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Missouri’s challenge

Interesting read here from Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Missouri baseball. The Tigers had been a postseason regular for a while but struggled in their first season in the SEC, offense being the main issue. LINK Ole

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Mayers signs with Cards

Mike Mayers, the Rebels’ No. 2 pitcher this year, has signed with the Cardinals, who drafted him the third round. LINK

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The Year in Review: Baseball

Third in a series The Good: The Rebels swept TCU in a top-15 matchup on opening weekend and went on to win 21 of their first 23 games including a series win at Arkansas to open SEC play. Stuart Turner

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Bjork’s message, Holloway’s workout

From the Mother Ship this morning, Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork didn’t give his baseball coach, Mike Bianco, a “mandate” that he host a regional nex season, but the importance Bjork places on playing NCAA tournament baseball games at

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Sunday Morning Update

Bobby Wahl, the MLB draft and football recruiting … The big thing Ole Miss needed to do with this draft was get through it without getting ravaged like it did last year with signees leaving. From a signing class that

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Wahl to A’s in 5th; Bjork talks Bianco

Update 2:56 p.m. Since last we spoke the Oakland Athletics selected Bobby Wahl in the fifth round with the No. 161 pick overall. According to Baseball America, the No. 161 pick is valued at $286,200. The last pick in the

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Bianco Q-and-A

I visited with Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco Wednesday for a season wrap-up Q-and-A that will appear in the Daily Journal. Bianco was scheduled to meet with athletics director Ross Bjork Thursday to discuss the program and his contract,

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Wahl not drafted yet

Two rounds and two sandwich rounds of the MLB draft are in the books and Ole Miss pitcher Bobby Wahl is still on the board. Some draft analysts projected Wahl, a junior right-hander, who went 10-0 with a 2.03 ERA

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MLB Draft begins tonight

There are lots of ways to follow the  MLB draft which begins tonight at 6 with the first 73 picks. Rounds 3-10 will be tomorrow. It’s possible that Bobby Wahl and Mike Mayers could hear their names called tonight. Wahl is

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Consistency, toughness and talent

From the Mother Ship today, Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco looks back and looks ahead. I thought he hit the nail on the head in the postgame session Sunday when he talked about inconsistency. The Rebels looked really good at

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Rice advances, NC State to host super

For what it’s worth, here’s the final from Eugene, Ore., as Rice defeated No. 8 national seed Oregon 11-4 Monday to win the regional. North Carolina State will now host a super. In all likelihood, Ole Miss would have hosted

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Keeping an eye on the draft

The Major League draft begins Thursday and will run through Saturday. The Rebels were ravaged by the draft last year with three signees taken in the first round and all signing pro contracts. Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco doesn’t believe

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Strong bullpen work

Trapped in traffic outside of Greenville, S.C., last night I began perusing Twitter. I saw Ole Miss relief pitcher Jeremy Massie share a comment from his dad who offered some encouraging words on Massie’s performance in the regional. I would

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