(Associated Press)
OMAHA, Neb. — Mason Katz, leading
hopefully off first base, slumped to his knees when the third strike got past teammate Christian Ibarra. It was over. Two-and-done. 0-for-Omaha. Geaux … home? Katz buried his head in his hands and just slumped there, motionless, as the North Ca ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
While we’re at it, another thing that’s wrong with this shiny, new TD Ameritrade Park — the screen behind home plate. It’s a dinky little thing. You barely notice it’s there. Rosenblatt had this massive thing that looked like it had been constructed to hold up a medie ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — UCLA may have under-estimated their intended pigeon. One of the reasons the Bruins tried the age-old hidden ball trick in the ninth inning of Sunday night’s game, UCLA coach John Savage said, was that LSU had inserted a pinch-runner, Jared Foster, into the game. But ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — For much of the regular season, this was the game — LSU vs. North Carolina — that was begging to be played. Even here at the College World Series, it’s a pretty intriguing match-up. North Carolina is the No. 1 national seed. LSU is ranked No. 1 in the ma ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU has quite the storied history in the College World Series, of course, and the Tigers wear it on their sleeves, embracing it as enthusiastically as the locals here embrace them. But now, after losing their opener to UCLA 2-1, the Tigers will be battling their history, trying ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
I guess every city thinks it has the most unpredictable weather, most corrupt politicians and the worst traffic snarls. But I had to laugh when the local newspaper here, in its CWS special preview section, warned visitors about the “horrors” of getting around the city. They don’t ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU will be the home team Tuesday when the Tigers face No. 1 seed North Carolina in an elimination game. The Tigers won a coin flip for the right, but after falling into the loser’s bracket with a 2-1 loss to UCLA, head coach Paul Mainieri still wasn’t sure his star ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Mark one up for small ball. Or just blame it on some uncharacteristically shaky defense by LSU. But two LSU errors led to both of UCLA’s unearned runs as the light-hitting but pesky Bruins edged the Tigers 2-1 in the final first round game of the College World Serie ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU second baseman JaCoby Jones was back on the practice field after an illness sidelined him for a day, but head coach Paul Mainieri limited his work in preparation for tonight’s College World Series opener against UCLA. Jones took batting practice and some ground balls i ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Yes, the same LSU team that won a super regional will finally take the field in the College World Series tonight. It only seems as if, since sweeping Oklahoma to clinch their berth here last Saturday, there’s been enough time for most of them to move on into post-collegia ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Two years ago, when this fine city cut the ribbon on brand new TD Ameritrade Park for its first College World Series, a local woman was quoted in the Omaha World-Herald. She waxed on at some length about the beauty of the new ballpark, the amenities, the sight lines, the clea ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU second baseman JaCoby Jones, the star of LSU’s super regional sweep of Oklahoma to get to the College World Series, has taken sick again. “He just came down under the weather (Wednesday) night,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. Late in the evening, kind of fl ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
OMAHA, Neb. — It’s not quite true that none of LSU’s players have ever competed in the shiny, 3-year-old venue for the College World Series. First baseman Mason Katz was here at TD Ameritrade Park last July, taking part in the made-for-TV College Baseball Home Run Derby. &ldquo ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
Granted, LSU has been away from the College World Series for a while, four whole years. But it must have seemed like the whole world had changed when the Tigers landed in Omaha Thursday morning. The CWS used to be a cozy little gathering where the usual old gang would get together every year, won ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
Mark up another first for the 2013 LSU baseball team (57-9), which has already tied the school record for victories and for the first time in 16 trips will arrive at the College World Series with single-digit losses. On Wednesday, a trio of Tigers were named first-team All-American on the Collegi ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
One of the well-known perks of going to Omaha as an LSU Tiger is that you have a ready-made fan base already in place. A lot of it actually is from back home, familiar faces from Alex Box Stadium who evacuate the state as if a land rush was on as soon as the Tigers punch their College World Series ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
The first two teams that punched their tickets to Omaha will be the last two to play when the College World Series opens this weekend. The CWS announced late Monday that LSU will open its 16th visit to Omaha, Neb., playing UCLA at 7 p.m. Sunday on ESPN2. LSU will be the home team. It will be the ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
Before LSU’s six-run ninth inning against Oklahoma Saturday night turned the waning moments into an early Omaha send-off, a mighty shot put a scare into the Tigers’ festive crowd. It looked for all the world like a comfortable 4-1 LSU lead had just been cut to a single run in the botto ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
BATON ROUGE — The dogpile has almost become too cliché in college baseball, so in that regard the one LSU fashioned out of relief and determination Saturday night at Alex Box Stadium was somewhat refreshing. This obligatory tangle of humanity was fairly mundane, although JaCoby Jones& ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
BATON ROUGE — LSU got a dog-pile worthy victory before the Tigers set their sights on an old, familiar destination Saturday night. An already record-breaking season will end where LSU seasons are supposed to end. There was the obligatory conga-line lap around Alex Box Stadium, high-fiving w ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
BATON ROUGE — Advantage, Tigers. Near perfection, Aaron Nola. And it came just when anything less might not have been enough for LSU. Nola pitched arguably his best game as a Tiger to outduel Oklahoma ace Jonathan Gray and allow LSU time to finally solve the likely future major leaguer to ...
By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
BATON ROUGE — Historically, when faced with a pitcher the caliber of Oklahoma ace Jonathan Gray, the only question mark for LSU would be how and where to notify the poor chap’s next of kin. The wake of LSU’s glory days was littered with high profile, higher draft-pick carcasses o ...
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OMAHA, Neb. — Mason Katz, leading
hopefully off first base, slumped to his knees when the third strike got past teammate Christian Ibarra. I ...
While we’re at it, another thing that’s wrong with this shiny, new TD Ameritrade Park — the screen behind home plate.
It’s a ...
OMAHA, Neb. — UCLA may have under-estimated their intended pigeon.
One of the reasons the Bruins tried the age-old hidden ball trick in th ...
OMAHA, Neb. — For much of the regular season, this was the game — LSU vs. North Carolina — that was begging to be played.
Even ...
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