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the big reveal

Biloxi’s Southern League team gets its name today. Shrimpers? Black Jacks? Mullet? A big announcement ceremony is planned. Speeches will be made. Cheers will be heard. Merchandise will go on sale. That’s all well and good, but it would also be nice if team officials would announce where they plan to play in 2015. We already know that the new MGM Park won’t be finished for the start of the season in April and may not be ready until August. Is the team going to play all road games until August? Is the team going to play in Huntsville, its former home, until the new park opens? Does it make sense to have a grand opening in August, with only a handful of home dates available? Inquiring minds want to know. The Mississippi Braves are scheduled to play “at Biloxi” from May 6-10 and again in August. The M-Braves host the new team, still a Milwaukee Brewers affiliate, for the first time from June 11-15.

3 stars — plus a couple

Desmond Jennings, the ex-Itawamba Community College star, had a two-run single in a four-run fourth inning as Tampa Bay snapped a 31-inning scoreless blight and went on to beat St. Louis 6-3 on Wednesday night. All told, Jennings was 2-for-4 with a run for the reeling Rays, who have won just twice in their last 16 games. … Meridian CC product Corey Dickerson, enjoying more playing time in Colorado, went 2-for-4 with three RBIs as the Rockies beat Atlanta 8-2 and knocked the Braves out of first place in the National League East. … Former Taylorsville High standout Billy Hamilton went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, a run and a stolen base (No. 24) as Cincinnati beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0. … Ole Miss alum Alex Presley, a veteran among Houston’s cast of kids, went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a steal to help the Astros beat Arizona 5-1. … And Jarrod Dyson, the former Southwest Mississippi CC star, was 1-for-3 with an RBI for Kansas City, which beat Cleveland 4-1. Ned Yost’s Royals have climbed into second place in the American League Central. P.S. The Biloxi Shrimpers? That’s one of the choices — perhaps the best — on the new Southern League club’s name-the-team ballot. The others: Beacon, Schooners, Mullets, Shuckers and Black Jacks. Voting ends this week. The team, moving from Huntsville, is scheduled to begin play in a new ballpark on the Coast next April.