Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

SIAC holds football media day

          Fort Valley State’s love was only so-so as far as where the Wildcats are expected to finish and how many preseason all-conference players they have.

          In The Latest Coverage.

Breaking news: QBs-turned-analysts think Jake Fromm is pretty good

          Jesse Palmer and Trent Dilfer share the shocker at Sports Illustrated in a general QBs discussion. And yet, there continues to be some hints of a sort of dismissiveness, for lack of a better word. “He’s not overly talented, not that he lacks talent.” OK.

Braves Report

Soroka in the All-Star game? No prob

AL nips the NL

 Fun with Freddie

 Acuna had fun

Will juiced balls help the Braves?

Around/About Central Georgia

MGSU’s Rookard moving on

          M.J. Rookard has been playing upper-level baseball at Middle Georgia State and for the Macon Bacon in the Coastal Plain League, and it’s paid off.

          Rookard has signed with the Gary (Ind.) Southshore Railcats of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

          The AAIPB, founded in 2005, has teams in the Midwest, Southwest, and Canada, while league offices are in Durham, N.C.

          Rookard led the Coastal with a .382 average and 39 hits, was second in runs, fourth in on-base percentage, and seventh in total bases.

MGSU loses pitching coach

          After three successful seasons, Middle Georgia State pitching coach John Jeanes is moving up, but not too far away.

          Jeanes has taken the same position at USC Aiken, a member of the Division II Peach Belt Conference and rival of Georgia College.

Around/About Georgia

A sitdown with Hawks GM Schlenk

UGA hoops opens with WCU, face Memphis

Georgia Southern football game day info updated

Qs and As on the Falcons

Atlanta and the supplemental draft

Dream need some momentum