Five areas of focus for Ole Miss heading into August camp: Offensive Line: Four starters return here. There are pros and cons to that statement. The experience is welcome, but these guys have to protect the passer better. The Rebels…
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After Spring: Five focus points
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Elevating the offense
Mike Bianco mentioned to us earlier this year that when one phase is struggling you need to win with other phases. For Ole Miss most of this season that’s been pitching and defense. There have been occasional bursts of offense…
About Last Night
Southern Miss steamrolled Ole Miss 10-3 as the Rebels closed out their non-conference schedule. A few pitching thoughts here. The Golden Eagles had 16 hits. For the most part it was experimentation night for Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco. Freshman…
Tagged with: Jacob Waguespack, LSU, Mike Bianco, ole miss, SEC baseball, Southern Miss
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After Spring: Special Teams
A Hugh Freeze gamble a year in the making will be put in play this season with the Ole Miss kicker and punter. Freeze redshirted two seniors last year, including Tyler Campbell, a versatile and strong-legged punter who was the…
Pitching shuffle for Ole Miss, LSU
Ole Miss will have its regular three SEC starters all pitching at LSU this week in the final regular season SEC series. Those three starters will be in different spots, however, not only because the series will run Thursday through…
Tagged with: Aaron Nola, Bobby Wahl, LSU, Mike Bianco, ole miss, Paul Mainieri, SEC baseball
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Baseball Notebook
A few baseball notes from the afternoon. Freshman right-hander Jacob Waguespack — not Josh Laxer — will start for Ole Miss tomorrow at Southern Miss. Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said he wanted to get a look at Waguespack, who…
Tagged with: Bobby Wahl, Mike Bianco, Mike Mayers, ole miss, Paul Mainieri, SEC baseball
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LSU links
Ole Miss closes the regular season at West champ and SEC No. 2 LSU for three games beginning this Thursday. Before that there’s the final non-conference game Wednesday night at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg. A few links of interest here…
The Wahl question
Huge baseball series win for the Rebels over the weekend, but you never lose the Sunday game in an SEC series without feeling like you left something on the table. That’s especially true when you blow a six-run lead in…
Tagged with: Bobby Wahl, LSU, Mississippi State, NCAA Tournament, ole miss, SEC baseball
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Sunday Morning Update
I have Louisiana family in town this weekend and have been away from Ole Miss baseball. The plan had been for me to cover Game 1 and for Brad Locke, our MSU beat writer, to cover Games 2 and 3.…
Tagged with: Auston Bousfield, Bobby Wahl, LSU, Mike Bianco, Mississippi State, ole miss, SEC baseball
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Fast starts
SI.com’s Zac Ellis lists 10 early enrollees who made an impact in spring drills. No mention here of Mark Dodson, one of two Ole Miss early enrollees, who had a nice spring. Three Ole Miss opponents made the list. Fast…
Weekend Probable Lineups
Key names for the weekend. MSU Batting order SS Adam Frazier: .323, 22 RBIs Second in the SEC with six triples. 3B Alex Detz: .285, 27 RBIs Leads SEC in walks with 40. RF Hunter Renfroe: .394, 49 RBIs Has…
Mathis says he’s in
Tanner Mathis updated his status regarding the Mississippi State series on Twitter yesterday, responding to a fan’s question with simply: “I’m playing.” Earlier Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco had described Mathis’ status as “hopeful” as a lingering knee issue has…
