Scattershooting on a Sunday afternoon, trying to figure out how a baseball team — the Atlanta Braves — can be on track to set a Major League record for strikeouts and still lead its division by 6.5 games . . . Answer: pitching, power and defense. Jim Gallagher, Jr., of Greenwood, shot a final round […]
(Writer’s note: Happily, July 4 will mark the 17th anniversary of the opening of your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Unhappily, it will be fourth anniversary of the death of Steve McNair, one of most incredible athletes these eyes have seen. Ruston Webster, a Madison native and the general manager of the Tennessee […]
Mississippi State made it to the CWS National Championship Series with a bullpen that threw more innings than the Bulldogs’ starters. “Never heard of that,” said Boo Ferriss, a former Mississippi State pitcher and Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer who has played or coached baseball for eight decades. “It defies baseball logic,” said Jay […]
As we prepare for Game 2 of the College World Series Championship Series, now seems as good a time as any to discuss where college baseball has been and where it is now. I’m talking about the style of play. With the deadened bats, we have gone from Gorilla Ball to Marshmellow Ball. I didn’t […]
Richard Williams, the man who guided Mississippi State to the 1996 Final Four, arrived in Omaha late last night for the College World Series championship series. “This is more fun, being a fan,” Williams said by cellphone today. “That, back in ’96, was all business. That was work. This here is just plain fun.” Williams […]
In answer to many questions we are receiving about tonight’s event, featuring the College World Series Championship Series on big screen TVs: The CWS merchandise has not arrived and will not until this afternoon via Fed Ex. It will be available at 6:30 p.m. when doors open. This is as a service to local fans. […]
Mississippi State plays against UCLA starting Monday for college baseball’s National Championship. This is one of those moments. This is huge for Mississippi. You want to know how huge? UCLA leads the nation, having won 109 Division I team national championships. Mississippi’s Division I schools have never won one, not clear-cut. So I don’t care […]
Mississippi baseball fans, of Mississippi State persuasion or otherwise, can watch history being made where sports history is kept: at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. With Capitol City Beverages as the our title sponsor, the first two games of the College World Series, pitting Mississippi State against UCLA, will be shown on […]
