changing of the guard

Minus 11 2024 MLB draftees — including Ferriss Trophy winner Dakota Jordan and pitching stalwarts Jurrangelo Cijntje and Khal Stephen — Mississippi State will look a lot different in 2025. Bulldogs baseball will sound different, as well. Jim Ellis, after 46 years at the mic as the team’s play-by-play voice, has retired. Whether you loved or hated the Bulldogs, you have to acknowledge that Ellis was really good at his job. He provided the soundtrack to so many magical moments in State’s storied history on the diamond. “I have nothing but fond memories of all the players, coaches and fans of Mississippi State. They’re the best in the country. They’ve made it an absolute joy to tell the extraordinary stories of Mississippi State to the Bulldog family,” Ellis, a West Point native and MSU grad, said in a release by the school. A replacement has not been named.