Happy, Happy, Happy!
 

It does not get much better than this folks. Alden, my youngest son, signed with LSU to play baseball. Here is a link to the video that Jacques Doucet posted on his Youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=1s9F54DnVLo

congrats. Thats awesome.

WOW! Congrats!

Very awesome, congrats.

Congrats!

That must be an awesome feeling!!! Congrats

Thanks guys! It has been his dream since he was 6. That and to play for the Yankees lol. It is still unbelievable. We are so excited that he will get to play for such an amazing program. Geaux TIGERS!!

Thats awesome man. That's my sons dream as well.

What HS is he at? What position does he play?

That's awesome! Glad to see all of his hard work pay off.

Runnel's in Baton Rouge. LSU wants him as a pitcher. He plays all positions. High School Varsity: 7th grade bullpin catcher, 8th grade he was starting short stop, 9th catcher, 10th, 11th and this year 2nd base. And pitched also starting in the 8th grade. And of course he has pitched since he was 9 on travel ball teams.

Thats Awesome. I look foward to seeing him in the next few years!

Congrats dad... I cant wait for my little one to start playing ball. He doesnt know it yet, but LSU baseball is his dream lol.

Wow, what an honor!! Congrats to your son

Lmao, congrats catchers mitt and son

Awesome

lol. that is great! thanks.

Congrats to him and you and your wife! Both Goldenrod and I can attest to the sacrifice a family gives up for kids to play sports, especially to get him to this level. I can only imagine watching one of my children play at the Box. W O W!!!!!!!!

Congrats hope he makes it to the bigs

Mitch Sewald?

Congradulations to him and to you, outstanding....

Congrats!! THAT is a helluva an honor to play for such an awesome program! Geaux tigers!

I was on Runnels first baseball team in the late 80's. The baseball program has come along way since I played. Congrats to your son. I wish him the best of luck. Geaux Tigers.

Top shelf!

The official visit
 

Last weekend the bride and I went with Alden on his official visit to LSU. They put us up in a hotel right off campus. We met in the meeting room at Alex Box Friday afternoon and Skip Bertman, the legendary Hall of Fame coach, talked to the prospects and parents for about an hour. Then the baseball athletic trainer told us that he would handle all of our son's medical needs while they were at LSU. From a cold to Tommy John's surgery.

After that the boy's hosts came in and visited with the boys a few minutes and then.....it was kind of weird, the boys were told to get their things out of their vehicles and put it in the host's vehicles and they would take them to the restaurant and then the hotel. We met them at Mike Anderson's Seafood Restaurant. we ate well and visited with the coaches and each other.

Saturday we met some more of the staff and ate in the Champion's Lounge. They took us in the golf carts and dropped us off at our friend's tailgate. we tailgated until an hour before game time and then met up and went on the field for the LSU vs Miss. St. game. We took pictures and took in the pregame warm up.

We watched the game and then the boys left with their hosts and we went back to a tailgate and then walked Walk On's a local watering hole. We had a couple of drinks and walked to our hotel room. We slept late and had breakfast. We got Alden up and headed home. It took us about 15 minutes. lol We spent the day watching football and napping.

Enjoy the photos

The game
 

on the field.

Man that is awesome! My wife just told me that one of my daughters friends older sister is signing with the ladies. I couldn't imagine going to LSU to watch my child play!

cool. what is her name?

Not sure.

softball?

Hey Mitt is the black kid Justin Williams from Houma. He's supposed to be the real deal. I dont think he's ever going to play at LSU though.

Alden and Jared played together when they were 9. They played on LBA Pelicans. That team was dynamite. They went to the USSSA World Series in St. Louis. there was 72 teams from 24 states. We played all week. We were undefeated going into the championship on Sunday. The Banditos Black, from Woodlands, TX, came out of the losers bracket to meet us. they had to beat us twice. At 2 am the second game was over. We came in second. Alden tweaked his arm at the players games they have, you know home run, round the horn and throw down, he didn't pitch the whole week! Caught and threw everybody out though. lol So far, 4 boys off that team have signed for D1 schools.

a few more pictures
 

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Attachment 42886A few more from the signing party.

Awesome! All the luck to him. You must be a proud Papa. I've coached high school baseball for the past 20 years and it's always a treat to see those guys get signed and/or drafted and move on to bigger and better things..

Swamp, Yes. He can hit it a ton! But with all big hitters can he hit "A" pitching? He will go high in the draft, we are thinking he will sign.

Thanks Garfish! I am proud beyond words. lol where do you coach?

Bullcroaker I bet that was interesting being on a small school's first team. They have had some success under Tookie. We moved up to AA a couple of years ago and are in a tough district. We have done pretty good though. We are hoping to make a run at state this year. We have two D1 pitchers. The bats are a little weak though.

Congrats!!!!

My daughter is a student there and they were all pumped up about it! Small world! I kept asking questions...what position does he play, etc....Dad I don't know all that stuff!!! All I got out of her....Congrats!!!

Thanks Frank. It is a small world. He will be pitching and playing 2nd base. Come out and catch some games this spring.

Congrat's to the whole family..

Looks like he's getting some time on the mound. :cheers:

Thanks and yes he is!

That is awesome!!! Congrats!!!! Geaux Tigers!!!!

Congrats i know your very proud!

Just seen him pitch

Congrat.'s ...That's great..

I heard his his interview with Matt Mascona yesterday, it sucks his career ended the way that it did. With that said your son was very well spoken and I'm sure he'll do great in his chosen career. Alden was at a few practices when my son was playing with LBA, class act all around. Be proud of the young man you raised, and thanks Alden for being a great Tiger!

Congrats to you and your family! Happy for him!

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I second this. Wrote a very nice article to his teammates prior to the season. I'm sure it has been a tough few months for all of you, especially Alden. I wish him nothing but the best.

That is awesome. Nothing beats seeing the success of your children.

Geaux tigahs!!!!