Erik Bakich has a message for Clemson Baseball fans
Clemson Baseball will begin play in their Regional on Friday against High Point. Head coach Erik Bakich released a message to Tiger fans to encourage them to bring their enthusiasm to the games this weekend.
Bakich has been diplomatic but unshy about calling out the crowds at Doug Kingsmore Stadium this season for being too relaxed.
Bakich makes the point that the players feed off the energy of the crowd. He wants the crowd to be the 10th man in the game.
Here is the full text of Bakich’s statement.
Let’s go #Clemson baseball! pic.twitter.com/YgkyyI7Gmv
— Ryan Kantor (@ryan_kantor) May 29, 2024
Earlier in the week, Bakich called out fans who don’t have enthusiasm for the Regional because of past stumbles in the postseason, and he described them with perhaps the most jarring term possible for a Clemson fan.
The @ClemsonBaseball team hasn't reached the College World Series since 2010.
— Carmine Gemei (@CarmineGemei) May 27, 2024
Today, Head Coach Erik Bakich addressed the program's critics.
“The people who bring that up over, and over, and over, and over, and over again, those are called Gamecocks. Those aren’t Clemson fans." pic.twitter.com/dWxIaZS004
Dabo Swinney donates his time to charity
They say the college football calendar is a year-round endeavor these days, but the offseason still affords a little time for Clemson Football head coach Dabo Swinney to dedicate to charity.
This week he visited the Prisma Health children’s hospital in Greenville in partnership with Aflac, who is the sponsor for the Aflac Kickoff football game between Clemson and Georgia to open the season.
Some charity work for Clemson’s Dabo Swinney today. In conjunction w the team’s @AflacKickoff opener vs Georgia, he’s at the Prisma Health children’s hospital in Greenville helping distribute the My Special Aflac Duck to pediatric cancer and sickle cell patients here pic.twitter.com/w8MorzUEtD
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) May 28, 2024
Swinney was delivering My Special Aflac Ducks to the young patients at the hospital who are battling cancer and sickle cell disease.
"This soft and cuddly companion helps children prepare for medical procedures, communicate their feelings, practice distraction techniques and so much more."Aflac Childhood Cancer Campaign
This soft and cuddly companion helps children prepare for medical procedures, communicate their feelings, practice distraction techniques and so much more.
Other news and notes from around Clemson Athletics:
Clemson Softball alum Alia Logoleo has signed her first professional contract with the Chattanooga Steam. The Steam are a new team that will be playing other teams from around the southeast. Logoleo is from Nashville, Tennessee. She played five seasons with the Tigers.
✨ Pro Tiger ✨
— Clemson Softball 🥎 (@clemsonsoftball) May 28, 2024
Congrats to Alia Logoleo on signing with the Chattanooga Steam for their inaugural season!
🗞️ https://t.co/hVPMrPn0GE pic.twitter.com/Wssz9VpUZV
Andrew Swanson finished the NCAA Championship with a score of +2 after four rounds. This placed him tied for 18th overall with four other players.
Got it done! Andrew Swanson advances to the final round as an individual via a one-hole playoff! pic.twitter.com/GYGzgKNJPm
— Clemson Men's Golf (@ClemsonMGolf) May 27, 2024