Scott Berry remembers it well, his first trip to Hattiesburg.
He was in his second season as a volunteer assistant coach at Southwest Missouri State – where he had also served as both a student assistant and a grad assistant – and on the verge of total disenchantment. A 27-year-old starting to wonder whether a career in baseball was still in the cards.
“It didn’t look like things were going to happen for me,” he said.
Then, on March 27, 1990, Berry had his first encounter with Southern Miss. Southwest Missouri State came to town and beat the Golden Eagles 11-9.