A story in the sports section of the New Orleans Advocate dated 5/22/17 by Luke Johnson, aired a comments by LSU shortstop Kramer Robertson who was critical of some LSU fans comments concerning how the LSU baseball team was playing earlier in the year. Kramer was up set about those comments and took it personal. Kramer was quoted as saying, THERE's NOT MANY THINGS THAT FEEL BETTER THAN WHEN YOU CAN PROVE PEOPLE WRONG. A LOT OF PEOPLE WROTE US OFF, SAID WE WERE UNDER ACHIEVERS, WHATEVER
Kramer made those comments after LSU started playing better and were sour grapes. Comments by the fans were made while LSU was not playing well and the team was not living up to its own set standards of success. (Perhaps the fans comments helped turn things around) When Kentucky took 2 out of 3 from LSU earlier in the year Paul Mainieri started to catch flax from the fans who questioned his handling of pitching changes and a lack of hitting and leaving so many men on base. Mainieri then got defensive with the self serving statement that he was proud how LSU in the past turned things around in the second half of the season. Then two LSU sports writers chipped in with their support for Mainieri's statement by repeating the same thing.
What was lacking from Mainieri's statement was that the post season is part of the second half of the season and LSU has not played well in the post season for the last several years. And when you couple that with not playing well in the first part of the season that is an indication LSU baseball is at a standstill. Remember, for the past several years LSU has not played up to the standard they themselves set for the team. The fans do not play the game or set the standards.
That takes us to the present season where once again it was LSU who talked about their senior talent and the talent of the team and their lofty goals. Based on what this writer knows about baseball and LSU I wrote a commentary published in March outlining the areas of LSU's needs that have to be fulfilled for the team to improve and move beyond their failures in the past that took place in the post season. And I can report that in the last 3 weeks LSU has lived up to and executed the needs I reported on in my March commentary. It is also another first for "PolitiDose." Other sports writers just go with the flow of cliches and hype.
The fans will also find out in the next week or so if LSU can continue their improved play in the post season. It would be nice if Kramer Robertson could say LSU lived up to its own predictions.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
