Clemson pays tribute to late Gamecocks radio announcer Tommy Moody
Ahead of Sunday’s Clemson-South Carolina baseball game, the Tigers set the rivalry aside to pay tribute to late Gamecocks radio broadcaster Tommy Moody.
Moody, a former USC baseball player, had worked as South Carolina’s radio color commentator since 2000 before he died unexpectedly on Oct. 17 at the age of 72.
Ahead of Game 2 of the Clemson-USC baseball series, the first at Doug Kingsmore Stadium since Moody’s death, Clemson left a bouquet of roses and a tribute to Moody in the visiting radio press box. Moody had a seat reserved in the booth with a placard that read: “In Loving Memory ... Tommy Moody ... Father, Son, Gamecock.”
USC baseball radio play-by-play broadcast Derek Scott thanked Clemson baseball for the “very nice gesture” in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, adding that “We’re all thinking of Tommy this afternoon.”
Classy gesture by Clemson baseball during rivalry weekend … South Carolina radio crew arrived to find a bouquet of roses and a tribute to the late Tommy Moody, the baseball team’s legendary radio color man who died in October at age 72. Placard reads: “Father, Son, Gamecock” pic.twitter.com/G7b7XyVEb5
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) March 3, 2024
Very nice gesture from @Brian_ClemsonAC & the folks at Doug Kingsmore Stadium today. We’re all thinking of Tommy this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/njCYRMNLC8
— Derek Scott (@DScottGamecocks) March 3, 2024
USC also honored Moody ahead of its 2024 baseball season opener, adding a sign with his name under the press box at Founders Park and inviting his family onto the field for a pregame ceremony.
No. 10 Clemson and No. 19 South Carolina are set for a 2:02 p.m. first pitch Sunday in the second game of their annual Palmetto Series. After Friday’s opener at Founders Park was postponed because of rain, Clemson won the first game, 5-4, in 12 innings on a walk-off home run at Segra Park in Columbia.
The teams decided to play their Saturday (neutral site) and Sunday games as scheduled after Friday’s rain delay and, according to a release, will make up that game at Founders Park later in the season.
