“There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness, of waiting, waiting for the pitcher to complete his gaze toward first base and throw his lightning, a game whose very taste, of spit and dust and grass and sweat and leather and sun, was America.” FirstsCountryAmericaGamesWaitingSunTasteBasketballBaseballBiggerDustGrassSweatLightningPitcherLeatherSpitRefinedPastures Book:Rabbit Redux Source: Rabbit Redux
“I absolutely love doing games in Baton Rouge. Night games in Tiger Stadium are a spectacle and the food choices all around are fantastic! One thing is certain: if I ever choose to feature a tailgating spread for Taste of the Town, LSU will be at the top of the list.” IfsNightCertainChoicesGamesOne ThingTasteTownsSpreadListsFantasticFeaturesTigersStadiumsRougeLsuBatonFood ChoicesBaton RougeTiger Stadium Author:Todd Blackledge
“I have a little tradition that humbles me as a man that lets me know I'm a part of the field and a part of the game, and it's the very bottom as well as the very top. Yeah, it's going to be all over the internet. You know what? You should've seen some games before this. I'll tell you one thing, the grass at Tiger Stadium tastes best.” KnowsMenShouldWellsLittlesGamesOne ThingFieldsInternetTasteTraditionLet MeYeahBottomGrassTigersStadiumsLsuTiger Stadium Author:Les Miles
“The love of spectacles was the taste, or rather passion, of the Syrians: the most skilful artists were procured form the adjacent cities; a considerable share of the revenue was devoted to the public amusements; and the magnificence of the games of the theatre and circus was considered as the happiness, and as the glory, of Antioch.” FormArtistPassionGamesCitiesHistoryShareTasteGloryTheatreDevotedRevenueAmusementCircusRoman EmpireMagnificenceSpectaclesAntioch Book:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire