third with a solo shot over the wall in right center field.
LSU regained the lead with a run in the top of the fourth to go up, 2-1. Following a double by right fielder Jared Mitchell and a base hit by first baseman Sean Ochinko, Helenihi singled through the middle of the infield to plate Mitchell.
However, the Owls came back to tie it at 2-2 in the bottom of the frame. Designated hitter Diego Seastrunk doubled into the gap in left center and reached third on a fielding error before left fielder Michael Fuda drove him in on a perfectly placed bunt single down the first base line.
The Tigers added two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-2 advantage. Schimpf walked to lead off the inning, and Dean drilled a double into the gap in left center to put two men in scoring position.
Gibbs then drove in Schimpf on an RBI grounder to second, and Dean later scored on a wild pitch by Berry.
Helenihi launched a solo homer to the opposite field to give LSU a 5-2 lead in the sixth inning, but Seastrunk returned the favor with a solo dinger of his own in the bottom of the frame to cut the deficit to 5-3.
Meanwhile, Coleman remained strong deep into the game, allowing only one hit in the seventh and eighth innings and keeping the Owls off the scoreboard.
Ott entered in the ninth and retired three of the four batters he faced. The right-hander fanned Holt to end the game.
A record crowd of 9,651 was on hand to watch the Tigers advance to Omaha in its inaugural season at the new stadium.
LSU (51-16) extended its win streak to 10 games and improved to 117-44 all-time in NCAA Tournament games, which is the highest winning percentage (.727) in tournament history. The Tigers will be making back-to-back trips to the CWS for the first time since 2004.
Rice finished its season with a record of 43-18.
“Omaha, here come the Tigers,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We’re going to go up to Omaha and I know our fans are going to go up. We’re going to have a lot of fun up there. This year we’re going to go up there with seven great ball clubs. I figure one team has to win, so it might as well be us. We’re going to go up there with the idea that we’re going to put another trophy in the trophy case and give it our best effort.
“I don’t know if I feel great or relieved. This has been a real grind to get to this point because this season started with such promise for our team. Our kids have been under the microscope all year, and a lot has been expected of them. They just are so remarkable in their consistency, poise, composure and how they have been able to handle those expectations. I’m just so happy for all of them. They deserve it. Now we go get to have a great experience together in Omaha.”
Coleman (13-2) earned his fourth straight win as the SEC Pitcher of the Year allowed nine hits and struck out five batters. Freshman closer Matty Ott secured the victory with his 16th save of the season.
Rice starter Ryan Berry (7-2) suffered only his second loss of the season after giving up five earned runs on eight hits and four walks in five innings of work.
Third baseman Derek Helenihi led the Tigers at the plate with two hits and two RBI. The senior also blasted his fourth home run of the season. Designated hitter Blake Dean also had two hits on the afternoon, and catcher Micah Gibbs and center fielder Mikie Mahtook each drove in one run apiece.
The Tigers got off to a quick start, jumping out to a 1-0 advantage in the top of the first. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu led off the game with a double down the right field line, and left fielder Ryan Schimpf and Gibbs each walked to load the bases with one out. Mahtook then followed with an RBI grounder to bring home LeMahieu.
Rice second baseman Brock Holt tied the game at 1-1 in the third with a solo shot over the wall in right center field.
LSU regained the lead with a run in the top of the fourth to go up, 2-1. Following a double by right fielder Jared Mitchell and a base hit by first baseman Sean Ochinko, Helenihi singled through the middle of the infield to plate Mitchell.
However, the Owls came back to tie it at 2-2 in the bottom of the frame. Designated hitter Diego Seastrunk doubled into the gap in left center and reached third on a fielding error before left fielder Michael Fuda drove him in on a perfectly placed bunt single down the first base line.
The Tigers added two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 4-2 advantage. Schimpf walked to lead off the inning, and Dean drilled a double into the gap in left center to put two men in scoring position.
Gibbs then drove in Schimpf on an RBI grounder to second, and Dean later scored on a wild pitch by Berry.
Helenihi launched a solo homer to the opposite field to give LSU a 5-2 lead in the sixth inning, but Seastrunk returned the favor with a solo dinger of his own in the bottom of the frame to cut the deficit to 5-3.
Meanwhile, Coleman remained strong deep into the game, allowing only one hit in the seventh and eighth innings and keeping the Owls off the scoreboard.
Ott entered in the ninth and retired three of the four batters he faced. The right-hander fanned Holt to end the game.
OXFORD, Miss. -- Sophomore left-hander Drew Pomeranz turned in another gritty performance for the Rebels, but it wasn’t enough as No. 5 Virginia (47-13-1) took advantage of late errors to defeat No. 8 Ole Miss (44-19) by a score of 4-3 on Saturday.
The Cavalier win evened the weekend series at a game each and forces a third game on Sunday that will see one team advance to the College World Series while the other team ends its season. Game three will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Pomeranz enthused the record crowd of 10,323 as he worked 7.0 innings and struck out 10, all while holding the Cavaliers to two runs on seven hits before leaving the game with the Rebels leading 3-2. But with one out on the board in the eighth, a throwing error from Rebel second baseman Evan Button allowed Danny Hultzen to reach base and sparked a Virginia rally as the Cavaliers pushed two unearned runs across the plate to take the lead and eventually claim the win.
Freshman David Goforth (1-1) took the loss in relief for the Rebels as he allowed two unearned runs on one hit with a walk in the loss. Goforth worked the eighth as the Rebels were the visiting team and Virginia did not bat in the ninth.
Andrew Carraway (8-1) picked up the win for the Cavaliers as he worked 3.1 innings in relief and held the Rebels scoreless on four hits and struck out two. Matt Packer picked up his third save with a walk in 0.2 innings of work.
Ole Miss struck quickly in the first inning as Logan Power hit a two-run shot to scoreJordan Henry who reached on a bloop double to open the inning.
The Cavaliers then chipped away at the lead, pushing a run across in the third as Josh Barr drew a leadoff walk in to open the inning. Barr then stole second before scoring two batters later when Tyler Cannon ripped a single up the middle to trim the lead to 2-1.
Virginia tied things in the fourth with another run as Barr again came up big for the Cavaliers with a two-out RBI double that scored Danny Hultzen from first and knotted the game at two.
Ole Miss moved back into the lead in the seventh when Matt Snyder scored on a single to left from Kyle Henson. Snyder walked before moving to second on a walk of Matt Smith.
The Cavaliers then took advantage of the pair of Rebel errors in the eighth to claim the first lead of the game. With one out on the board, Hultzen reached on a throwing error on a routine grounder to second. He then stole second before a walk of Steven Proscia put two men on base. Franco Valdes then came up with an RBI single through the right side to drive in Hultzen and leave runners at the corners with the game tied at three.
Barr again came up with a big at bat for the Cavaliers as the left fielder hit into a fielder’s choice to short that scored Proscia from third and provided what proved to be the game-winning run.
Ole Miss got a man on third in the top of the ninth as Zach Miller opened the ninth with a double down the left field line and moved to third on a sac bunt from Michael Hubbard. Ole Miss could not get him home, however, as the Cavaliers got the next two batters out to claim the win and force a deciding game on Sunday.
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