T&L Extra: Jonathan Holder on His Dudy Noble Memories, the Bench Mobb, and Johnny Cash

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In 2013, Mississippi State's opponents knew when they heard the deep voice of Johnny Cash, the game was about to be over as Jonathan Holder was taking the mound. The former Diamond Dawg closer joins Brian Hadad to stroll down Memory Lane and the crazy cast of characters he played with. 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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0:38.0	Modern Wellness.com. Let's talk to one of the all-time great diamond dogs here on opening
0:43.0	day. Jonathan Holder, All-American, one of the greatest closers, not only in Mississippi State, but
0:47.5	in SEC history, kind enough to join us. And Jonathan, do closers have the mentality of, I hope I don't pitch today?
0:55.9	You'd like to just have a nice 10-0-0 lead in the ninth inning and you have the day off?
1:00.4	Yeah, it depends how many innings you've thrown the last few days before that.
1:04.0	I know, after you get worked hard pretty good for a couple days, you definitely hope for a good 10-0 victory.
1:12.2	When you look back at the 2013 team, was that team kind of ahead of its time in the way
1:16.9	pitching it goes now? You don't see starters going seven, eight innings as much. You have guys
1:21.6	who are openers, kind of the way you guys went with Trevor Fitz and bullpins that have
1:26.5	roles and things like that.
1:27.6	It feels like that team was like 10, 12 years ahead of where baseball is now.
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