Ole Miss Baseball head coach Mike Bianco and several players were available to the media on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Oxford-University Stadium at Swayze Field.
The lead-up to opening day has been anything but ordinary. An ice storm swept through Oxford in late January and early February, disrupting practices and scattering players across town. Rather than viewing this as a setback, Bianco said the experience revealed the character of his team.
“It pulled the team together,” Bianco said. “When you’re dealing with something like that, you find out pretty quickly who you are.”
Several players stayed with teammates during the storm, cooking meals, sleeping on couches and air mattresses and passing time together away from the field.