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…
Another Coronavirus related element of college baseball still in doubt is the Conference USA Tournament, scheduled for the end of May at MGM Park. Yesterday, C-USA suspended its athletic competition until further notice, leaving the door open for a possible…
Minor League Baseball has released the following statement regarding the start of the 2020 season. “In light of the current coronavirus outbreak, and after consultation with medical professionals and our partners at Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball will delay…
A top 25 showdown that had Omaha written all over it, last night’s game one of the inaugural Hancock Whitney Classic was well worth the hype. Mississippi State ended Texas Tech’s 12-game winning streak in front of the sixth-largest crowd…
For a pair of programs that have been to the College World Series in back-to-back years, Mississippi State and Texas Tech keep finding ways to avoid one another. The two programs ended up on opposite sides of the bracket both…
For a pair of programs that have been to the College World Series in back-to-back years, Mississippi State and Texas Tech keep finding ways to avoid one another. The two programs ended up on opposite sides of the bracket both…
Tickets for all 70 home games for the Biloxi Shuckers 2020 campaign are on sale now to the general public. Fans that wish to purchase tickets may do so online at biloxishuckers.com or at the Shuckers Box Office, located on…
Some high praise for Southern Miss Pitcher Walker Powell who is the latest recipient of the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week. On Saturday, the senior right-hander threw a complete game shutout against McNeese State in a 10-0 eight inning…
There’s always room for a World Series champion on a major league roster. Southern Miss alum Brian Dozier has a new home with the San Diego Padres, fresh off his World Series run with the Washington Nationals in 2019. Dozier…
After four consecutive 40 win seasons, the Southern Miss baseball team is picking up right where it left off with an overall record of 6-1 to lead off the new campaign. The Golden Eagles already have two walk-off victories at…
For a level of baseball that’s increasingly driven by individual players trying to make their way to The Show, the Biloxi Shuckers and their back-to-back Southern League South Division titles continue to find a way for their team goals to…
Fresh off its first run to the NJCAA Division II World Series in 15 years, Pearl River Community College was ready to make a statement in its home debut. After losing on the road to the nation’s top ranked team…
Number 17 Ole Miss hosting Alcorn State, can’t overlook those in-state rivals. Rebels just took two out of three over previously top-ranked Louisville, but having a lot of trouble with the Braves out of Lorman. Ole Miss-9 Alcorn State-8
Opening Day baseball is always a special time in South Mississippi and that’s especially true when Southern Miss throws out the first pitch. The Golden Eagles have swept five straight season-opening home series and they’re looking to make that six,…
Opening Day Baseball is always a special time in South Mississippi and that’s especially true when Southern Miss throws out the first pitch. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg where game one between the…
With each passing Conference USA championship, the Southern Miss baseball program has the added responsibility of changing its tradition of excellence sign in left field to properly represent the correct number of titles, a minor inconvenience for the right to…
In Minor League Baseball, there are two kinds of success. First is the collective kind, that comes from the Biloxi Shuckers winning back-to-back Southern League South Division titles. Then there’s the individual kind that comes from having a former first…
First pitch of the Southern Miss baseball season is less than 48 hours away and we now know who is gonna throw it as the game one Friday night starter against Murray State. The nod goes to sophomore standout Gabe…
When the Southern Miss baseball team opens up the 2020 season on Friday, Gulfport alum Alex Nelms won’t be the first or second option to start a game, but he will be the first or second option as a leader.…
