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• Southern baseball coach Kerrick Jackson leaving the program for job with Major League Baseball

  November 29, 2020 11:39 PM

  Sources tell WBRZ that Southern head coach Kerrick Jackson will be leaving the program for a job with Major League Baseball. Since coming to the Bluff in 2018, Jackson has amassed almost 50 wins in three seasons. The Jags made the Starkville Regional in 2019, the same year... more »

• Alex Bregman to make appearance at LSU-Arkansas game

  November 6, 2017 3:25 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Former LSU Baseball Star and current Houston Astro Alex Bregman says he will be at this weekend's home football game vs Arkansas. Bregman confirmed his planned appearance during an "Ask Me Anything" thread on Reddit Monday. When asked if he plans to visit LSU for any... more »

• MLB, MLBPA players donate $250k to assist flood victims

  August 30, 2016 12:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced that they are teaming up to contribute $250,000 to assist flood victims that were impacted by the historic floods in several parts of Louisiana. The contribution is being divided among three charitable organizations lending assistance... more »

• Alex Bregman stars in MLB All Star Futures game

  July 10, 2016 11:18 PM

  SAN DIEGO - Alex Bregman appears to be headed towards the Major Leagues sooner than later, and he's destroying all the pitching in his path along the way. The latest victims: pitchers from the World team at the Futures All Star Game Sunday night. Bregman went 3-5 -... more »

• MLB teams allowed to use iPads in dugout all season

  March 30, 2016 11:50 AM

  NEW YORK - After allowing iPad Air 2s with restrictions in dugouts during the final two weeks of last season and the postseason under a pilot program, Major League Baseball reached a deal with Apple that gives iPad Pros to all teams this year along with a new scouting, analytics... more »

• Former SLU Lion Wade Miley traded to Mariners

  December 7, 2015 4:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Former Southeastern Louisiana University standout Wade Miley will play for his third MLB team in 2016. The left-hander was traded to the Seattle Mariners Monday afternoon. In 2015, Miley's first and only season with the Boston Red Sox, the southpaw had a rough April, but rebounded... more »