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LSU pauses baseball games against Army and Air Force to shake hands and say thanks
The Louisiana State baseball team's third-inning tradition is the sort of thing you've likely seen dozens of times in recent years. After the bottom of the second inning at Tigers home games, a military member is introduced to the crowd, and as 11,000 spectators stand and cheer, the game briefly recedes into the background. There are similar displays at professional sports games all over the country. The ovations are both genuine and inevitable.
Last weekend, the Tigers changed up the routine. The nation's second-ranked team was hosting a season-opening military appreciation weekend, with a medley of tributes peppered throughout games against Army and Air Force. And the Southeastern Conference team's coach, Paul Mainieri, envisioned a pair of midgame moments that would go beyond the typical ovation. He asked his players to go across the diamond, in the middle of their games against the academies. And he asked them to say thanks.
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The Louisiana State baseball team's third-inning tradition is the sort of thing you've likely seen dozens of times in recent years. After the bottom of the second inning at Tigers home games, a military member is introduced to the crowd, and as 11,000 spectators stand and cheer, the game briefly recedes into the background. There are similar displays at professional sports games all over the country. The ovations are both genuine and inevitable.
Last weekend, the Tigers changed up the routine. The nation's second-ranked team was hosting a season-opening military appreciation weekend, with a medley of tributes peppered throughout games against Army and Air Force. And the Southeastern Conference team's coach, Paul Mainieri, envisioned a pair of midgame moments that would go beyond the typical ovation. He asked his players to go across the diamond, in the middle of their games against the academies. And he asked them to say thanks.
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