The momentum of Ole Miss baseball’s unexpected 7-0 start came screeching to a halt last week. After fumbling away yet another home loss to Memphis on Tuesday night, the Diamond Rebs were undone by boneheaded plays and silent bats during a winless trip to Houston, scoring just four runs combined during losses to Baylor, Texas Tech and TCU at the Shriners College Classic.
It’s just one bad week, but it feels like a lot more to an Ole Miss fan base fatigued by nine months of endless bad news. Desperate for anything to take their minds off of NCAA allegations and a bowl-less football season, fans were quick to invest emotional capital in the baseball team’s hot start, which made the subsequent losing streak that much more frustrating.