All Ron Polk did in Mississippi was make college baseball matter

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This was back in December of 1975. Ron Polk, who was 31, had just been hired from Georgia Southern as the baseball coach at Mississippi State for a salary of $15,000 a year. Tap to read the article by Rick Cleveland of Mississippi Today.

All Ron Polk did in Mississippi was make college baseball matter

This was back in December of 1975. Ron Polk, who was 31, had just been hired from Georgia Southern as the baseball coach at Mississippi State for a salary of $15,000 a year. A month before, Clarion Ledger published news of Polk’s hiring in a three paragraph story on page 4 of the sports section.