Comments on: A Virtual World Series of Pascagoula Champions

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:45:50 +0000

Hanging around Chris (I NEVER called him by Fish), began my love for baseball….my son plays short stop as well…and I must say is good…for an 8 yr. old …He WILL be attending William Carey’s Baseball Camp shortly!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:15:09 +0000

So, does anyone know what ever became of Chris Fishburn? I briefly dated him while he was at Southern, but lost touch…would like to know he’s doing well….was a good kid!

By: McGilla

McGilla — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:13:58 +0000

my email is rkmcgilla@yahoo.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:09:10 +0000

Thank you for your response. Roger and I do go back the the Bulldog days. Roger and I missed each other. I cannot remember, but I think he transferred from a Mississippi school to tech. He was a great friendand guy. The thought of Robert Stallworth brings a smile to my face. He was first class and took good care of the team.

By: mdm

mdm — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:06 +0000

Hey Randy, what a small world. So good to see that you found this site and have provided some interesting reading for those who remember those semi-pro baseball days along the Gulf Coast and more specific, the Jackson County, Ms. area. As you can see, there are many of us on this site that enjoy talking baseball history about the local area. Thanks again for your input on that “title game of ’86″. That was literally the last game in Merchants history as Stallworth hung up his cleats after leading the team for 15 seasons. Congratulations again on your induction into the Alabama HOF….One question, did you and pitcher Roger Parker play at Louisiana Tech together? He played with the Merchants in the 70′s as well correct?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:04:00 +0000

I want to thank you guys for the compliments on my pitching that muggy summer night in 1986. The facts are that Robert Stallworth and Ricky Patterson called me in 1973 (I was at Louisiana Tech) during the summer at 1:00am and asked me if I wanted to pitch in Jackson. I didn’t know anything about the Merchants,but Ricky was my lifelong friend and I didn’t hesitate. I got up and got on the road. Iplayed with the very guys you mentioned (Seaman, JO,Sutherland, Davis, and Moose) I pitched 2 games back to back and went back to Ruston. If you go back and look,I pitched for Robert and Tommy while working at Ingalls and was very confident in the Merchants to kick and kick hard.
The so-called fly in was a good friend that owned a plane and flew me up because I had to work and Ricky gave me two weeks to get in shape. I remember well the games on that day. The Merchants were facing the stud from Faulker. He could blow a fastball,but not a lot of control. I wasworking with him in the bullpen and really wasn’t supposed to pitch. After the first gamethe young lefties from South and the stud from the Sunchiefs weretalking with me in the bullpen and I was telling them about control and pitching in on you guys. I wasstillrunning the ball up at upper 80′s. I toldthem some things and they said “since your so good you go do it and show us” Ricky knew me well enough that I take the challenge. That is why I pitched. They had other pitchers,but there’s more to pitching than just throwing. I pitched to show them that I didn’t talk it. Robert didn’t mind because we had great respect for each other. I have many friends that will tell you that I just wanted to pitch. I pitched in the 30 and over until I was 50 because I was training young pitchers and I always taught what I could do. I apologize for the long story,but I have as many found memories as a Merchant as I did as a Royal. My best to you all. My son told me about this site and mentioned my wife Roxie. I have many friends in P’goula and Kim and Tommy are great. I played against Kim in the minors. You guys have a great day.

Randy McGilberry

By: TheLex

TheLex — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:09:56 +0000

MDM,
Thank you for posting this about my father. I have vague memories of him pitching in the finals in ’86 mostly because I was running around under the bleachers. He has always spoken highly of the Merchants and I believe he actually played for them while in college and right after he got out of pro ball. Pascagoula must have been doing something right because dad married a 1970 graduate of PHS. Thank you again.

Seth McGilberry

By: steve moye

steve moye — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:24:51 +0000

cool stuff great memories from the 83 and 84 seasons

By: MDM

MDM — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:35:10 +0000

Baseball season is fast approaching! Ready to hear the words “Play ball!”

By: travellinbaen

travellinbaen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:05:58 +0000

Man I just wish I had made a better post out of the original one. I was just goofin’ around one night when I did it and should’ve known all the goula baseball guys would eventually find their way here. Thankfully Mike has filled in all kinds of good info and the other commenters have added some nice stories so the thread is worth reading even if the post is pretty much junk.