(#20) (Most recent fine-tuning, October, 2024) In a 1994 doubleheader at Wesson (MS), Copiah-Lincoln‘s hard throwing right-hander Chris Weekly pitched a complete game no-hitter against the Eagles in game 1. In game 2, Hinds‘ hard throwing right-hander David Townsend returned the favor and pitched a complete game no-hitter of his own against the Wolfpack. That’s something you don’t see every day. … Continue reading Double No-No’s
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Rags and the Map
(#21) (Most recent fine-tuning, October, 2024) We were playing Delgado Community College (NOLA) in the championship game of the 1989 Region 23 Tournament in Meridian. We were undefeated, so the Dolphins would have to beat us twice to advance to the Eastern District Tournament the following week. The winner of that four team, double elimination tournament would advance to the JUCO World Series in Grand … Continue reading Rags and the Map
Season of a Lifetime
(#19) During the 1989 season at Hinds, a converted side-winding closer named Mark Anders from Ouachita Christian High School in Monroe, Louisiana, pitched in 35 of our 54 games, won eleven games (11 wins and 2 losses), saved a HCC record nine games (a record broken by my son Josh twenty years later), had an earned run average of 1.75, … Continue reading Season of a Lifetime
The Great Do-Over
(#18) (Most recent fine-tuning, October, 2024) Hinds was hosting South Division rival Pearl River in the first game of a double header during the 1994 season. In the bottom of the second with the bases loaded, our leadoff hitter Andre Thompson hit a line drive down the right field line which landed about a foot foul; clearly foul, to everybody in the … Continue reading The Great Do-Over
Carrying the Torch
(#15) In our opening game in the 1994 NJCAA Division II World Series at USA Stadium in Millington, Tennessee, Hinds catcher Curtis Jones from Brandon High School, hit a home run to right center field that landed in the Olympic Torch behind the outfield wall. What are the odds of doing that? Olympic Torch in … Continue reading Carrying the Torch
The Longest Home Run
(#14) Hinds was playing national powerhouse Middle Georgia in the Delgado Community College Invitational Tournament in February of 1999 at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium, an old city park with a pulse in New Orleans. This was before the field was named in honor of long-time coaching legend Louis "Rags" Scheuermann. It is now "Rags" Scheuermann Field at … Continue reading The Longest Home Run
The End of the Co-Lin Curse
#10 Hinds was playing in the winner's bracket game in the 1999 NJCAA Region 23, Division 2 Tournament in Senatobia, Mississippi, coming off our 10-2 opening round win over the number 1 team in the nation, the Northwest Mississippi Rangers on their home field. We were playing our south division arch-rival from Copiah-Lincoln and were … Continue reading The End of the Co-Lin Curse
The Trifecta
(#7) Stacey Williams, a speedy outfielder from St. Aloysius High School in Vicksburg, Mississippi hit three home runs and drove in 9 runs in Hinds CC's 20-13 win over Northwest Mississippi in the opening round of the 1998 Region 23, Division 2 Tournament at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson. He hit one home run to … Continue reading The Trifecta
The Spaceman Lands in Raymond
(#6) In the spring of 2004, former major league pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee spent the day at Joe G. Moss Field in Raymond, telling tall tales and sharing his expertise with anyone who would listen. Lee is the father of former Eagle player and pitching coach, and JUCO softball coaching legend, Andy Lee. It was … Continue reading The Spaceman Lands in Raymond
Struck by Lightning
(#5) I used to tell my players at Hinds that they had a better chance of being struck by lightning than to play in the big leagues. Just help us win a game every now and then, I pleaded. On April 3, 1996, I got a call from Steven James Bourgeois and with his deep … Continue reading Struck by Lightning
Rick Clarke's Diary of a Mad Baseball Coach 