he was money

The most interesting facet of the baseball career of Chad Bradford, the new pitching coach at Hinds Community College, is not his submarine pitching style. Nor is it his featured status in the “Moneyball” book and movie. No, it would have to be his postseason success in the major leagues: a 0.39 ERA in 24 appearances over seven different seasons with five different teams. His job was to come in from the bullpen in tight spots and get ground balls, and he did it very well. The Byram native had a 3.26 career regular season ERA spread over parts of 12 years in the big leagues. He quietly retired after the 2009 season. The Byram native and former Southern Miss star is now returning to Hinds, which he helped reach the junior college World Series in 1994 and ’95.