Despite their best efforts, boredom set in quick for senior pitcher Lael Lockhart Jr. and his teammates.
“We’ve gone through all the Netflix shows you could watch,” Lockhart said, “and it got to the point where I was bored of Xbox and bored of just staring at the walls.”
Forced into precautionary self-quarantine after a Houston staffer had shown symptoms related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, the players needed an outlet.
That’s when restlessness, creativity and a sprinkle of good old college student ingenuity came into play.
“We’re a few college kids,” Lockhart said.