A few notes and thoughts on the baseball weekend after the Rebels complete the sweep of Florida International with a 16-5 win today. …
The guys that we were told swung it well in the off-season swung it well the first weekend.
I’m thinking specifically of Tate Blackman and J.B. Woodman.
Nobody needed a good weekend more than Blackman, a top 50 recruit last year who played far under those expectations as a true freshman when he hit only .197.
Blackman wasn’t a factor by season’s end. Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco told us that he kept a great attitude and work ethic in spite of that and was very consistent in fall and winter workouts.