Frontier League Mississippi

Baseball team in Pearl, Mississippi

Mississippi (On Deck 2025)

Information
League| Frontier League (TBA)
Location| Pearl, Mississippi
Ballpark| Trustmark Park
Founded| 2024
Ownership| Joseph Eng
Manager| TBA
Website| https://ondeck2025.com/

The Frontier League Mississippi franchise is an expansion franchise slated to play in the 2025 season.[1] The Frontier League is one of several independent baseball leagues that runs through the United States, and into Canada.

## History

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On September 9th, 2024, the Frontier League announced an expansion franchise to Pearl, Mississippi after the Atlanta Braves Double-A affiliate, the Mississippi Braves, was announced to move to Columbus, Georgia.[2] With the addition of the new franchise, it keeps professional baseball in Pearl for the 20th straight year, following 19 years of the Mississippi Braves.[3]

## Name the team contest

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The team’s placeholder name is “On Deck 2025.” Fans of the new team are currently being given 3 choices for names; the “Mississippi Mud Monsters,” “Mississippi Grits,” and “Mississippi Soul Shakers.”[4][1][5] A name the team contest was held on September 9th, and ended on September 26th.

## Sources

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1. ^ a b "THE FRONTIER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NEWEST EXPANSION TEAM IN MISSISSIPPI". 2024-09-09. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
2. ^ Simmons, Scott (2024-09-09). New baseball team coming to Trustmark Park as M-Braves leave. Retrieved 2024-09-09 - via www.wapt.com.
3. ^ Bowker, Ernest (2024-04-07). "Sports column: Take one last chance to appreciate the M-Braves before they're gone". The Vicksburg Post. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
4. ^ "VOTE - On Deck 2025 - Trustmark Park". ondeck2025.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
5. ^ Gater, Harold. "New Trustmark Park minor league baseball team names proposed. Take our poll". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2024-09-09.