Baseball vs LSU

Georgia pitcher Will Harvil flips a baseball during warmups as the #5 LSU Tigers beat the #1 Georgia Bulldogs 7-5 at Foley Field in on Sunday April 5, 2009 in Athens, Ga. (Image shot with a special-effect lens)

Just some more weekly baseball highlights. Sunday was #5 LSU and #1 Georgia and they didn't disappoint. Good game. Great action. Bad umpires. (I've watched baseball my entire life and I've never seen the strike zone bottom out that low before) I think these two teams will face each other again in the NCAA playoffs.

Matt Cerione never disappoints. Some players just attract the camera. He's fiery and plays the game with a sense of passion and reckless abandon.



Georgia center-fielder Matt Cerione leaps to rob LSU left fielder Jared Mitchell of a home run to end the top of the eigth inning as the #5 LSU Tigers beat the #1 Georgia Bulldogs 7-5 at Foley Field in on Sunday April 5, 2009 in Athens, Ga. Cerione finshed 2-for-3 with a three-run home run.



Georgia third baseman Colby May shoves LSU catcher Micah Gibbs as Gibbs tags May out at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning as the #5 LSU Tigers beat the #1 Georgia Bulldogs 7-5 at Foley Field in on Sunday April 5, 2009 in Athens, Ga.

(I was caught switching cameras and screwed up this picture. I wish it was lower and showed more of the catcher)


I've seen managers in baseball argue. I've seen them go out and fire up their team and go out and fight for a player before. I've seen Tommy Lasorda and Earl Weaver go ridiculously insane (Thank you 'This week in Baseball' circa 1982) but I've never seen a manager have a justified meltdown at an umpire until David Perno. He was legitimately P.O.'d at the home plate umpire, came out and made his points and was headed back to the dugout when the third-base umpire tossed Perno. He didn't quite reach the level of a Billy Martin or Crash Davis type spectacle but I've still never seen anyone jaw at an umpire like that before in person.



Coach David Perno yells at third base umpire Fred Cannon after Perno was ejected in the bottom of the ninth inning after a shortstop Levi Hyams struck out on a called third strike as the #5 LSU Tigers beat the #1 Georgia Bulldogs 7-5 at Foley Field in on Sunday April 5, 2009 in Athens, Ga.


Missed one major thing because i had gone out to the outfield to get a name of a fan making a catch earlier and missed a dropped fly ball that lead to the game winning HR.



UGA Alumni Blake Keith reaches up to try and catch Georgia catcher Bryce Massanari's home run in the bottom of the first inning while LSU right fielder Mikie Mahtook walks away as the #5 LSU Tigers beat the #1 Georgia Bulldogs 7-5 at Foley Field in on Sunday April 5, 2009 in Athens, Ga.



LSU pitcher Matty Ott warms up for the ninth inning as the #5 LSU Tigers beat the #1 Georgia Bulldogs 7-5 at Foley Field in on Sunday April 5, 2009 in Athens, Ga. Ott struck out the side in the ninth inning despite allowing the tying run to reach first.