During a sportswriting career that began a tad reluctantly in 1983, Carl Dubois has received more than 60 writing awards, many more angry e-mails, a few encouraging letters (thanks, Mom) plus a purple-and-gold sombrero, a coach's whistle, a cigar and a sideline headset — the last four courtesy of former LSU football coach Nick Saban, his most famous critic.
In a twist of fate straight out of basketball coach Bobby Knight's famous dig at reporters, Dubois learned to write by the second grade, but unlike Knight and the many others he cited, Dubois didn't move on to greater things. He began as a correspondent for the American Press, his hometown paper in Lake Charles, and moved in 1998 to Shreveport, where he worked for The Times. He joined The Advocate staff in September 1999.
Born Oct. 1, 1961 — the day Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's record for the most home runs in a Major League Baseball season — Dubois thought he was destined to hit many a longball. Years later he appreciates the chance to write about them. As a boy he could recite stats and lineups at will, often settling bar bets for his father and his pals, but as an adult Dubois is more taken with the psychology and human drama of sports than with its numbers.
Writing seems to be in his blood, which is type O. That it sounds like "typo" is a source of amusement for him anytime the subject comes up. That his is the positive variety would no doubt come as a surprise to those who find him far too negative.
What if they held a going-away party for Alex Box Stadium and it wouldn’t go away? Husbands and wives hugged, held hands and embraced Sunday after LSU’s 9-6 victory against Mississippi State in the last game scheduled at The Box.
Mike and Sheila Hollander have had LSU baseball season tickets for many years. Their son Michael was 10 years old when the family attended the 1996 regional at Alex Box Stadium.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The largest crowd to see an LSU baseball game at Alex Box Stadium was 7,607 for the second and final game of the 2004 super regional, Tigers vs. Texas A&M. It broke a day-old record by nine fans.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—After we learned in February of Les Miles’ third suspension of Ryan Perrilloux, columns near and far called for Miles to boot Perrilloux for good.
The only time LSU had to call the cops Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium was to request assistance in getting the umpires to the ballpark.
The LSU Tigers committed 11 errors and a few other mistakes in a three-game baseball series with Georgia that ended Sunday. None were as bad as the one I made that night.
You won’t find suggestions below for a lineup, pitching rotation and substitution philosophy for LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri. He’s received plenty of those already. More are out there, whether painstakingly designed or drawn on a napkin.
