Former Rebels making major splashes

Loyal Ole Miss and college baseball fans may recognize a slew of former Rebels that are appearing more and more on Major League Baseball rosters and post-game highlights.

Currently, Ole Miss has seven former players on active rosters of MLB teams. (April 18, 2012, Page 9)

Bianco doesn’t expect to see Golson, Brown until January

Dual sport standouts Senquez Golson and Chief Brown took swings in the batting cage on Monday.

While Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco said it was nice to see them, he cautioned not to expect to see them very often during the fall considering they have other — more timely — obligations to the football team. (September 16, 2011, Page 6A)

Keeping up with the Rebels plus more MLB Draft stuff

BLOG: It’s about that time of the year again to update the where-are-they-now Diamond Rebels blog. It’s no easy task attempting to keep up with all the Rebels that are now spread throughout the minor (and major) leagues. (more…) (July 6, 2011)

Head catches on with Rockies organization

That second chance Stephen Head was looking for to catch on in professional baseball, he’s found it with the Colorado Rockies organization. (more…) (April 14, 2011, Page 6)

Sifting through the minors & majors

Former Diamond Rebels are scattered throughout the minor leagues from coast to coast.

In an effort to try and keep up with all of them, I’ve going to link all of their stat pages here: (more…) (June 21, 2010)

Q&A with Louisville coach Dan McDonnell

The following are excerpts from a 30-minute phone conversation with Louisville head baseball coach Dan McDonnell regarding recruiting, baseball, memories from Ole Miss and other things. (March 12, 2010, Page 6A)

Rounding up Rebs in the Bigs

With Spring Training well underway and several Rebels trying out (or firmly cemented) with big league teams, I figured it’d be good to update how they’re doing. (more…) (March 10, 2010)