When the game is about the kids again
"When the game is about the kids again" was a bandwagon quote by Yvette Girouard -one applauded by Skip Bertman- that came on the heels of Smoke Laval forfeiting future games with the University of Louisiana, because in part one of his batters got hit by a pitch.
On April 19th 2005 two LSU pitchers hit six Tulane batters.
Smoke Laval (off by1) stated: "You hit five and walk four, and they're a good club, if it was us, and they hit five and walked four, the same thing would've happened."
COME ON Smoke if it happened to you -tell the truth- you would quit playing them. An attitude which incidentally I believe has made LSU soft. Note to Smoke: you can’t run but you can’t hide; it’s going to catch up with you. Perhaps it already has.
Indirectly I think LSU’s no play because of a hit batter position is the crack that opened the door for Rick Jones to proclaim his ridiculous only at home edict. His only point of reference is as a coach at Tulane so he makes moves he thinks will help his program; I don’t blame him for that. I just think it will backfire, but hey hopefully by getting hit 6 times he can see the hypocrisy in LSU’s stance and it will somehow allow him to see his own error in not playing home and home vs. a top 20 team two and a half hours away. It may not look like it this year but someday Rick Jones fear of the Ragin’ Road will come back to haunt him.
Message to Smoke-n-Jones you can run but we’ll see you in the post season.
ps Why weren’t any pitchers ejected? I guess it wasn’t about the kids after all.
pps rant over
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