Baseball in Nashville (2007 Arcadia Publishing) by Skip Nipper

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Overview

Nashville’s first professional baseball team was organized in 1885, but the city’s baseball roots can be traced to 1862, as Union soldiers camped along the Cumberland River taught the Northern game to the citizens. The Seraphs, Blues, Tigers, Americans, and Volunteers made their home in Athletic Park, later renamed Sulphur Dell by Grantland Rice during his tenure as a local sportswriter. Including the Negro League Elite Giants and a two-year existence by the Nashville Xpress in the 1990s, Baseball in Nashville traces those roots from the early teams to Herschel Greer Stadium and the Nashville Sounds’ Pacific Coast League Championship in 2005.

About the Author

Skip Nipper has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 2002, serving on SABR’s BioProject, Ballpark, and Minor League committees. He is a member of the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association. In 2002, he began www.sulphurdell.com, highlighting the history of Nashville’s famous old ballpark.

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