History
MSU earned SEC Championships in 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, and 1989, and SEC Tournament Championships in 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005, and 2012. State has also earned appearances in 32 NCAA Baseball Regionals and made it to the College World Series 8 times, finishing as high as 3rd in 1985. Between 1992 and 2003, a Bulldogs pitcher was selected in the first round of the MLB draft 6 times.
The baseball team plays at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium which holds the NCAA baseball on-campus attendance record of 14,991 (MSU vs. the University of Florida on April 22, 1989) and is noted for the Left Field Lounge, an outfield area where many fans gather and enjoy the games in a tailgate-like atmosphere, including stands built on top of old trucks. Dudy Noble Field has consistently been regarded as the best place to watch a college baseball game in America.
The landscape surrounding Dudy Noble Field took on an even more impressive look in 2005 with the completion of the Palmeiro Center, a massive 68,000-square-foot (6,300 m2) climate-controlled turfed indoor practice facility located adjacent to Dudy Noble Field. The spacious facility, made possible by a generous gift from former MSU great Rafael Palmeiro and his wife Lynne, features a regulation infield practice area, additional training area and three retractable batting cages. Nestled between the Palmeiro Center and Dudy Noble Field is a new baseball coaches' office complex, also completed in 2005. The complex, which also houses a baseball heritage room, was made possible by contributions from former Bulldog players Jeff Brantley, Will Clark, Eric DuBose, Paul Maholm, Jay Powell and Bobby Thigpen and former MSU manager Bo McKinnis.
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