Raymond Johnson spent many years in the sports department at the Nashville Tennessean, the local morning newspaper.He would often revisit the past in his "One Man's Opinion" sports columns. Although he loved all sports, from foo...

Nashville high school baseball goes way back, as far back as there have been school teams, helping to set the foundation of local sports.One of the more exciting years I have read about was in 1956, when a few of the high school teams th...

Nashville's unique baseball charm is evident in its rich history of amateur leagues, some dating back to the 19th Century. These leagues were not just about competition, but also about the whimsical "for the championship of the city" challenges...

To attract fans to Nashville's opening day in 1947, the Nashville Tennessean published a report on the history of Sulphur Dell by J. D. Brown. I read this article in the podcast; it gives a detailed account of when the ballpark was tra...

In 1938, a consolidation of farm clubs between Brooklyn and Nashville was agreed upon at an all-day conference in Cincinnati between Larry MacPhail, the new Dodgers boss, and Nashville owner, Fay Murray.But for the outbreak of World War ...