LSU Wins College World Series

The championship trophy appeared behind the Rosenblatt Stadium backstop with LSU still needing three outs to claim it, but with a seven-run lead the bold Tigers fans in the first few rows starting snapping photos of the soon-to-be Baton Rouge-bound hardware.

Then, the fans readied their cameras again, as Louis Coleman struck out the side and the LSU pitcher who, like his senior teammates missed the university’s graduation ceremony because of a baseball conflict, led the team in a time-honored commencement tradition.

Only instead of a mortarboard, Coleman chucked his glove some 20-feet high before his catcher, Micah Gibbs, tackled him in front of the mound and the less traditional graduation tradition of a mosh pit ensued. And Coleman’s glove quickly became an afterthought as the Tigers celebrated their sixth national championship, besting Texas 11-4 Wednesday night to take the College World Series final two games to one.

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