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re: A Skip Bertman story from when he was LSU's baseball coach....
Posted on 2/21/13 at 3:53 pm to Trolyce
Posted on 2/21/13 at 3:53 pm to Trolyce
I used to take lessons with Brian Daughtery and Tim Lanier and one of them told me and my dad one time that he went out to the mound one time and said to a kid "Oh, don't worry, its not your fault. Its my fault for recruiting you."
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 3:54 pm
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Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:12 pm to PurpleAndGold86
"There's only one beauty parlor in Starkville...and they only give estimates!"
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:17 pm to Choupique19
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Sure is a lot of Skip Bertman getting ejected stories for a guy that only got ejected from 2 games in his LSU career.
3 times.
Everybody forgets the ejection against The Dirtbags in the 1997 Regional.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:17 pm to LSURussian
Skip liked to say that it took 2 or 3 years here before the fans stopped referring to runs as "points."
My Favorite: Skip Bertman tells the story of an LSU-Tulane baseball game held in New Orleans.
It seems that every decision made by the umpire went against the Tigers.
Skip fumed in the dugout inning after inning as the Tigers couldn't catch a break.
Finally, in about the fifth inning, Skip had seen enough of that umpire and his strike zone.
So he headed out to the mound to speak to his pitcher, but he really wanted a piece of the home plate umpire.
The umpire walked out to break up the meeting:
Skip: “We found your cell phone!”
Umpire: “What do you mean, you found my cell phone?”
Skip: “When we turned the phone on, the screen said “Seven Missed Calls” so we figured it had to be yours!”
My Favorite: Skip Bertman tells the story of an LSU-Tulane baseball game held in New Orleans.
It seems that every decision made by the umpire went against the Tigers.
Skip fumed in the dugout inning after inning as the Tigers couldn't catch a break.
Finally, in about the fifth inning, Skip had seen enough of that umpire and his strike zone.
So he headed out to the mound to speak to his pitcher, but he really wanted a piece of the home plate umpire.
The umpire walked out to break up the meeting:
Skip: “We found your cell phone!”
Umpire: “What do you mean, you found my cell phone?”
Skip: “When we turned the phone on, the screen said “Seven Missed Calls” so we figured it had to be yours!”
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:20 pm to mightynine
I've heard two skip stories from a former pitcher and some from guys who were instructors at his camp.
1. This particular pitcher is wild, skip walks out, looks at the kid. "You f***in' suck." walks back to dugout. kid is nails for the rest of his outing.
2. Different pitcher is wild, skip walks out, looks at him. "Who was that other kid I was recruiting when I was recruiting you?" Pitcher, looking puzzled, says the name. "That's right," Skips says. "I should've got him, because you f***in' suck." Same result.
Guy knew how to motivate
1. This particular pitcher is wild, skip walks out, looks at the kid. "You f***in' suck." walks back to dugout. kid is nails for the rest of his outing.
2. Different pitcher is wild, skip walks out, looks at him. "Who was that other kid I was recruiting when I was recruiting you?" Pitcher, looking puzzled, says the name. "That's right," Skips says. "I should've got him, because you f***in' suck." Same result.
Guy knew how to motivate
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:21 pm to mightynine
"A tornado once went through downtown Starkville and it did almost a million dollars in improvements......" :rimshot:
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:22 pm to the mean bean
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:26 pm to LSURussian
Adrian Antonini has deceptive speed....
....He's actually slower than he looks
Skip
....He's actually slower than he looks
Skip
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:31 pm to Godfather1
No, the Regional ejection is the one I remember the most. I may be putting my foot in my mouth, but I think he got thrown out arguing a balk called on Patrick Coogan when he picked off a runner at first base.
Posted on 2/21/13 at 4:57 pm to LSURussian
"NASA is studying Starkville to see why there's no atmosphere there."
More of a paraphrase, if you will.
More of a paraphrase, if you will.
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 2/21/13 at 5:09 pm to LSURussian
pretty much anytime skip tells the "hold the rope" story is money. guy really knows how to pump you up for baseball
Posted on 2/21/13 at 5:12 pm to DateRaph
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DateRaph
Posted on 2/21/13 at 6:17 pm to LSURussian
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Early in his career at LSU Greene was having a terrible outing......a couple of walks, he hit a batter, threw a wild pitch and gave up several hard hits including a home run or two.
ummmmm this never happened
This post was edited on 2/22/13 at 8:18 am
Posted on 2/22/13 at 9:25 am to LSUPIMPRGB
Doug Thompson tells this story. He's getting ripped early in the game, indians running the basepaths like wild men. Skip walks out, and before he could say a word, DT tells him: "Skip, don't take me out. I feel great & have a lot of energy yet". Skip tells him to turn & look at his outfielders. "Good. Because they are exhausted".
Posted on 2/22/13 at 9:44 am to Keltic Tiger
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"Skip, don't take me out. I feel great & have a lot of energy yet". Skip tells him to turn & look at his outfielders. "Good. Because they are exhausted".
Posted on 2/22/13 at 9:57 am to DateRaph
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pretty much anytime skip tells the "hold the rope" story is money. guy really knows how to pump you up for baseball
please elaborate
Posted on 2/22/13 at 9:58 am to LSURussian
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When Skip got to the mound to take Greene out of the game Skip told him, "Rick, I don't want you to think it's your fault what happened tonight. It's not your fault. It's my fault. I never should have recruited you....."
that version wins. Posted on 2/22/13 at 10:25 am to Choupique19
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I think he got thrown out arguing a balk called on Patrick Coogan when he picked off a runner at first base.
You're correct.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 10:32 am to TigerCub
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I think he got thrown out arguing a balk called on Patrick Coogan when he picked off a runner at first base.
You're correct.
Posted on 2/22/13 at 10:54 am to Choupique19
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