Pearl, Mississippi

I Build Things People Want to Be Part Of.

I’m David Kerr. I work in baseball, community, storytelling and whatever problem happens to show up that day.

General Manager of the Mississippi Mud Monsters. Still very willing to wear something ridiculous if the bit requires it.

Trustmark Park · Pearl, Mississippi

Why I care about this stuff

The final score matters. It just isn’t the only thing people take home with them.

Baseball Is Rarely the Whole Thing We’re Selling.

Sometimes it’s a kid getting a foul ball and carrying it around all night. Sometimes it’s a family sitting in the same seats they’ve had for years. Sometimes it’s a random Tuesday nobody expected to remember...and somehow they do.

That’s the part of this business I love.

I’m the General Manager of the Mississippi Mud Monsters at Trustmark Park in Pearl. I helped build the Mud Monsters from the beginning, and now I get to help lead what comes next.

That means baseball, obviously. It also means ticketing, partnerships, marketing, promotions, storytelling, operations, staff leadership, community relationships and, because this is minor league baseball, whatever problem happens to show up that day.

A Few Things I Believe

A logo on a sign is not a relationship.

Fun and high standards are not opposites.

The little thing everyone else walks past is usually worth noticing.

A place starts to matter when people feel like some piece of it belongs to them.

David Kerr speaking at a Pearl Chamber of Commerce event

Right now

From Building It to Leading It.

I joined the Mississippi Mud Monsters as Assistant General Manager before the club played its first game. In September 2026, I was named General Manager.

I don’t think today is really about a new title for me. It’s about what we have the opportunity to build here.

The title changed. The approach really didn’t. Care about the details. Take care of people. Listen. Try things. Fix what breaks. Make the place matter.

fan experience storytelling partnerships marketing operations community year-round events

Read the GM announcement

Also... Baseball Should Be Fun.

Serious professional baseball and something considerably less serious can happen a few feet apart. I’m a big believer in that.

David Kerr on the field wearing a large inflatable ring and holding a microphone — This is also baseball.

David Kerr in a hot dog shirt during a Mud Monsters game — The job description has some range.

I like the part where a professional baseball game can be completely serious and completely ridiculous in the same five minutes.

Yes, that is a hot dog shirt. No, I am not going to explain it here.

The road here

None of This Was the Plan.

My baseball career started with the Arkansas Travelers in 2006. There was also nearly a decade when I wasn’t working in baseball. For a long time, I thought that meant I had failed. I don’t anymore.

Chapter one

I Thought Baseball Was the Dream.

I interned with the Arkansas Travelers in 2006. I loved the rhythm of the place, the people, the weirdness, the way a random Tuesday could suddenly matter.

Arkansas Travelers · 2006

Chapter two

Then I Spent Years Doing Other Things.

Coffee shops. Restaurants. Telecom. Sales. Training. Hiring. Managing people. For a long time I treated those years like the detour. They weren’t.

A lot of other life · 2006-2014

Chapter three

I Came Back Different.

Gary. The Mississippi Braves. Then the Mud Monsters. I came back to baseball knowing a lot more about how people want to be treated, how teams work, and why a place can mean something.

RailCats · Braves · Mud Monsters

I’ve learned that I really like the parts of the job that require you to notice things. Notice what a fan needs before they ask. Notice when a partner wants something more meaningful than a logo on a sign. Notice the employee who needs encouragement. Notice the little detail everyone else might walk past.

Those things add up.

David Kerr and Holly together at a ballpark

The best part of most of my stories.

Not just the job

I Love Baseball. I Love Really Good Food. I Love Places With Stories.

I grew up in Ohio. Arkansas became part of me. Somewhere along the way, Mississippi became home.

I also married someone way more normal than me. Holly has somehow continued agreeing to the next adventure. Thank goodness she chose me.

For me, the work and the rest of life overlap in a pretty simple way: people matter, places matter, and the little stories usually end up being the big ones.

Things I’ve Helped Build.

Not a résumé. Not a list of competencies. Just a few things where the work, the weird ideas and the reason behind them all came together.

Baseball + place

Mississippi Mud Monsters

A professional baseball organization built to feel like it belongs here, not like it was dropped into Mississippi from somewhere else.

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Year-round ballpark

Trustmark Park in July and December.

Baseball matters. So does turning the same place into lights, ice, Christmas, events, gatherings and reasons to come back when nobody is keeping score.

The Southern Lights and beyond.

Brand + storytelling

Giving the Monster Meaning.

Identity, voice, uniforms, promotions, digital content and all the little decisions that help a new thing feel like it belongs somewhere.

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Have Something Interesting to Build?

Baseball, community, events, storytelling, food, or an idea that sounds a little ridiculous but might actually work...I’m usually interested.

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I Build Things People Want to Be Part Of.

Baseball Is Rarely the Whole Thing We’re Selling.

From Building It to Leading It.

Also... Baseball Should Be Fun.

None of This Was the Plan.

I Thought Baseball Was the Dream.

Then I Spent Years Doing Other Things.

I Came Back Different.

Things I’ve Helped Build.

Mississippi Mud Monsters

Trustmark Park in July and December.

Giving the Monster Meaning.

What I’m Talking About.

Have Something Interesting to Build?