LSU Tigers 2023 Baseball National Champions Bobblehead Unveiled
This morning, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee unveiled a limited-edition, officially licenced bobblehead commemorating the LSU Tiger's 2023 Baseball National Championship. The bobblehead features Mike the Tiger, the official LSU mascot, wearing a gold No. 1 baseball jersey with Tigers across the front, and Mike across the back. Mike is also holding a bat as he stands on a baseball field with the LSU and championship logos.
"As evidenced by their dominant regular season and postseason run, the College World Series champion LSU Tigers were clearly the class of college baseball in 2023," National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. "This bobblehead celebrating the Tigers is a must-have for LSU fans who want to commemorate the Tigers' historic season and seven-time champion baseball program."
The bobblehead is only available through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum's online store. The bobbleheads are $35 prior to shipping fees and are expected to ship in November.
The bobblehead celebrates the LSU baseball's team's 2023 season, which culminated with the Men's College World Series title on June 26th in Omaha, Nebraska. The special edition bobblehead is being produced exclusively by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.
The LSU baseball team had secured its seventh national title in program history, and its first since 2009. The team scored a 18-4 victory over Florida in Game 3 of the championship on June 26th in Omaha.
The LSU baseball team captured the seventh national title in program history, and the first since 2009, with a convincing 18-4 victory over Florida in Game 3 of the College World Series championship series on Monday, June 26th. With seven CWS titles, LSU has the second most, behind only USC with 12. The second seed Gators took a 2-0 lead after one inning in the winner-take-all finale, but the fifth seeded Tigers scored six runs in the second inning, four more in the fourth, and continued to pour it on.
Dylan Crews, Brayden Jobert and Tommy White had collected four hits apiece to lead a record-sitting 24 hit attack. Dylan Crews had become the first player since 1995 to win a national title and the Golden Spikes Award, which is given to the top amateur in the nation, in the same season. Crews was also selected second in the 2023 MLB Draft. Crews' teammate, pitcher Paul Skenes, was named CWS Most Outstanding Player and won the National Pitcher of the Year Award, was selected first.
En route to their championship, the Tigers (54-17) defeated top-seeded Wake Forest in back-to-back games to move on to the championship series. Thatcher Hurd, who notched the win in relief in the second game against Wake Forest picked up five solid innings in the decisive game against Florida.
"Probably more impressive than winning the national championship is that they were national champions every single day," said second-year LSU coach Jay Johnson, the first coach to win a national title in his first two seasons. "These guys had massive expectations all season long, and they met them. They meet them every day."
