By JOEL COLEMAN
sports@starkvilledailynews.com
It’s the late innings. With Mississippi State down by a run, slugger Reid Humphreys shoots a double in the gap. Bulldogs head coach John Cohen has speedster Mike Smith ready to pinch run and give MSU a better chance to tie the game on a base hit. The problem is, if Cohen goes that route, Humphreys’ big bat is out of the game should it be needed later in the contest.
Cohen faces similar decisions in virtually every game the Bulldogs play. Some might say that’s just the nature of baseball.