The irrepressible Tim Bennett is back with another proposal for affiliated baseball in the Biloxi area, this time in the neighboring town of Gulfport. He’s floating a proposal for a new ballpark — presumably for a Class AA Southern League team (at one time Bennett was in talks to buy that circuit’s Jackson Generals when the […]
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Trustmark Park / Mississippi Braves
Pearl, Mississippi, is a small, sleepy town just outside of Jackson, and is where you’ll find Trustmark Park, the home of the Mississippi Braves (Class AA; Southern League). Jackson is definitely the target market here, as Pearl’s population (22,000) isn’t enough to support a Double A franchise. Jackson had been the home of a Texas […]