About the Mississippi Mud Monsters
Baseball Lives Here. It Just Got a Little Weirder.
There’s baseball... and then there’s swamp baseball.
The Mississippi Mud Monsters are a professional baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, competing in the Frontier League as a member of the West Division in the Midwest Conference. We officially joined the league as an expansion team ahead of the 2025 season — but make no mistake: we’ve been stirring the waters here for a while.
Our home is Trustmark Park, an 8,480-seat stadium that once housed the Mississippi Braves of the Southern League. For 20 seasons, professional baseball thrived in Pearl. And now, with the arrival of the Mud Monsters, that streak continues into its 21st straight year — just with a few more teeth, scales (okay, whiskers — catfish don’t have scales), and weird little surprises hiding around every corner.
Our Story
It all started on September 9, 2024.
That’s when the Frontier League announced that Pearl would be getting an expansion franchise, right after the Atlanta Braves’ Double-A affiliate revealed they’d be relocating to Columbus, Georgia. The timing could’ve felt like a goodbye — instead, it became a chance to say what if?
From day one, this team was built for Pearl. Led by owner Joseph Eng, General Manager Andrew Seymour, and Assistant GM David Kerr, the Mud Monsters were created to be more than just a replacement — we wanted to be a reinvention.
At first, we were known only as “On Deck 2025,” a placeholder name while we invited fans to shape our identity. Between September 9 and September 26, 2024, over 5,600 people voted in our “Name the Team” contest. The final choices? Mississippi Mud Monsters. Mississippi Grits. Mississippi Soul Shakers.
On September 27, the people spoke. And the swamp answered.
The Mississippi Mud Monsters were officially born.
Our name, our colors (teal and aquamarine), and our logo — revealed October 10, 2024 — weren’t just design decisions. They were declarations. This was going to be something different. Something campy. Something fun. Something ours.
Our Ballpark
Trustmark Park
Pearl, Mississippi
Capacity: 8,480 people... and one suspicious ripple in the outfield pond.
Trustmark Park has been the beating heart of baseball in Central Mississippi since 2005. Now, it’s the Monster’s lair. We’ve freshened things up — new signage, new paint, new life — but we kept what matters: that unmistakable summertime feeling when the lights flicker on and something magical fills the air.
And now, thanks to a few tweaks (like no more paid parking), it’s easier than ever to make a night at the ballpark feel like home — even if that home includes the occasional monster sighting.
Our Culture
We believe baseball should be:
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Unapologetically fun
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A little weird
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Wildly welcoming
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And deeply rooted in the places we call home
This is baseball that belongs to everyone. Whether you’re a lifelong local or just passing through, we want you to feel like you’re part of something special — like you’ve stumbled into the kind of summer night you’ll still be talking about years from now.
We’re not trying to copy the big leagues. We’re trying to create something you can’t find anywhere else. This is swamp-built, Mississippi-made magic. And we’re just getting started.
Meet Fish
Mascot. Swamp dweller. Local cryptid. Best left slightly unexplained.
Fish is the spirit of the Mud Monsters — strange, slippery, full of attitude, and oddly loveable. He might show up in the stands, on the concourse, or in your nightmares (in a good way). Nobody knows exactly where he came from... and honestly, nobody really wants to ask.
He’s here. He’s ours. And he’s ready to make Pearl weird again.
Still Curious?
Then you’re one of us already.
Pull up a seat. Grab a souvenir. Eat something on a stick you probably shouldn’t. And keep one eye on the field… and one eye on the swamp.
The Mississippi Mud Monsters are here. And we’ve got a ballgame to play.