The Book: Lady Cajuns softball 2007 Season

[LuLu]

"at Alfred and Helen Lamson Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park." That's a mouthful. I think it would be more auspicious to call the place where the Lady Ragin' Cajuns play Lamson Field at Ragin' Cajun Park. As it is, the girls aren't supposed to be called Lady Cajuns anymore, just Ragin Cajuns. But, I like them playing on Lamson Field at Ragin' Cajun Park. What do you think?

[Zeebart21]

"at Alfred and Helen Lamson Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park." That's a mouthful. I think it would be more auspicious to call the place where the Lady Ragin' Cajuns play Lamson Field at Ragin' Cajun Park. As it is, the girls aren't supposed to be called Lady Cajuns anymore, just Ragin Cajuns. But, I like them playing on Lamson Field at Ragin' Cajun Park. What do you think?

Lamson Field is cool. Why arent we the Lady Cajuns anymore?

Z.

[Turbine]

Why arent we the Lady Cajuns anymore?

Z.

The idea was to strengthen the "Ragin' Cajun" moniker by giving the name to UL's strongest sport. except, someone knowing or unknowingly is trying to kill the unique identity that is Lady Cajuns. The opposite has happened. There just isn't enough room for a newspaper headline to peak someone’s interest.

There is not enough room to include Ragin' Cajuns and the now required Women (or the subsequently now necessary Men) and also the specific sport and still include the focus of the article in the title! What has suffered is RAGIN' it is gone from most headlines. It is rare if RAGIN is included in newspaper titles.

The lack of room induced solution has been to have headlines with "Cajun Women" or "Cajun Men" and something about what happened or will happen. So instead of being the nations best Ragin' Cajuns and an equally good highly identifiable and laudable Lady Cajuns, UL's sports teams have become the "Cajun Men" and "Cajun Women."

So not only has the potent "Lady Cajuns" moniker been sidelined but Ragin' Cajuns has been marginalized as well. Not only has the ability to raise money directly with a Lady Cajuns line of clothing been killed, but in order for women to be able to identify with the Ragin' Cajuns they had to come out with pink football Jerseys.

This shortsighted everything Ragin' Cajun movement would be like Chevrolet looking at its fleet and saying 'hey the Corvette is our best known car, from now on we are going to call every car in the fleet a Corvette'

Lady Cajuns is awesome! Don't kill it just to save money on printing t-shirts.

jmo

[NewsCopy]

Today is indeed a new start for UL's softball program. When the Ragin' Cajuns open play in their own 21st Louisiana Classics Tournament, it will be without two pitchers who combined for 50 wins and two sub-2.00 ERA's last year. It will also be without two players who combined for 51 home runs, including the unquestioned best hitter in school history. But some things never change. The Cajuns, winners of 161 games over the past three seasons, take national poll rankings of 17th (ESPN.com/ USA Softball) and 19th (USA Today/NFCA) into today's noon battle with McNeese State. UL will also face Georgia, ranked 12th and 14th in those polls, at 5 p.m. in today's fourth and final game. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[VObserver]

Cajuns lead Georgia 12-4 after 6.

Grand Slam by freshman Lana Bowers.

[Zeebart21]

Boys I am listening in beautiful downtown Tuscaloosa, AL.

LOUD and CLEAR!!!

H.ELL YEAH!!!

Z.

______ its cold up here... BBbbbrrrrrrrr....

[Zeebart21]

Stevie P says hello to all the Cajun fans in China...

nice.

Z.

BALLGAME IS OVER. JUST RUN RULED THE 14th RANKED Georgia Bulldawgs...

awesome.

[VObserver]

Cajuns lead Georgia 12-4 after 6.

Grand Slam by freshman Lana Bowers.

Final Cajuns 12, GA 4

Run Rule victory over SEC East Defending Champ and #14 Bulldogs.

[Zeebart21]

Final Cajuns 12, GA 4

Run Rule victory over SEC East Defending Champ and #14 Bulldogs.

Is there a freakin echo in here???

Z.

[Clutch0364]

There is a few things we have come to expect in South Louisiana...good food, good drinks, and the Lady Cajuns kicking some _____ in the Spring