Biloxi Shuckers on hold until 2021
While the Major League Baseball season is now just two weeks away, the return of Minor League Baseball is no longer in the year 2020. On the last day of June, the MLB pulled the plug on the entire 2020…
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Matthew Guidry bids farewell to Southern Miss baseball
When the NCAA granted eligibility relief to spring sport athletes, it left players like Southern Miss second baseman Matthew Guidry with a lot to think about. Because even though life may be kind enough to give us a second chance,…
Major League Baseball is officially back
When it comes to the good, the bad, and the ugly, it’s been almost all ugly for Major League Baseball ever since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Negotiations that were seemingly going nowhere and then out of nowhere comes…
Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet signs with Chicago White Sox
Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet is officially a member of the White Sox, signing with Chicago on Monday to the tune of a $4,547,500 signing bonus. That payday is perfectly in line with the slot value for the 11th overall…
Louisiana Knights at MGM Park “Perfect Marriage”
Just because the Biloxi Shuckers haven’t played a game in 2020 doesn’t mean MGM Park isn’t going to good use. Friday’s slate of games kicked off the Louisiana Knights’ third weekend at the home of the Shuckers where there are…
MLB labor dispute continues
The labor dispute between the MLB owners and the Players Association is starting to get ugly and yet baseball appears to still be on the table for the 2020 season. As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the union fired…
Deep South Summer Collegiate League
Let’s establish the Deep South Summer Collegiate League as the best way to consume live local baseball for the next month and a half. Back at PRCC’s Dub Herring Park for the last time this week, Team McCarty taking on…
Deep South Summer Collegiate League underway
The coronavirus obviously messed up a lot of things for a lot of people. And yet in the midst of a global pandemic, one thing that didn’t get messed up is a brand new baseball organization in South Mississippi. The…
Southern Miss Baseball: Hunter LeBlanc transfers to Jones College
Back on the diamond, Southern Miss outfielder Hunter LeBlanc has announced his plans to transfer to Jones College where he can use up to two of his three years of remaining eligibility. LeBlanc has been a regular contributor for the…
Biloxi’s Colt Keith survives MLB Draft pressure cooker
As if Colt Keith wasn’t already stressed out enough about his baseball future, the former Biloxi Indian says he only got one hour of sleep the night before day two of the MLB Draft. The rest of the day was…
Biloxi’s Colt Keith drafted by Detroit Tigers no. 132 overall
Leading up to the 2020 MLB first year player draft, no high school baseball player from the state of Mississippi has been hyped up more than Biloxi’s Colt Keith. The former Gatorade Player of the Year came into day two…
NCAA grants relief to Division I baseball
Help is officially on the way for college baseball programs in the wake of COVID-19. On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Committee for Legislative Relief granted a blanket waiver for the 2020-2021 academic year. That eliminates the 35 man roster…
From Ocean Springs to South Side Southpaw: Garrett Crochet goes no. 11 overall to White Sox
When people say ‘man, that guy came out of nowhere,’ chances are he didn’t come out of nowhere, chances are he’s been working his tail off when no one was watching. Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet is one of those…
Louisiana Knights at MGM Park: Gulfport’s Cade Crosby is local tie to Knights
Prior to the arrival of Tropical Storm Cristobal, baseball was played at Biloxi’s MGM Park on Saturday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Introducing the Louisiana Knights. A wooden bat organization with ties to Mississippi,…
Biloxi’s Colt Keith still waiting for MLB Draft
One local player still waiting to hear his name called sometime tomorrow is former Biloxi Indian Colt Keith. The five tool shortstop checks in as the 87th ranked prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, giving him a great chance of hearing…
Mississippi State’s Jordan Westburg drafted by Baltimore Orioles
In any other major league draft, Mississippi State shortstop Jordan Westburg might have been a first round pick, but because the Houston Astros didn’t have a first round pick this year, he’s the first pick of competitive balance round ‘A.’…
Mississippi State’s Justin Foscue drafted by Texas Rangers 14th overall
Mississippi State second baseman Justin Foscue heard his name called by the Texas Rangers as the 14th overall selection in the first year player draft. The right-handed junior is ranked as the top player at his position, according to MLB…
Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet drafted 11th by Chicago White Sox
The 34th round pick used by the Milwaukee Brewers on Ocean Springs alum Garrett Crochet in 2017 no longer exists in this year’s new five round format. Good thing for Crochet, he doesn’t need it. Tonight, the former Greyhound was…
Major League Baseball makes updated proposal
The MLB is still trying to work towards a 2020 season, offering the Players Association an updated proposal this morning. The owners are now suggesting a 76-game season with players receiving 75 percent of their pro-rated salaries and possibly eight…
PRC and Ole Miss baseball’s Hayden Dunhurst named All-American
Ole Miss catcher and Pearl River Central alum Hayden Dunhurst is a freshman All-American, courtesy of Collegiate Baseball alongside teammate Peyton Chatagnier. The former Blue Devil was a big part of the Rebels starting 16-1,appearing in all 17 games and…
Report: Brewers make 57 Minor League cuts, seven Shuckers from 2019 roster make list
Whereas hope still remains for a Major League season, the Minor League schedule has become all but a wash. As a result, the Milwaukee Brewers are really starting to cut their losses. Those losses are starting to come at the…
Southern Miss to host C-USA Tournament in 2022
The C-USA Tournament won’t be out of the Magnolia State for very long with Southern Miss Athletics later announcing Pete Taylor Park as the host site for 2022. The baseball champions were last played in Hattiesburg in 2016, capping off…
MGM Park loses Conference USA Tournament
The 2020 Conference USA Tournament was supposed to mark its fourth year in Biloxi had it not been for COVID-19. As it turns out, that would have been its last year at MGM Park as the baseball championship will now…
Louisiana Knights to occupy MGM Park
Plans are in place for the Louisiana Knights to occupy Biloxi’s MGM Park over the course of four weekends in June. Starting on the 6th, the well-renowned baseball program will play a series of games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,…
