a kind of hush
While there were several celebrations around the big leagues on Sunday, most Mississippians watched their 2016 season end rather quietly. Southern Miss alum Brian Dozier didn’t play, ending his monster year with 42 homers. Ex-Ole Miss star Seth Smith sat, too; he finished at .249 with 16 homers. Richton’s JaCoby Jones (6-for-28 in his brief trial) didn’t play in Detroit’s disheartening loss at Atlanta, the final game at Turner Field. Meridian Community College product Corey Dickerson took an 0-for-5, winding up at .245 with 24 homers. Tony Sipp, the former Mississippi Gulf Coast CC standout, threw a clean inning, trimming his ERA to 4.95. Hunter Renfroe got another hit, concluding his 11-game stint at .371 with four homers and 14 RBIs, and fellow Mississippi State alum Adam Frazier also got a knock, finishing at .301. Ex-Southwest Mississippi CC star Jarrod Dyson went 1-for-3 to lift his average to .278; he finished with 30 steals. And Tim Anderson, the rookie out of East Central CC, put up a 1-for-5 to wind up at .283 with nine homers and 10 bags. A handful of Mississippians are making – or are hoping to make – postseason plans: Mitch Moreland in Texas, Chris Coghlan with the Chicago Cubs, Drew Pomeranz in Boston and Louis Coleman with the Los Angeles Dodgers.