The entire Southern League season could still fall victim to the same fate, but even if the Shuckers don’t take the diamond in 2020, MGM Park could still have baseball as soon as June or July. Gulfport Assistant Baseball Coach…
More than five weeks after what was supposed to be Opening Day, still no Southern League baseball and it’s not trending in the right direction. Today, the league officially canceled the All-Star Game, originally scheduled for June 23rd at the…
The shortest amateur draft in the history of Major League Baseball has an official start time and date. The first of five rounds will start at 6 p.m. on June 10th followed by rounds two through five at 4 p.m.…
One week from today, the Christian Collegiate Academy senior class of 2020 will bid farewell to a high school departure unlike any other. Seven of those soon-to-be graduates have now taken the diamond for the last time as Bulldogs on…
It’s safe to say every high school on the Gulf Coast is finding a way to honor their spring athletes from the senior class of 2020 and tonight Christian Collegiate Academy is taking its turn by taking the diamond one…
As first reported by ‘The Athletic,’ Major League Baseball could be back by the Fourth of July. Per the report, MLB owners have approved a proposal for the 2020 season to be presented to the players union on Tuesday. If…
Adapt and overcome has been the collective attitude of the sports world ever since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but some of the changes that come with that attitude create brand new challenges to overcome. Take the MLB Draft…
First reports of contraction, now Minor League Baseball is falling victim to another report officials claim to be false. Yesterday, MiLB Contributor Joe Doyle reported the minor league season to have been canceled amidst reports of Major League Baseball’s plan…
Let’s head to Old Atlanta where it’s the Golden Eagles and Rebels doing battle in an ‘MLB The Show’ simulation of a game originally scheduled for March 31st at Trustmark Park in Pearl. Golden Eagles get their revenge from a…
More postseason recognition for Southern Miss second baseman Matthew Guidry who was already featured on ESPN’s ‘Senior Night’ segment last month. Yesterday, the fifth year senior was named the third best player at his position in D1Baseball’s top 30 power…
The future of Minor League Baseball was already in question prior to the Coronavirus pandemic, but it’s hard to tell how much that’s changed in recent weeks. According to a Baseball America report, the MiLB could eliminate as many as…
Biloxi High School baseball star Colt Keith had a plan. Whether or not that plan changes as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic remains to be seen. Either way, things certainly aren’t going according to plan for the baseball…
Former West Harrison baseball star Tate Parker is getting closer to home as a recent signee of Pearl River Community College. Parker originally signed with Dallas Baptist University out of high school where he hit for a .500 average as…
On a normal April Thursday, we’d have a Biloxi Shuckers final score rolling in right about now. But this year, Opening Day at MGM Park has come and gone without so much as a National Anthem or seventh inning stretch.…
On March 11th, the Mississippi State baseball team completed a two-game sweep of Texas Tech in the Inaugural Hancock Whitney Classic at MGM Park in Biloxi. On March 12th, the NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championships due to…
DETROIT (AP) - Baseball Hall of Fame player Al Kaline, who played his entire 22-season major league career with the Detroit Tigers, has died. Kaline became the youngest player to win the American League batting title in 1955 and was…
In the midst of Coronavirus cancellations across the sporting world, we talk a lot about the games that aren’t being played. But that isn’t stopping one local high school baseball coach from talking about the games that will be played.…
Despite the future challenges of college baseball with regards to recruiting, scholarship limitations, and roster size, the means certainly appear to justify the end. Yesterday, the NCAA granted eligibility forgiveness to all spring athletes regardless of sport or classifications. That…
Minor League Baseball players are getting some Major League help in terms of financial compensation. Today, MLB agreed to pay minor leaguers in the form of a $400 weekly stipend all the way through May 31st. That support was slated…
Thursday was a Major League Baseball Opening Day like no other, an Opening Day with no baseball. Those empty ball parks around the nation are making people around the nation feel even more empty on the inside. No peanuts, no…
Back in January, News 25 did a feature piece on former Southern Miss Pitcher Kirk McCarty who was seemingly poised for a breakthrough season in the Cleveland Indians farm system. When that season actually begins remains to be seen. A…
Southern Miss Pitcher Gabe Shepard has a bright future beyond his time in Hattiesburg as a draft-eligible prospect who is gaining a lot of traction. Today, USM’s Friday night starter grabbed a spot in D1Baseball’s college top 250 rankings, coming…
The Major League Baseball season was supposed to start in three days. Of course that was before the Coronavirus took every professional sport hostage including the cancellation of spring training exactly two weeks before opening day. As it stands now,…
A Southern Miss baseball season with no baseball; the sad truth facing every Division I program around the country as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. There’s comfort in knowing both the NCAA and Conference USA will go down on…