COLUMBIA, MO. • Up until a couple of weeks ago, every time Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson filled out his lineup card he considered this his best collection of hitters in four, maybe five years.
“But it’s a projection,” he said this week. “It’s not reality right now.”
As the Tigers began a three-game series at No. 12 South Carolina on Friday, the reality is Mizzou’s postseason hopes are on life support. Heading into Friday’s series opener, three of Jamieson’s everyday players were barely hitting their weight in conference games: shortstop Ryan Howard (.207), third baseman Shane Benes (.