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Another "Skipism"
Posted on 3/3/11 at 7:59 am
Posted on 3/3/11 at 7:59 am
In Skip's final season as head coach we were playing a midweek game against Rent-A-Win University (I forget which one) and the first base umpire had missed several close calls at first base, or, at least that's what Skip thought.
In about the sixth or seventh inning, Skip shot out of the dugout and headed for the ump. He got in the ump's face, even turning his cap around to get closer. After about 2 minutes of taking abuse, the ump ejected Skip.
At his post-game press conference one reporter asked Skip what he had said that got him ejected.
Skip said, "He told me if I didn't shut up and go back to the dugout he was going to eject me. I told him, 'You can't eject me....I'm a LEGEND!' That's when he ejected me...."

In about the sixth or seventh inning, Skip shot out of the dugout and headed for the ump. He got in the ump's face, even turning his cap around to get closer. After about 2 minutes of taking abuse, the ump ejected Skip.
At his post-game press conference one reporter asked Skip what he had said that got him ejected.
Skip said, "He told me if I didn't shut up and go back to the dugout he was going to eject me. I told him, 'You can't eject me....I'm a LEGEND!' That's when he ejected me...."
Posted on 3/3/11 at 8:04 am to LSURussian
It always cracked me up when he turned his cap around to get closer to the ump, then his head would start going back and forth. 
Posted on 3/3/11 at 8:13 am to Dro
Skip once said, Joe Dean made better decisions when drunk behind the wheel.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 10:01 am to nicholastiger
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Skip once said, Joe Dean made better decisions when drunk behind the wheel.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 10:29 am to Tigergreg
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It always cracked me up when he turned his cap around to get closer to the ump, then his head would start going back and forth
Given the size of nose he couldn't really have gotten that close.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 10:33 am to LSURussian
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In Skip's final season as head coach
Ahhhh, fat Skip, love fat Skip
Posted on 3/3/11 at 11:51 am to LSURussian
"A tornado went through Starkville and made 2 million dollars of improvements"
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:05 pm to LSURussian
I remember Skip doing this in the 97 (or 96?) Regional. Patrick Coogan had been called for a balk and the sight of Skip flipping that cap around (AFTER being tossed) whipped up the team and the fans and very likely was the factor in the Tigers winning the game.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:10 pm to tss22h8
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whipped up the team and the fans and very likely was the factor in the Tigers winning the game.
much like what MVSU's coach attempted last night
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:12 pm to AstroTiger
quote:he waited till too late in the game for that
what MVSU's coach attempted last night
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:13 pm to tss22h8
I always enjoyed this: Starkville is an old Indian
word meaning trailer park(not exact words). Also,
anyone ever notice Jim Wells @ Alabama would walk
out to the pitcher with the same damn gait as
Skip did?
word meaning trailer park(not exact words). Also,
anyone ever notice Jim Wells @ Alabama would walk
out to the pitcher with the same damn gait as
Skip did?
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:16 pm to bobbyleewilliams
quote:Yes! The same for Ole Miss coach, Mike Bianco. He even holds his elbows back just like Skip did. And he talks like Skip.
Also,
anyone ever notice Jim Wells @ Alabama would walk
out to the pitcher with the same damn gait as
Skip did?
He just doesn't win like Skip.....
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:19 pm to LSURussian
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Yes! The same for Ole Miss coach, Mike Bianco. He even holds his elbows back just like Skip did. And he talks like Skip.
This!
quote:
He just doesn't win like Skip.....
And this!
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:19 pm to LSURussian
The MVSU coach walked slower than Skip. By the time he got in the 1B umps face, everybody would have forgotten what he went out there for.
Posted on 3/3/11 at 12:28 pm to tss22h8
I think he got tired of walking which is why he stopped and kicked dirt about half way down the 1st base line 
Posted on 3/3/11 at 1:57 pm to Tigerfan7218
Bertman - the only thing that kept me in Baton Rouge was the casino boats
Posted on 3/3/11 at 2:03 pm to LSURussian
Once we were playing Tulane in a midweek game and at the coaches committee meeting he told us that if we knew any Tulane grads who planned on coming up for the game to let them know if they put their diploma on the dash of their car, they could park in the handicap parking area.
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