Live From L.A. First Report

Well we have made it to L.A. We made it to the stadium for the game on Saturday and boy was it fun. The first 2/3rds of the game were pretty boring and I was not fired up to watch the Rebels. Then some fans got into the game and we turned it around. There was only one UCLA fan that was yelling the entire game. This guy had to have escaped from the VA Center that was right by the field. He was yelling out every pitch the Bruins were going to throw and just being loud. Many of the Ole Miss fans were wandering what was up with this guy. In the top of the eigth the Rebels turned it on with a shot to right field by Justin Brashear. The Bruin right fielder judged the ball wrong and dropped it. This shot brought several runs in for the Rebels and eventually took the lead. Coach Bianco made a pitching change and brought in Craig Rodriguez and Garrett White in to finish the game. They both pitched great and Rebel fans left the ballbark happy. There is a great crowd out here. There were more Ole Miss fans at the game than UCLA. The police were called to settle down a group of OM students, by the UCLA game staff. Baseball is different out here. At any rate there is a crew of OM baseball fan all stars out here including: Aarron Samuels, John Herzog, Both of the Sidney Allen's, Keith Studdard, Olivia Lusco, Matt Neil and myself. We just returned from a reception at the team hotel. All of the California Rebels were there as well as those who made the trip out west. So far so good, will try to post after tomorrow's game.