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MLB Great Visits MGM Park

After addressing the crowd at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, Darryl Strawberry made his way to MGM Park. Strawberry took the mound to throw out the first pitch at tonight’s Shuckers game before stopping to sign autographs and meet fans. Behind the…

World Series Champ Speaks at Luncheon

The principles in life are more important than the game of baseball. This is one of the opening lines four-time World Series champ Darryl Strawberry used in his speech in Biloxi today. A sold-out crowd gathered for the “Our Love…

Shuckers Extend Partnership with Brewers

The Biloxi Shuckers announced a two year extension of the club’s player development contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The contract extension keeps the Shuckers as the Brewers Double-A affiliate through the 2020 season. Biloxi has already seen many of the…

8th Annual Dale Brown Sports Academy

The 8th annual dale brown sport academy tipped off this morning the former Pascagoula, University of Kentucky and NBA star is passing along his basketball knowledge at Grace Independent Baptist church for the next few days. Brown tells News 25,…

Princess Night at MGM Park

Gowns, crowns and baseball: if you were at MGM Park in Biloxi, you may have seen all three. It was Little Princess Night at the Biloxi Shuckers game. It started off with a princess parade before the game. There were…

Former Giants Players Speaks at Ohr-O’Keefe Museum

We all have to start from somewhere. A former Major League Baseball player says his start was right here on the Coast. Jim Howarth, who played for the San Francisco Giants, was today’s guest speaker for the “Our Love Affair…

Five Shuckers Named to All-Star Team

The Southern League announced the roster for the South Division All-star squad today and five Biloxi Shuckers were selected. Pitchers Josh Hader and Stephen Peterson, catcher Jacob Nottingham, infielder Garrett Cooper and Outfielder Brett Phillips will head to Pearl, Mississippi…

NCAA Baseball: Road to Omaha

Southern Miss has been eliminated by South Alabama in the Tallahassee Regional elimination game Sunday afternoon. The Jaguars scored six straight runs at the bottom of the sixth inning and held on to a 7-5 win. Southern Miss finished their…

One Year of Biloxi Shuckers Baseball

Today marks the official one year anniversary of the Biloxi Shuckers. Although the Shuckers franchise began play last April, June 6th, 2015 was the first official home game at MGM Park. It was a long process and after 54 games…

Our Love Affair with Baseball Luncheon

It’s not everyday Biloxi gets a chance to celebrate a former Major League Baseball star’s birthday right here in his hometown. Guests filled the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art for the “Our Love Affair with Baseball” luncheon series. This week’s baseball…

NCAA Baseball Tournament Begins Today

The NCAA Baseball Tournament started today. Southern Miss crushed South Alabama today 14-2. USM will take the field again Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Tallahassee. Mississippi State was in action today as well. State defeated SE Missouri 9 to 5…

Shuckers Celebrate One Year Anniversary

It may be hard to believe, but the Biloxi Shuckers will celebrate their one year anniversary on Monday. Celebrating an entire year of Shuckers baseball on the Coast, a ceremony was held today at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in…

Biloxi Shuckers Homestand

The Biloxi Shuckers are back in action at MGM Park against the other Mississippi pro baseball team, the Braves. The Shuckers will continue their eight game homestand until Saturday. Making his debut on the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers AA…

Interview with Biloxi Shuckers Outfielder Kyle Wren

The Biloxi Shuckers are back in action at MGM Park tonight against the other Mississippi pro baseball team, the Braves. The Shuckers continue their eight game homestand. News 25’s Shelby Myers is at MGM Park with a preview. [mappress mapid="2966"]

Ole Miss Self-Imposed Penalties

Ole Miss has self-imposed scholarship reductions in football because of NCAA violations. The NCAA’s long-running investigation began in 2012 involving the women's basketball program and later the football and track and field programs. The university’s self-imposed penalties include losing 11…

Coast Baseball Legend Chris Taranto

Six consecutive no-hitters, nine no-hitters for the season and 12 career no-hitters, all national records set by Biloxi native and Notre Dame Baseball star Chris Taranto back in the 1960s. Today marks the 55th anniversary of his three page spread…

Shuckers Beat Lookouts 5-4

It was day baseball for the Shuckers, who were on the road for the last game of the five game series against the Chattanooga Lookouts. The Shuckers took the lead in the seventh inning and held on to beat the…

Negro League Tribute Night at MGM Park

The Biloxi Shuckers took a page out of history tonight, wearing throwback jerseys as a part of Negro League Tribute Night. The Shuckers and the Jacksonville Suns took the field in Jerseys from an era before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s…