It has been named the "#1 place to watch college baseball", and among the "100 things you gotta do before you graduate" by Sports Illustrated.
[1] The author John Grisham, alumnus of Mississippi State and fan of MSU college baseball wrote an introduction about his time at MSU and in the Left Field Lounge in his book Inside Dudy Noble: A Celebration of Mississippi State Baseball, he.
[2] The Left Field Lounge started in the 1960s with fans driving cars and trucks into the area to watch a game.
Russ Rogers, a Starkville native, was the first to drive a pickup in to the left field and set up shop.
[citation needed] In 2007 versus the Clemson Tigers, MSU had the NCAA's top two all-time highest attended Super Regional games with 12,620 and 13,715 fans.