Ever Wonder What Baseball Players Do to Pass the Time?

UPDATED: PICTURE OF THE RIFLE AND BINOCULARS.


One of my favorite parts of going to watch Gamecock Baseball is to see the players having fun in the dugout and in the bullpen. The Gamecock baseball team is currently #4 in the country, but they don't take themselves too seriously. From Michael Roth's warm-up music (Whitney Houston) to LB Dantzler's pet betta fish in the bullpen, the boys are having fun out there.

I didn't make it to the game last night against Furman because the rain delay pushed it too far back, but I did listen on the radio. Additionally, Andy Demetra conveys some of the late inning levity via twitter. If you don't follow him, you should. Last night, he had these two gems:

Christian Walker has fashioned a hunting rifle using a fungo bat, Gatorade cups, and athletic tape. That's what you do on your off night. [Link]

If anyone has a picture of Walker's rifle, I would love to see it. Not to be outdone, another Gamecock gets into the act. Later Demetra updated the dugout action with:

C. Holmes now has binoculars (w/athletic tape croakies) to match Walker's sniper rifle. Yes, they're pointing it at batters on 2 strikes. [Link]

We won the game, in case you were wondering.