{"id":569483,"date":"2026-02-13T04:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/569483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:40:15","slug":"msu-opens-baseball-season-at-dudy-noble-field-against-hofstra-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/569483\/","title":{"rendered":"MSU opens baseball season at Dudy Noble Field against Hofstra | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mississippi<\/p>\n

2026 Diamond Dawgs<\/p>\n

MSU Athletics<\/p>\n

It has been 257 days since Ryan McPherson threw the final pitch of the season for Mississippi State.<\/p>\n

He will toe the rubber at Dudy Noble Field this afternoon having a completely different feeling.<\/p>\n

As McPherson walked off the mound, getting the final out of the eighth inning in a 5-2 loss to Florida State, many different emotions had settled inside. It was the end of his freshman season and his future was in doubt. One chapter had come to an end with a team that would never play together again. Would he remain a Bulldog and who would be his coach?<\/p>\n

He still thinks back to that moment as he now prepares for year two in maroon and white. It\u2019s made him stronger.<\/p>\n

For more on this story, read our news edition from Friday, February 13 or\u00a0click here to subscribe to our e-edition.\u2028<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Diamond Dawgs MSU Athletics It has been 257 days since Ryan McPherson threw the final pitch of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2309,5,2316,2323,2317,2313,2325,74989,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,4,2305,2303,2307,2327,2321,185,2324,2311,2312],"class_list":{"0":"post-569483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-ball-and-bat-games","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-baseball-competitions","11":"tag-baseball-events","12":"tag-baseball-games","13":"tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","14":"tag-baseball-teams","15":"tag-dudy-noble","16":"tag-major-league-baseball","17":"tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","18":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","19":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","20":"tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","21":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams","22":"tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","23":"tag-mlb","24":"tag-mlb-playoffs","25":"tag-mlb-postseason","26":"tag-outdoor-sports","27":"tag-seasons-in-american-sport","28":"tag-seasons-in-baseball","29":"tag-sports","30":"tag-sports-events","31":"tag-team-sports","32":"tag-turf-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}