The Southern Miss baseball team has had at least one player hailing from Gulfport High School on the roster every year dating back to 2015, starting with Daniel Keating and Alex Nelms, now Cade Crosby and Blake Johnson. As it…
Whereas most sports teams got at least some semblance of a 2020 season, the Biloxi Shuckers did not. That still hasn’t taken away the most consistent presence in their dugout. Today, the Shuckers announced their coaching staff for the 2021…
Baseball great Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86.
SEC baseball schedules rolling out earlier today and there’s one glaring omission for both Ole Miss and Mississippi State. That’s a game against one another, better known as the Governor’s Cup, played annually at Trustmark Park in Pearl. But not…
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mets general manager Jared Porter was fired Tuesday after sending graphic, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs…
Batter up! The 2021 Biloxi Shuckers season is on. The Shuckers’ season was canceled last year to keep players and fans safe from COVID-19. However, this year, the Shuckers are expected to play a full season of baseball. Games are…
The Southeastern Conference has approved a normal 2021 baseball schedule comprised of 10 three-game conference series as voted on by the league’s athletic directors earlier today. According to reports, there were talks of going to a four-game series model, similar…
After a 2020 season with barely any college baseball, just about any schedule format sounds good for 2021 even if it is a little different. As first reported by Kendall Rogers of D1 Baseball, Conference USA athletic…
Southern Miss right-handed pitcher Walker Powell has been named a second-team pre-season All-American by Collegiate Baseball. A rare sixth-year senior for the Golden Eagles, Powell was dominant in his first four starts of the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, going 3-0 with…
After playing his first five major league seasons with the New York Yankees, Gulfport and Mississippi State alum Jonathan Holder is heading to the Windy City. It’s Go Cubs Go for the former Admiral, having signed a one year non-guaranteed…
As far as professional athletes are concerned, perhaps none were hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than minor league baseball players. The Biloxi Shuckers missed out on an entire 2020 season, but thankfully it’s just one season. Today, the Milwaukee…
Former Southern Miss closer Bradley Roney has a new home in the minor league baseball ranks with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The USM alum was an eighth-round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves in 2014, reaching Triple AAA as quickly as…
Two more Pearl River Community College baseball players signing on Wednesday, those being West Harrison alum Kasey Donaldson and Memphis signee Landon Gartman. How about teammates three times over with Donaldson putting pen to paper with South Alabama, linking up…
You play with heart when you play for a purpose and that’s exactly what one local baseball team did this weekend for a loving family member. The ten years olds on the underclassmen baseball team are playing…
MGCCC Pitcher Hayden Robb is heading to the division I level, having signed a national letter of intent with Southeastern Louisiana. Robb is actually a Bulldog twice over, having won a 4A state championship with Vancleave back in 2018. He…
For a team that was in the NJCAA World Series as recently as 2019, it’s no surprise to see Pearl River Community College produce five four-year college signees on the same day. Three of them being local, starting with Pearl…
Former Biloxi Shucker Devin Williams burst onto the scene in 2020, having already won the National League Reliver of the Year and now the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year award in the NL. Only the seventh relief pitcher to…
Time for the WXXV play of the day which goes to former Biloxi shucker Trent Grisham. Tonight, the San Diego Padres center fielder won his first-ever Gold Glove, beating out Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Ronald Acuna…
On Saturday, former Biloxi Shucker Devin Williams won the Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year award which means a former Shucker has taken home the honor for the third straight year with Josh Hader doing so in 2018…
Tampa Bay Outfielder Brett Phillips may look familiar to many down here on the Coast. That’s because Phillips used to suit up in a Biloxi Shuckers uniform and play at MGM Park just four years ago. In game four of…
Former Biloxi Shucker Trent Grisham really thrived in a new change of scenery with the San Diego Padres, having been named a Centerfield Gold Glove finalist. Grisham joins Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves and Cody Bellinger of the…
Great news for Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet who appears to have avoided the dreaded Tommy John surgery. Instead the lefty flamethrower has been diagnosed with a flexor strain and has no damage to his UCL. The first round pick…
Former Biloxi Shucker Devin Williams had one of the best seasons ever for a relief pitcher and is now one of three finalists up for the Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year award. The Milwaukee Brewers right hander led…
The 2020 World Series kicked off tonight between the Dodgers and the Rays. Although many Mississippians may not have skin in the series, especially with the Braves losing to L.A. in the NLCS, a few Coast residents showed interest in…