Governor's Cup May Replace Mayor's Trophy

[Greenhead22]

Governor’s Cup May Replace Mayor’s Trophy

By David Murray
Editor-Dawgs' Bite
Posted Sep 21, 2006

After a quarter-century the Mayor’s Trophy game appears to be off the 2007 baseball schedule. Instead a new ball game should be taking its place, as Mississippi State and Mississippi are expected be playing for the new Governor’s Cup this coming season.

The 2007 game would also be played in Trustmark Park in Pearl, on April 17. Tentative schedules previously published left the site for the annual, non-SEC event between the Diamond Dogs and Rebels tentative. Now updated slates indicate a change of venue for the first time since the extra, non-SEC game between the rivals began in 1981 at Jackson’s Smith-Wills Stadium.

Neither school nor anyone in the metro area have officially announced this change of game and venue as of yet.

The Diamond Dogs played for their first time at Trustmark Park last April, a year after the facility—home of the AA-affiliate of the Atlanta Braves—opened. Even before then there was speculation over the future of the Mayor’s Trophy game, sparked by opening of the up-to-date new facility. Also, the future of Smith-Wills Stadium itself is in doubt with proposals from promoters to replace the aging facility.

There had been informal talk that the traditional Mayor’s Trophy game might be played along with a second game between the Dogs and Rebs in the metro-area. That does not appear to be an option for 2007 because with the Governor’s Cup game the MSU schedule is at the NCAA limit of 56 games already.

[mudsucker]

The reason is Hizzzzhonor Melton took a sledge hammer to the trophy!

[Drakeshead]

I would like to see it with a three day tournament consisting of Delta State, MS State, USM and Ole Miss. Yes, Delta State is not quite at the NCAA level of the other three, but you never know what they might could do for one weekend against these boys.

[kill m dux]

USM would be more competition than MSU in the mayor's trophy definitely. Slapping State around like our little brother is starting to get old. Just kidding it never gets old!

[Greenhead22]

You call a 1-0 game slapping around?

Y'all play USM twice a year, just like MSU does. Only difference is MSU wins both games, whereas y'all lose both.

[Po Monkey Lounger]

As long as USM's security staff is not involved at the game, then I am all for inclusion of UM, MSU, and USM in a tourney. With that condition, Ron Polk might show up.

I don't like changing the name of the game or its location. Its obviously an MSU plot to change the positive mojo for the Rebs in this game.

[SWAG]

The Rebs have always looked at it as a big game that they need to win, it is usually just a mid-week game to Polk, trying to get a different arm some innings.....not saying that is good but that is the just of it

[RebelYelp]

SWAG....... the past 3 years, the Ole Miss pitchers have been the midweek guys at that point in the season.......

[bigwater]

so this means that the mayors cup will stay in oxfart for eternity...

that sucks.. but um deserves it..

bianco just flat out-recurits polk and msu.. its a fact...

[kill m dux]

I dont care if Ole Miss won it 1-0 or 50-0 they still win the thing and have been winning it for the past several seasons. As for Ron Polk treating the Mayor's Trophy like a just another mid-week game I dont see where it would matter beacause he cant even win the weekend series at home.

[Bigpoppa]

My wise old grandfather once told me, "Son you will go to hell for talking about baseball during football season."