Hard to believe it has now been almost a full two months since the Atlanta Braves came through Pearl on March 30 and turned Trustmark Park into what appeared the smallest ballpark in existence. Remember? First, the A-Braves launched several batting practice baseballs into the parking lot far beyond the left field fence and the […]
A crowd of approximately 125 baseball fans watched on three big screens at the Millsaps Leggett Center, cheered throughout and then groaned at the end Friday morning and early afternoon. Jim Page’s Millsaps Majors, playing in the Division III College World Series for the first time in school history, lost 2-1 in 10 innings to […]
(From Rick Cleveland: Many readers surely have read Michael McCann’s work in Sports Illustrated or on SI.com. McCann is director of the Sports Law Institute at Vermont Law School, a visiting professor at University of New Hampshire School of Law, and the distinguished visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law. No […]
Millsaps College heads to the NCAA Division III Baseball World Series for the first time, and the grandson of a Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer has helped the Majors reach that lofty goal. Will Elmore, grandson of the late, great Doug Elmore, pitched a complete game, 7-0 shutout to get the Majors into the NCAA […]
Hunter Renfroe, Mississippi State’s slugging junior outfielder from Crystal Springs, Monday was named the 10th winner of the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, which goes to the most outstanding college baseball player in Mississippi. “It’s the greatest honor of my baseball career,” said Renfroe afterwards. “It was an honor to be on the platform with […]
Chuck Muncie, who died this week at age 60, evokes vivid memories of when he wore the black and gold for the New Orleans Saints and always had coaches, teammates and we sports writers guessing at when he might show up and what amazing feat he might pull off next. For those too young to […]
One tweeter says: “Bobby Wahl, undefeated for year, obvious choice for Ferriss Trophy.” Another chimes in: “Not a State fan, but Hunter Renfroe should win in a landslide.” Those are just a sampling. No matter who wins the trophy named for Boo Ferriss next Monday, there will be disappointed fans. Such is the nature of […]
The game was called baseball, but the scores were often in the 20s. In Hattiesburg, we called it the Morning League. It was, I suppose, a precursor to T-Ball, back before mankind made the startling discovery that little boys can’t throw strikes. The games began at 7 a.m., before the dew had dried and the […]
