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Thunder & Lightning

T&L Bye Week Blitz: Coach Chris Lemonis

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

Sports News, News, Sports

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Mississippi State baseball made its return to the postseason last year, and now Coach Chris Lemonis wants to see his team back in Omaha. Does he have the squad to do it? Brian Hadad talks with the Diamond Dawg skipper about his 2025 team, the new faces coming to Starkville, and the returning Bulldogs who could be key pieces. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of On3 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM

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0:00.0

A Super Talk, Mississippi Media Production.

0:06.6

They say that baseball is the national pastime.

0:09.8

It is definitely Starkville's pastime, and no man knows that better than my guest right now.

0:14.1

Coach Chris Limonis, Mississippi State Baseball.

0:16.4

Before we begin the interview, I have a heartfelt apology to offer you.

0:22.5

As a San Francisco Giants fan, I apologize. I know you were one round away from getting Dakota Jordan back on campus

0:27.8

for another year, and my team swiped him up. I'm glad that he's a giant. But my apologies,

0:33.1

you know, I think I would have rather seen him in maroon and white for one more year.

0:36.6

Well, we tried.

0:38.6

We had him out there.

0:39.7

You know, it's funny.

0:42.3

There was a picture of him running the Golden Gate Bridge this week.

0:47.8

You know, he was out there with, you know, draft kids, and he is the worst long-distance runner you'll ever find.

0:49.0

So we, everybody on the team is giving him a hard time.

0:51.9

And he showed back up in here this week. He's been working out with us. But I'm happy for him. Man, $2 million and one of the top players in the country,

1:00.0

I mean, that's, man, well-deserved. So he's gone, but you do return Hunter Hines. And that's a guy

1:06.4

that I think if we had done this interview a year ago, nobody would have predicted Hunter

1:10.9

Heinz would have been back for another year in Starkville.

1:13.6

They would have thought he'd be on to the major leagues as well.

1:16.0

You get him back.

1:17.3

I asked you once before about production versus leadership, which is more difficult to replace.

1:22.1

Which are you happier to have back, Hunter Heinz's production or Hunter Heinz's leadership?

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