Shelton Easley

Can the Dawgs get a hit? Well, no, but it was an RBI.

@GhostOfFiggins @charliewinfield @bartgregory My thought was, somebody watched auditions and said, Yep, these are the two best guys for the job! The color guy sounded completely uninterested for most of the game.

Nothing against these guys for the Cocks but @charliewinfield and @bartgregory have us spoiled.

@JohnnyBoi4lyfe @GaryHPhillips That’s funny because in August you go to a tennis match in Queens and the pampered pros have to have total quiet before they’ll toss a ball to serve at the US Open.

@GaryHPhillips The implication is that the players need random cacophony in their environment to do their job, which is a childrens game. And they dont care about fans input even tho they outnumber the team 45 thousand to 25 and are literally the “customer” in this scenario this is something

#Yankees fans have had enough: they want the “incessant, annoying, droning” sounds that get pumped into Yankee Stadium to stop. The org, however, says the noise is "by design," and players want it to be louder *on the field.* “If I was a fan, I wouldn’t like it, too," Aaron Judge said. "But as players, we’re all sitting here and still can’t hear the music.” Story @NYDNSports: nydailynews.com/2026/04/17/yan…

@sklarsam_ @clarionledger Can you please spread the word among the journalistic set that your words here are the LAST word on this subject? We absolutely do know this and don’t need to hear the story on every single weekend broadcast. Please, @sklarsam_, you’re our only hope!

NEW: Yes, you probably know by now that brothers Tomas and Vytas Valincius pronounce their last name differently at #MississippiState Here's the story of how and why that happened: clarionledger.com/story/sports/c… via @clarionledger

I know that the baseball season has been frustrating for MsState fans, but we can ease the pain by remembering 2010 (23-33, 6-24). Thanks, John Cohen!

@BridgewaterBro @ToddFuhrman I live near Houston. The 7gm pack (5 grp stage, R32, R16) STARTS @ $13,500 (almost $1,500/game). I’m sure that’s end line upper deck top row. And that’s before travel, hotel, food.

@ToddFuhrman I am a massive soccer/football (European) fan with sizable disposable income and tolerance to pay a premium for a memorable experience The absolute worst tickets at Metlife for England or Germany group games are $1,100 After getting scammed with the "lottery" Fuck this

The 2026 World Cup is heading towards abject disastr * Poor USMNT current form * Sporting director stepping down months before event * Astronomical ticket prices * Tailgating banned * Public transportation price gouging The event was meant to showcase the global game highlighted by generational optimism about our 🇺🇸 playing on home soil and it appears to be anything but that only a few months away from kickoff

@AdamCrafton_ @TheAthleticFC I wondered how much it would cost for 2 to come to Houston and watch all the games that will be played here - 24 days hotels @ $250/nt + cheapest tickets = $26,700, and you haven’t bought plane tickets and haven’t spent any $$ for food. So, $35k minimum!

Exclusive @TheAthleticFC : Current NJ Transit plans for return train from NY Penn Station to MetLife Stadium during World Cup are for tickets to be priced at over $100. Usual price is $12.90, making it more than a 7-fold increase for World Cup fans. nytimes.com/athletic/71933…

@fOx1257067 If the women wore regular length shorts and loose t shirts would you still want to watch?

Serious question..."what sport is actually better than women’s beach volleyball?" I’ll wait......

@EverythingRebs Use the NCAA site/app. Most of its scores/stats links to D1.

What is the best app for College Baseball scores/standings/etc? ESPN app is terrible

@PEARatings I’ll take it.

If you take today's NET, this is what the current tournament outlook would be.

@abszat @aakashgupta Typically if a union is on strike the union members (which would have been all of the cast) will not do anything remotely related to the work, including promoting a film that they had made.

@aakashgupta I think it’s important to note that due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, the cast was not able to promote The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes until very close to the movie’s release

Lionsgate spent $100 million on Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in 2023 and got $349 million back. Lowest opening weekend in franchise history. $44 million domestic debut for a series that used to open north of $150 million. Their response was to double the cast budget on Sunrise on the Reaping. Ralph Fiennes. Glenn Close. Kieran Culkin. Jesse Plemons. Elle Fanning. Maya Hawke. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson returning for the first time since 2015. That's four Oscar nominees and two Emmy winners in a single YA adaptation. The cast page reads like an awards ceremony guest list stapled to a Succession reunion. And the math behind it is actually rational. The Hunger Games franchise has made $3.3 billion across five films. Catching Fire, the one installment that involved a Quarter Quell (the 75th), is the highest-grossing Lionsgate film ever at $865 million. Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes proved the IP still has a floor: $349 million worldwide on a cold-start prequel with zero legacy cast. The floor held. So Lionsgate is running a calculation. The Second Quarter Quell is the most requested story in the fandom because Haymitch's games were only described in two paragraphs of the original novel. Suzanne Collins turned two paragraphs into a 400-page book. Lionsgate turned the book into a cast sheet that makes you do a double take. Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman is the kind of casting that sells tickets on name recognition alone, before a single frame of footage exists. The trailer drops tomorrow. Mockingjay statues with flowers showed up in Millennium Park, Chicago. Snake statues covered in ivy appeared in Times Square. The marketing campaign is treating this like an event film, which tells you exactly how Lionsgate sees the stakes. Their entire theatrical slate depends on this franchise producing $600M+ worldwide. Anything less and the prequel strategy dies. 48 tributes. The most stacked cast in franchise history. And a studio betting everything that the one story fans have been asking about for 14 years can bring the audience back.

The only statistic where MsState is struggling in conference is runs scored - 84 (9th). But they’re 4th in runs allowed (71), 2nd in ERA (4.09), and 4th in avg (.266). They can hit, don’t give up a lot of runs, they just can’t get hits when they have guys on base!

@Micah_CBC @OleMissRebel90 If it rains it rains. What would you want them to do?

@OleMissRebel90 Strongly disagree. Texas wanted to play. Both teams did for that matter.

Looks like Texas chickened out. 👀😂

@HailState_CO There’s a clear path to 16-14 conference, that gets into the tournament. Hosting? 🤷‍♂️ But that starts with a win today. (*Path does include SERIES losses to Texas AND Texas A&M. I’m not ready to say they can win those)

I’m out

@DawgsCountry_15 Wait, I thought James was the most crap catcher in the history of back catchers, eh?

If I don’t see Chone James at catcher, Blake Bevis at first, Gatlin Sanders at shortstop, Drew Wyers at Third, and Vito with Mershon in the outfield tomorrow I’m all for rioting

Once again a chance to score is wasted.

Have seen some trashing Justin Parker for the MSU woes. Team ERA is 3.48 (3.71 SEC). 5th runs scored in conf., 4th allowed (80-58), 3rd ERA. Pitching ain’t the problem here, folks. Gotta get hits when you need em and don’t give free runs (passed balls!)

I am completely losing faith in SEC replay challenges. It looked like that ball was off the knob of the bat and @OU_Baseball got robbed.

@woodyVSworld 4 people in the world get to do this and I’m one of them? Unless I’m about to drown, I’m good with it!

You know how mad I’d be if I just survived a 9 day mission to the moon and came back to Earth at 25,000 mph like a human meteor just to bob around in the ocean for 40 minutes. Someone get those people out of there

@joelmiller29 You didn’t get in this mess overnight. You won’t get out overnight. Or in just one season. But we can dream.

Honest question, whats the difference between a Lemonis and O'Connor coached team? Both had talent, both teams choked in big spots, couldn't throw strikes, couldn't make pitchers work, shit the bed consistently.... we spent more money for the same damn result.