The Tigue is a special place

[MelRock]

I do not think Mr Moore would have a problem removing a few pine trees for progress. I never asked him personally but he want baseball to grow in Lafayette and this is exactly what is happening.

[Hark Mudspeth]

Well let's not go overboard. There is something to be said for a beautiful backdrop behind the fence and not just open sky and bland neighborhood roofs back there. Nobody said anything about "leveling all the pine trees". But cutting some down in opportune places makes Sensely. (That was totally meant to be *sense*, but autocorrect changed it to Sensely, I decided to roll with it.)

Hitting homeruns into or over the pine trees makes complete Sensely.

They need to thin out the tiny pines so the larger ones can grow thicker...would look better.

[AirBill]

Pictures don't convey how much larger it is. I think approx. 800 additional seats. The old Tigue set below the bleachers. The new grandstand extends well above and beyond the bleachers.

This. I was in town last week and I drove down South College from Johnston St. The first view I got of the grandstand was in making that turn. Wow! The size of it is striking and surprising. Cajun90 is absolutely correct, pics just don't do it justice. Can't wait to see it in action.

If you haven't seen it in person, it's worth a look.

[Rougarou]

Well let's not go overboard. There is something to be said for a beautiful backdrop behind the fence and not just open sky and bland neighborhood roofs back there. Nobody said anything about "leveling all the pine trees". But cutting some down in opportune places makes Sensely. (That was totally meant to be *sense*, but autocorrect changed it to Sensely, I decided to roll with it.)

Hitting homeruns into or over the pine trees makes complete Sensely.

If Sensely hits home runs into the pine trees it negate the need to decide on removing the trees.

[Boomer]

Totally agree about pine trees......this is S. Louisiana, not S. Arky. They are not anything more than tall, messy weeds.

----T-Bine, I LOVE THE SMELL OF PINE---THESE GUYS ARE TRYING TO NEEDLE ME!!!

[BeauCajun]

T-Bine, I LOVE THE SMELL OF PINE---THESE GUYS ARE TRYING TO NEEDLE ME!!!

That was sappy Boomer. Time to escape from your cone.

[AirBill]

----T-Bine, I LOVE THE SMELL OF PINE---THESE GUYS ARE TRYING TO NEEDLE ME!!!

Don't worry, their bark is worse than their bite.

[CajunAlum10]

I don't know why everyone's pining to take the trees down, seems pretty shady.

[CajunAlum10]

It can be a bumpy situation when you get down to the root of it all.

[MelRock]

Back to the topic of the thread.

Brick work starting at #TheTigueAtRussoPark pic.twitter.com/2Bf2VvZ34y

— Matt Sullivan (@MattSulli123) February 10, 2017