Good morning! They say there’s no place like home, and in the case of Nusz Park, ‘they’ would be right. In the past two seasons, four of the top 15 single-game attendance marks have come in the last two seasons. Bulldog softball is on the up and up!

What else did we throw into the Brew today?

⚾️ Work It Out
🎬 Rewind The Tapes
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 HAIL STATE PLUS

Trust The Process. This week, we’re throwing it back to some of our all-time favorite episodes from HailState+’s All-Access series. Today, we’re taking a look at what all goes into the creation of remembering a career milestone for the upcoming and incoming head coach.

In this episode of All-Access, go behind the scenes with Lauryn Carr, the artist behind each milestone creation, as she explains her process.

🎥 Purcell’s First Career Win Art

With HailState+ you get to watch wherever you want to watch. Web, mobile, and (later this year) all major OTT streaming apps like AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Android. We got it all.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Work It Out. The third annual MLB Draft Combine started yesterday, and two of its participants will be representing the Maroon and White. Colton Ledbetter and Cade Smith will have their chance to show major league teams and staff what they got. The top 300 prospects determined by the MLB are invited to the combine, and both Smith and Ledbetter are determined to show them why they belong.

💪 Cade Smith pitched 43 innings for the Bulldogs this past season and tallied 46 strikeouts. He allowed just a .230 batting average to his opponents as the consistent Friday night starter for the Maroon and White.

🦇 Colton Ledbetter had one of the most consistent bats on the team last season with a .320 batting average; the best mark on the team. Following the season, he was named to the ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region Second Team.

🔼 Rewind The Tapes. In her first season repping the Maroon and White, Ramani Parker was a spark off the Bulldog bench, scoring in every game she played, and finished as one of the best three-point shooters, even while standing at 6-foot-4.

🏀 Parker shot 39% from three-point land last season, 4th among her teammates.

🏀 She ranked 4th on the team in blocked shots with 15 in 22 games played.

🏀 She shot .448 from the field, good enough for 4th on the team.

🎥 Watch this Ramani’s mixtape from this past season

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Home Defense. Nusz Park has provided Bulldog softball a great home field advantage.

Our question today — since Nusz Park opened in 2016, how many wins have the Bulldogs had on their home turf?

Think you know the answer? Scroll on down to the bottom to find out.

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 163!

In the past eight seasons, Bulldog softball has accumulated 163 wins and just 68 losses. For those wondering, that’s over 20 wins per season at home alone. Nusz Park has been good to the Bulldogs and all of Starkville.

Have a great Wednesday, y'all.