LSU's Tommy White (Aaron Fitt)

GSA Spotlight: More agile Tommy White turns himself into truly complete player

STARKVILLE, Miss. — In the late innings of a tight game Saturday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field, Mississippi State wanted nothing to do with Tommy White. When White strolled to the plate with two outs in the seventh and men on first and second, the Bulldogs went ahead and intentionally walked him, even though it advanced both baserunners. Two innings later, they gave him another free pass. He received another on Sunday.

Sometimes that strategy works (Mississippi State struck out the next hitter on both occasions Saturday to extinguish the threats) and sometimes it backfires (White went on to score[…]