Tasmin Mitchell’s role on the 2009-10 Tigers team is to “score, defend, rebound, make defensive stops, pretty much everything,” LSU coach Trent Johnson said Monday on the SEC summer teleconference.

LSU head coach Trent Johnson is looking for more talent to build on his first season of success with the Tigers. LSU head coach Trent Johnson is looking for more talent to build on his first season of success with the Tigers.

The LSU Tigers (56-17) are the 2009 College World Series Champions for the sixth time and it was coach Paul Mainieri’s first.

Louisiana State outfielder Jared Mitchell (right), voted the College World Series’ Most Outstanding Player, celebrates with Blake Dean (second from right) and Sean Ochinko after Mitchell’s three-run homer in the first inning of the Tigers’ 11-4 win over Texas on Wednesday night.

I haven’t written much about the LSU baseball team this year.

LSU won NCAA titles all five times the Tigers reached the championship game (1991, ‘93, ‘96, ‘97, 2000) under the guidance of Coach Skip Bertman. During these seasons, the format called for just a championship game….

LSU won NCAA titles all five times the Tigers reached the championship game (1991, ‘93, ‘96, ‘97, 2000) under the guidance of Coach Skip Bertman. During these seasons, the format called for just a championship game….

LSU, which two years ago wasn’t good enough to qualify for its conference tournament, is the best team in college baseball again. The Tigers won their sixth national title last night, breaking open Game 3 of the College World Series finals with a five-run sixth inning that carried them to an 11-4 victory over Texas.

LSU coach Paul Mainieri considered going with ace 1A Anthony Ranaudo on shorter rest than usual, but he decided minutes ago to go with No. 3 starter Austin Ross in Game 2 of the national championship series against Texas tonight.

LSU coach Paul Mainieri considered going with ace 1A Anthony Ranaudo on shorter rest than usual, but he decided minutes ago to go with No. 3 starter Austin Ross in Game 2 of the national championship series against Texas tonight. First pitch is at 6 p.m