As a very young junior college coach, I once called the legendary Skip Bertman. I had never met him before this call. I asked him about his one page motivational handouts. He explained his process to me. About a week later, I get a huge box in the mail. He had photo copied every one of his handouts and sent them to me with a kind note. Well over a thousand pages. This is before the internet and email as we know it. He did this as the best college baseball coach in the world for someone he had never met.
Rest in Peace to the very best of the coaching profession . All of my love to his family and the LSU program.
Skip Bertman was one of my favorite people I got to cover. And his 2000 team was one of my favorite to cover. What I loved most about Skip was his sense of humor. When @LSUbaseball played in an NCAA regional in Tuscaloosa, Skip told us reporters, “if you need anything we will be staying at the La Quinta, which as you may know, in Spanish, means ‘next to Denny’s.’” Another time, the Tigers were starting the season with a Saturday doubleheader at Alex Box stadium instead of a Friday night game to begin a series. Skip explained that Friday was his wedding anniversary, so he had a choice of ticking off either 8,000 rabid LSU fans, or one wife. He said the choice was easy. Skip built a powerhouse program, and then a powerhouse athletic department. His impact will endure. RIP 🙏🏾
Legendary LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman, who transformed the Tigers into a national powerhouse and later worked as the school's athletic director, died early Friday morning, the school announced. Bertman was 88.
Bertman guided the Tigers to the MCWS 11 times, winning national championships in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 2000.
My heart is broken this morning….we have lost Coach Bertman. The best to ever fill out a lineup card….the man who changed college baseball forever and the man who built the best baseball program in the country @LSUbaseball As great a coach he was, even a better man that touched countless lives! So thankful I got to see him last night and tell him how much I loved him 1 more time! 🙏💜💛 #15 #4everLSU
Four churches have burned down in New York since Zohran Mamdani took office. Yesterday alone, two churches were set on fire.
Imagine if it were mosques. He would be crying Islamophobia and declaring a state of emergency.
But since it’s churches, he hasn’t said a single word.
🚨 WTF?! Muslims are launching a FULL SHARIA LAW community in Little Rock, Arkansas requiring buyers to sign an "Islamic Bill of Assurance"
It's being called "New Africa" development and will be fully Sharia-controlled
THIS IS ILLEGAL! STRIKE IT DOWN.