The Nashville Sounds are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Nashville,Tennessee,and are named for the city's association with the music industry,specifically the "Nashville sound",a subgenre of country music which originated in the city and became popular in the mid-1950s. The team plays their home games at First Horizon Park,which opened in 2015 on the site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark. The Sounds previously played at Herschel Greer Stadium from its opening in 1978 until the end of the 2014 season. They are the oldest active professional sports franchise in Nashville.
Henry Grantland Rice was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
Sulphur Dell,formerly known as Sulphur Spring Park and Athletic Park,was a baseball park in Nashville,Tennessee,United States. It was located just north of the Tennessee State Capitol building in the block bounded by modern-day Jackson Street,Fourth Avenue North,Harrison Street,and Fifth Avenue North. The ballpark was home to the city's minor league baseball teams from 1885 to 1963. The facility was demolished in 1969.
Herschel Greer Stadium was a Minor League Baseball park in Nashville,Tennessee,on the grounds of Fort Negley,an American Civil War fortification,approximately two mi (3.2 km) south of the city's downtown district. The facility closed at the end of the 2014 baseball season and remained deserted for over four years until its demolition in 2019. Following an archaeological survey,the land is expected to be reincorporated into Fort Negley Park.
The Southern Association' (SA) was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1901 through 1961. For most of its existence,the Southern Association was two steps below the Major Leagues;it was graded Class B (1901),Class A (1902–1935),Class A1 (1936–1945),and Double-A (1946–1961). Although the SA was known as the Southern League through 1919,the later Double-A Southern League was not descended from the Southern Association;the modern SL came into existence in 1964 as the successor to the original South Atlantic ("Sally") League.
The Nashville Vols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville,Tennessee,from 1901 to 1963. Known as the Nashville Baseball Club during their first seven seasons,they became the Nashville Volunteers in 1908 in reference to Tennessee's nickname,"The Volunteer State". The Vols played their home games at Athletic Park,which had been home to the city's professional baseball teams since 1885 and was renamed Sulphur Dell in 1908.
Larry Schmittou is an American entrepreneur and former baseball executive and coach. He owns S&S Family Entertainment LLC,which operates a chain of bowling centers in Tennessee,Kentucky,Ohio,and Indiana.
Charles Vedder Sitton,also known as Carl,C. V. and Vet Sitton,was a baseball player and coach. He attended Clemson College,where he also played football,and later coached baseball for the Tigers.
The Nashville Vols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville,Tennessee,from 1901 to 1963. They were established as charter members of the Southern Association (SA) in 1901. Known as the Nashville Baseball Club during their first seven seasons,they became the Nashville Volunteers in 1908. Nashville remained in the Southern Association until the circuit disbanded after the 1961 season. The team sat out the 1962 campaign but returned for a final season in the South Atlantic League (SAL) in 1963 before ceasing operations altogether. Over 62 seasons,the Vols played 9,015 regular-season games and compiled a win–loss record of 4,569–4,446 (.507). They qualified for postseason playoffs on 16 occasions in which they had a record of 108–74–1 (.593). Combining all 9,198 regular-season and postseason games,Nashville's all-time record was 4,677–4,520–1 (.509).
The Dixie Series was an interleague postseason series between the playoff champions of Minor League Baseball's Southern Association (SA) and Texas League (TL). The best-of-seven series was held at the conclusion of each season from 1920 to 1958,with the exception of 1943 to 1945 due to World War II. It was revived by the Dixie Association for one year in 1967,pitting the Texas League champion against the Southern League (SL) champion.
The 1908 Nashville vs. New Orleans baseball game dubbed by Grantland Rice "The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie" was a 1–0 pitching duel to decide the Southern Association championship in the dead-ball era,on the last day of the season. The Nashville Vols won the game and thus the pennant by .002 percentage points,after finishing the prior season in last place. Both teams had the same number of losses (56),but the New Orleans Pelicans were in first place with 76 wins to the Vols' second-place 74. Carl Sitton used his spitball to out-pitch Ted Breitenstein for a complete-game,nine-strikeout,four-hit,shutout. According to one account,"By one run,by one point,Nashville has won the Southern League pennant,nosing New Orleans out literally by an eyelash. Saturday's game,which was the deciding one,between Nashville and New Orleans was the greatest exhibition of the national game ever seen in the south and the finish in the league race probably sets a record in baseball history".
The Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team was established in Nashville,Tennessee,in 1978,after Larry Schmittou and a group of investors purchased the rights to operate an expansion franchise of the Double-A Southern League. The Sounds played their home games at Herschel Greer Stadium from its opening in 1978 until the end of the 2014 season. In 2015,the Sounds left Greer for First Tennessee Park,now known as First Horizon Park,a new facility located on the site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark,home to Nashville's minor league teams from 1885 to 1963.
The 1908 Nashville Vols season was the 15th season of minor league baseball in Nashville,Tennessee,and the Nashville Vols' 8th season in the Southern Association. The Vols finished the previous season in last place,but this year won the league pennant,by defeating he New Orleans Pelicans 1-0 on the last day of the season in a game dubbed by Grantland Rice "The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie."
The 1901 Nashville Baseball Club season was the 8th season of minor league baseball in Nashville,Tennessee,and the Nashville Baseball Club's 1st season in the Southern Association. The board of directors awarded the league pennant to Nashville over Little Rock. In 1901,the Southern Association was formed to fill the void left by the folding of the original Southern League. The team was managed by Newt Fisher. The team featured Ed Abbaticchio,Snapper Kennedy,Tom Parrott and War Sanders. Abbatichio led the league in runs.
William Grimm Hirsig was an automobile dealer in Nashville,Tennessee,a partner of J. B. Deeds in the firm Deeds &Hirsig. He was once president of the Nashville Vols baseball team. He was also a member of the county workhouse board.
The Memphis Chicks were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Southern Association from 1901 to 1960. They were located in Memphis,Tennessee,and played their home games at Russwood Park. Known originally as the Memphis Egyptians and Memphis Turtles before becoming the Memphis Chickasaws,often shortened to Chicks,they were charter members of the Southern Association.
Nashville,Tennessee,has hosted Minor League Baseball (MiLB) teams since the late 19th century but has never been home to a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. The city's professional baseball history dates back to 1884 with the formation of the Nashville Americans,who were charter members of the original Southern League in 1885 and played their home games at Sulphur Spring Park,later renamed Athletic Park and Sulphur Dell. This ballpark was the home of Nashville's minor league teams through 1963. Of the numerous clubs to play there,the best-known and longest-operating was the Nashville Vols,who competed from 1901 to 1963,primarily in the Southern Association.
