It’s A Great Day To Be Alive” by Travis Tritt blared from the Alex Box Stadium speakers as the LSU baseball team, their friends, their loved ones, their families, a few stragglers and general fandom held an impromptu Jazz Fest at central diamond Sunday at Alex Box Stadium.
I know the sun’s still shining when I close my eyes
I’m just doing all right
Never mind that it was minutes from after midnight, and the LSU Nation was lettin’ it all hang down as “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang soon broke out after Tritt’s classic.
LSU BASEBALL SWEEPS WEST VIRGINIA TO REACH COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
The Tigers had just beat West Virginia, 12-5, in front of 12,301 at the Party Box to sweep the best-of-three Super Regional and reach Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series, where they will play Arkansas on Friday or Saturday. LSU will shoot for the program’s second national title in three years under coach Jay Johnson and eighth overall since 1991.
“Sorry for being a little late,” Johnson said as he spent extra innings on the field with his wife Maureen and his players and their parents and anyone else around. “It’s a special night out there. I just really wanted these guys to achieve this. I feel like they’ve earned it.”
