The Ron Polk era at MSU is coming to an end. This weekend will be Polk’s last weekend to coach at Dudy Noble Field. MSU fans, alumni, and students are invited to come and pack Polk-Dement Stadium to thank Polk for his 29 years at MSU.
Plan to be there May 15th at 6:30pm, May 16th at 6:30pm and May 17th at 3pm. MSU will be taking on SEC rival Arkansas.
Head baseball coach and MSU legend Ron Polk has decided to retire. His retirement will go into effect at the end of the current season.
“It goes without saying that we are most appreciative of the outstanding job Ron Polk has done for Mississippi State baseball,” Templeton said. “His decision does not come as a surprise because we had a conversation about this timeline even before this season started.
“With Ron making his decision public at this time, it will allow our institution to properly put together a process for the selection of our next head baseball coach,” Templeton added.Polk has won 1,360 games as a college head coach, ranking among the nation’s top 10 all-time winningest coaches. Polk has taken 23 of his previous 34 teams to NCAA regional play, with eight of those making it to the College World Series. Six of those teams were while he was at Mississippi State.
Polk has several honors including being elected to the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame (1985), both the state of Mississippi and the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame (1988), and the Georgia Southern University Hall of Fame (1990).
The boys of summer have kicked off their season. So far, MSU has won 5 games and lost 4. Listed is the date of the game, the opponent, location and time of the game. Also listed is the network of televised games.
Here is their complete regular schedule.
Baseball season is fast approaching. The First Pitch/Meet the Team event is coming up at the end of the month. Here are the details.
Tickets for the 11th annual “First Pitch/Meet the Team” baseball celebration Feb. 28 at Mississippi State are now on sale at the MSU Athletic Ticket Office in the Bryan Athletic Administration Building. Former MSU pitcher Jonathan Papelbon, who helped pitch the Boston Red Sox to the 2007 World Series championship, will be the featured speaker for the event.
Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased over the counter at the ticket office. Telephone orders for tickets charged to a credit card are also being accepted (662-325-2600). The office is open weekdays from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
The event is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. with a dinner buffet in the Bryce Griffis Boardroom. MSU players will be available for autographs in the Palmeiro Center prior to the start of the program. MSU skipper Ron Polk, set to embark on his 29th season as head coach at Mississippi State, will formally introduce the players and staff of the 2008 MSU baseball team.
Mississippi State, which opens its 2008 baseball season Feb. 22-24 in Jacksonville, Fla., with a three-game series at North Florida, is ranked as high as 19th in the preseason college baseball polls.
Baseball season doesn’t begin until next month, but pre-season polls have already been released. The USA/ESPN Top 25 Coaches poll ranks the Mississippi State Bulldogs at 23. It’s the Bulldogs highest pre-season ranking to date.
The Bulldogs will begin practice February 4th to prepare for their season opening three games series against University of North Florida February 22-24.
Three other SEC teams are ranked in the poll: No. 3 South Carolina, No. 6 Vanderbilt, No. 8 Mississippi.
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