Category: Hinds Baseball

Second Chances

(#79) Southpaw Zack Ball (Florence High School) after pitching poorly earlier in the day against Co-Lin in the winner's bracket game of the ’98 Region 23 tourney at Wesson, made the best of second chances by striking out 13 Northwest Rangers in a complete game 6-3 Hinds win that put the Eagles in the championship game. The … Continue reading Second Chances →

Juco Playoff Field Still Lacks 1 Entry

(#146) (Title from Lee Baker, Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer, May, 1989) The participants for the 1989 MACJC State Tournament had been decided, except for one. The Northwest Mississippi Rangers and the Mississippi Delta Trojans were the participants from the North Division, while Hinds had the number 1 spot in the South. But the second spot from … Continue reading Juco Playoff Field Still Lacks 1 Entry →

Hinds Stuns #1 Kirkwood

(#78) Quincy LeBlanc didn't pitch in high school. But don't tell the Kirkwood Community College hitters that. The 6-foot, 170 pound right-hander scattered seven hits and gave up one earned run as Hinds stunned a number 1 ranked team for the third time in three weeks during our improbable, but not impossible miraculous post-season run … Continue reading Hinds Stuns #1 Kirkwood →

Outstanding Performances- Andre Thompson

(#77) In the 1995 State Tournament at Perkinston, Hinds lost a opening round game, 3-2 to Mississippi Delta. Chad Bradford pitched a complete game 6-hitter and all three runs for Delta scored in the 3rd inning. Eight zeros and one three. In an elimination game the next day against Northwest Mississippi, with the game tied … Continue reading Outstanding Performances- Andre Thompson →

My First Hinds Team

(#76) Look at these great looking uniforms, with the block "H" on the caps. Unlike today's teams, there was just one uniform. "What color jersey are we wearing today? Maroon. What color pants? Gray. Belts? Yes. Leggings? Maroon." Keep it simple. We could focus on other things. My first team at Hinds, 1984: Seated (from … Continue reading My First Hinds Team →

Recruiting Made Easy

(#75) I got a call back in the late summer of 1993. It was from a young man from California and he said he was interested in playing baseball at Hinds. His name was Eric Bock. He was moving to Mississippi to the Florence area where his wife's father was the president of Wesley Biblical … Continue reading Recruiting Made Easy →

The Most Famous Home Run in Hinds History (Video)

(#71) The most famous home run in Hinds baseball history (and there have been a few) is Terry Gray's three-run bomb over the 410 sign in the first game of the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado; May, 1989. (Thanks to Jeff Long for the 28 year old VHS tapes and to Jake Clarke … Continue reading The Most Famous Home Run in Hinds History (Video) →

The Scout Behind the Scenes

(#70) Here's a little known behind the scenes story on the life-changing events for the great Chad Bradford. Bradford graduated from Byram High School in the spring of 1993. After he failed to receive any offers from any of the Division I or Division II schools, he signed with Hinds. He won six games in … Continue reading The Scout Behind the Scenes →

1989 – The Turning Point

(#67) Every great season has a definite "turning point," when something happens to change the direction and fortunes of a team. Very few teams go from start to finish without having to make some adjustments, especially baseball teams with such a long season and so many games. During the historical and record-setting 1989 season, I … Continue reading 1989 – The Turning Point →