With nearly 10,000 watching in person, and thousands more following online and through televisions across the country, the final pitch crossed the plate. The strike was called, the dugout erupted and the crowd, as they had been waiting to do all weekend, went wild.
At that moment, it became official: Mississippi State won the 2016 SEC Baseball Championship. In the deepest conference in the country, in a league who’s top three teams also happen to be ranked 1-3 in all of America, in a season of competition against a half dozen foes likely to be hosting an NCAA Regional, MSU came out the victor, Dawgs on top of the pile.