FILE - Louisiana State baseball coach Skip Bertman addresses the state House of Representatives at the Capitol in Baton Rogue, La., June 21, 2000. Bertman's 1997 Tigers slugged 188 home runs in 70 games on their way to the second of two straight national championships and were the inspiration for the phrase "gorilla ball,” the descriptor for the style of offense in an era when bats were juiced and balls flew out of ballparks at unprecedented rates. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, file)
FILE - Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello coaches against Stanford in a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., on June 19, 2023. Skip Bertman's 1997 Tigers slugged 188 home runs in 70 games on their way to the second of two straight national championships and were the inspiration for the phrase "gorilla ball,” the descriptor for the style of offense in an era when bats were juiced and balls flew out of ballparks at unprecedented rates. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)