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When Zack Yorke arrived in Baton Rouge from the transfer portal, he looked exactly what the LSU Tigers baseball needed – a powerful bat ready to replace production lost from previous seasons. But as the early part of the 2026 season has unfolded, the narrative around Yorke has begun to shift from early promise to growing questions about consistency at the plate and his role as the Tigers’ starting first baseman.  Yorke transferred to LSU after three productive seasons at Gran

Pitcher Chris Billingsley worked a perfect inning against Tulane in Tuesday night's 11-7 win in Biloxi, MS. By Colton Watson There have been 17 games played between Mississippi State baseball and a lengthy list of non-conference opponents already this season, and the Bulldogs have acquitted themselves well in the early goings of the 2026 season. A 15-2 record, each loss by a single run to clubs ranked in the Top 10 and away from home, has Coach Brian O’Connor’s squad in prime

By Colton Watson Mississippi State travels tonight to MGM Park in Biloxi, MS—home of the Milwaukee Brewers’ AA affiliate the Biloxi Shuckers—for their last midweek contest of the season before SEC play. The Hancock Whitney Coast Classic has involved Mississippi State and a sundry list of other teams in most years since 2016, with 2017, 2019 and 2021 being the exceptions. Let’s take a look at Mississippi State’s history in Biloxi and preview the Tulane Green Wave. The 2016 Bul

As non-conference play dwindles and leagues like the SEC approach conference play with a softer week, powerful programs still fell in headline-snatching upset fashion. Meanwhile, the ACC and Big Ten kicked off conference play and have began to settle in their roadmap toward the postseason. As teams navigate rosters, work around injuries and address the perils of a college baseball calendar, wins and losses still define seasons. This week in college baseball, surprising los

It’s been a rocky few games for LSU baseball, but as the Tigers opened their final non-conference series against Sacramento State, they were looking to redeem themselves and prove that, after 15 games, this lineup has finally come alive. And alive it was. From the bottom of the first inning, the starting lineup—resembling last year’s powerful squad—was sending balls soaring into the outfield like never before this season. After waiting patiently for their star power to emerge

Minneapolis, MN—Both Northwestern and South Dakota State approached the Cambria Classic, and their opening round matchup against each other, under similar circumstances. With four wins on the young season, the Jackrabbits prepared for their second straight game against Big Ten competition. 5-5 Northwestern aimed to move on from their forgettable weekend against mighty Georgia Tech, a series in which the Wildcats were swept. South Dakota State didn’t travel to Minnesota alone;

The Cambria Classic is set to return to US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN this weekend. The home of the Minnesota Vikings has played host to University of Minnesota baseball for a handful of seasons as the club mitigates freezing northern temperatures in the early months of each season. The Cambria Classic presents with an unclear history, at times taking years off due to the challenge of competing in an NFL-owned stadium. The Cambria name first became attached to the event

As LSU looked to redeem a loss against Northeastern on Monday night, with a fresh lineup and redshirt junior Gavin Guidry taking the bump, the challenge wasn’t going to be a simple one. A Wednesday night road game against long-standing rival Louisiana never is. The start of the game began looking like a repeat of Monday’s falter against Northeastern, with the Cajuns plating three in only the first inning and LSU scoreless, trying to manufacture swings yet again and reaching o

As the Tigers took the field on Saturday afternoon after clawing into a victory over Dartmouth on Friday night, Cooper Moore shone bright in a near-perfect mound performance, grabbing another win and making the Tigers 10-1. After clawing back for a win on Friday night after being down until the bottom of the fourth, the starting nine showed a rhythmic performance in the box. Not chasing the ball was what seemed to be tripping up the Tigers in other games, not only on Friday b

When former national champion Paul Mainieri was hired out of retirement to be the next head coach of SouthCarolina baseball, the opinions on the move were mixed. Former SC Athletic Director Ray Tanner, a baseball national champion in his own right, tabbed Mainieri as the man to lead the Gamecocks in one of the final moves of his twelve-year tenure. His supporters pointed out that Mainieri became one of eight, now five, active college baseball coaches with a national champions

ARLINGTON, TX – It had all the makings of a NCAA Division I Super Regional or maybe even Days 1-2 of the 2026 NCAA Baseball World Series.   Yes, Friday-Sunday’s part 2 of the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series Feb. 20-22 at Globe Life Field not only featured the Nos. 2 (UCLA), 5 Mississippi State, 18 Texas A&M, and 20 Tennessee ranked teams in this week’s NCBWA poll but included Arizona State and Virginia Tech squads receiving strong consideration and votes among the nation’s

Ron Polk recreates live his famous statue pose. March 8 marks the 50th anniversary of his first game at State. (Photo: Mississippi State Athletics By Doug Kyle Ron Polk has been in his “Golden Years” for some time now. The 82-year-old was just 27 when he became a Division 1 head baseball coach at Georgia Southern, 28 when he coached his first game. Four years later, 1976, he was the first full-time head baseball coach at an SEC school, Mississippi State. Hired in Fall 1975, t

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) represents what many would agree, the strongest conference across collegiate athletics.  This reigns especially true come baseball season as the league can count on earning more NCAA tournament bids than any other conference and maintain dominance in hosting ability.  In fact, each SEC program has earned the right to host a regional at least once since 2021, except for one.  In fact, the Missouri Tigers haven’t reached the NCAA tournament sin

Los Angeles — As the Bruins faced elimination in the College World Series in June, the run led by an outstanding sophomore class, turning a 19-33 2024 into an Omaha berth in 2025, onlookers anticipated emotion as UCLA’s dream of a dogpile drifted away. Emotion they witnessed, though likely not of the variety fans, media, or anyone outside of Head Coach John Savage’s walls may have anticipated. As out #27 approached, with the Bruins trailing late against Arkansas, the talented

ARLINGTON, TX – It was as good as advertised, and as good as college baseball gets, on Weekend One of 2026 NCAA Division I competition during the Shriners Children’s Hospitals Showdown Feb. 13-15 at Globe Life Field.   With No. 5 nationally Arkansas joining No. 9 TCU and No. 18 Vanderbilt in the six-team field along with traditional powers Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech – all Top 25-30 vote recipients in the USA Today and NCBWA preseason surveys – the three-day meet

There is no greater holiday than Opening Day in College Baseball.  Not even the early Valentine’s Day experience I received while checking in to the DoubleTree in Arlington last night could top it.   For some important context, this story begins on the evening of February 12th.  At my home in Omaha, the late-night hour brought the discovery of my home’s furnace going out alongside a cracked pipe that was spewing water.  This meant turning the water off until the fine people a

By Jake McKeever With the return of college baseball, it’s time to celebrate one of the sport’s greatest traditions, and possibly its most unhinged culinary experiment, Mark Light Shakes . For those who live under a rock or are new to college baseball: Mark Light Field doesn’t just serve milkshakes, it serves edible chaos in a plastic cup. They aren’t just your basic Chocolate Vanilla and Strawberry. They’re regional tributes. They’re digestive gambles. Here are my prediction

As I sit down to type this “daily” entry, today on February 9th, the feeling of a new beginning lurks.  College baseball as we know it returns on Friday, representing not only the start of the premier athletic season on the calendar, but also the sport that has withstood the consequences of a changing landscape in collegiate athletics.  While college football has become a product of suits and corporate greed and college basketball has become a product of annual roster turnove

By Jake McKeever The 2026 Texas alumni game has come and gone and it will not be remembered alongside some of the classics and for good reason. It was a low scoring affair marked by walks, strikeouts, and very little offensive rhythm. On paper, temperatures sat in the low 40s, but with the shade at the Disch and a steady wind, I cannot recall a time I have ever been colder than the first 2 innings, in the shade, in the camera well. Games like this are always tricky to evaluat

Look at me, rattling off these things three days in a row.  Here’s what I can pretty much promise you, though.  There will not be a daily blog on weekends, unless I am really in the groove during the college baseball season that is now all of the sudden just two weeks away.  Working on a preseason magazine for a month while raising a newborn really isn’t good for keeping time.  In two weeks, we play.  Craziness.  Today’s blog comes on the back of a fair line of inquiry from “