‘Let’s meet in Omaha’: Lemonis faces college roommate, former coaching colleague in elimination game tonight
Chris Lemonis can still remember the humid South Carolina air.
It was 1989. Air conditioning units still hadn’t made their way to The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.
Adventures of the ‘Baseball Brit’: Mellows takes in Omaha on his quest to see 162 baseball games this year
Joey Mellows started Sunday morning in Denver, Colorado.
For two days he watched the Colorado Rockies take on the San Diego Padres play baseball at Coors Field.
His immediate plan was not quite set. Rumblings on Twitter had brought mentions of Omaha, Nebraska, and the College World Series.
‘Living their best lives’: Gautreau boys, with Darth Vader toy in-hand, happily add to State’s luck in Omaha
It started as a ploy from Tom Gautreau.
Serving as an affront in the Starkville Regional to Central Michigan’s dugout antics — which included a Yoda mask — the uncle of MSU assistant baseball coach Jake Gautreau decided to bring the Bulldogs their own Star Wars themed prop.
Black magic: MSU’s wild, ninth-inning comeback gives team 10-0 record this season in ‘Nickelblack’ jerseys
Baseball is a game of superstition.
Senior center fielder Jake Mangum is chief among those players who believe in such things.
With a 9-0 record in the all-black “Nickelblack” uniforms entering the College World Series, Mangum pleaded with redshirt junior and Game 1 starter Ethan Small to don the jerseys Sunday.
Forever a Mississippi man: Aberdeen native, former MSU assistant leads Auburn against his former team in Omaha
Butch Thompson had made up his mind.
After spending four years as an assistant baseball coach at Georgia and another three at Auburn, Thompson, an Aberdeen native, had decided to join the Division I head coaching ranks at High Point University in North Carolina ahead of the 2009 season.
Headed back to Omaha: Bulldogs earn second straight-trip to College World Series
Mississippi State’s baseball team is headed back to Omaha, Nebraska.
Slimantics: Bulldogs’ ninth inning was a magical last game for the seniors at Dudy Noble Field
A baseball game, as everyone knows, is nine innings.
But on Sunday night, that format was altered. What you had, instead, was eight innings of baseball, followed by a Hallmark Channel movie.
MSU alum, convenience store owner gives away Rally Bananas to MSU fans in Omaha
DeLone Wilson wanted it known that Mississippi State baseball fans joining him in Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series were specifically welcomed in his convenience stores, and he hung a banner outside his downtown storefront to prove it.
‘Father’ time: MSU fans take fathers, sons on first pilgrimages to CWS in Omaha
The heart-warming storyline of Mississippi State’s trip to the College World Series has been that of Matt Lea, who surprised his father Bill, who is battling Alzheimer’s disease, with tickets and a trip to Omaha.
On to Omaha
The details will never be lost on Gary Henderson.
Our View: Finally, the Rebels have their day
“Every dog has its day,” goes the old saying.
Finally, every Rebel does, too.
Even in defeat, MSU has best season in school history
While the season was spectacular, the ending was not for the Mississippi State University baseball team Tuesday night.
Playing for a team sport national championship for the first time in school history, the magic ran out as MSU dropped an 8-0 decision to UCLA in the final game of the College World Series championship series.
Veteran ‘Dog watchers’ still believe
Though history had no way to foreshadow it, Mississippi State University radio broadcaster Jim Ellis always felt like the Bulldogs could come to Omaha and win the College World Series.
MSU faithful cling to lucky rituals, rites
Starkville resident Kim Dier does not believe that she is an overly superstitious person.
Yet, there she was following the same pre-game routine before each of the Mississippi State University baseball team’s victories over the University of Virginia at the Charlottesville Super Regional.
Dudy Noble Field, restaurants hold viewing parties
Can’t make it to Omaha for for the finals of the College World Series?
Seven Starkville restaurants will host official Mississippi State baseball watch parties this week for fans unable to attend the best-of-three championship series in Omaha.
Calling all Dawgs! MSU fans urged to go to Omaha
Whether it is by bus, plane or automobile, the Mississippi State University baseball team needs you in Omaha.
MSU (51-18) will face UCLA (47-17) in the College World Series national championship series, beginning at 7 p.m. Monday (ESPN) at TD Ameritrade Park.
Darlin’ Dawgs: MSU become Omaha’s adopted team
Fans of the Mississippi State University baseball program are not the only ones changing plans and headed in another direction.
Remembering Rosenblatt: Once the hub of CWS activity, old park now has feel of a ghost town
Paul Salazar unloaded a crock pot from the back of a van Wednesday afternoon.
Parked on the side of 13th Street, in front of what was once Rosenblatt Stadium, Salazar worked leisurely as he unloaded additional items from the vehicle. There was no rush. There was no traffic. The wind was calm and the day was beautiful.
Long stay in Omaha has Bulldog fans scrambling
Mississippi State University baseball broadcaster Bart Gregory had a brief conversation with his father, Larry, early Tuesday morning.
“I told him to pack his bags because he was coming here,” Bart Gregory said.
MSU’s social media presence at CWS is team effort
Lee VanHorn attended the 2007 College World Series as a student at Winona High School.
Fast forward six years and VanHorn is back in the Midwest again watching Mississippi State University play for a national championship. However, things are so much different this time around: The MSU graduate student finds a much heavier workload on his plate.