LSU pitcher Todd Peterson is my new favorite baseball player.
Peterson didn’t have a college hit when he stepped to the plate in the 12th inning of yesterday’s SEC tournament elimination game against South Carolina, but he was dealing on the mound and coach Paul Mainieri didn’t want to take him out. So the coach told him to just stand at the plate with the bat on his shoulder. Peterson, however, convinced Mainieri to let him take a hack, because he used to hit “bombs” in high school.
OH BABY! @Todd_Peterson3 stepped up big time for the Tigers tonight in extras!