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16:55

New Life, or Near Death? The 1955 Nashville Vols

10:45

Stearnes and Kimbro: Major Leaguers at Last

13:35

Nashville’s Knuckleballers

9:28

19th Century Nashville Maroons

12:17

1914 Chinese Baseball Team at Vandy

11:13

Where Was Tom Wilson Park?

Tom Wilson built a ballpark for his Nashville Elite Giants and opened it in time for the 1929 Negro Southern League season. It became an venue for not only baseball, but family gatherings, festivals, and all sorts of events for all people, Black or White.
In this episode, I give background about Tom Wilson's life, including when he demolished his ballpark and built the Paradise Ballroom to his passing in 1947.
Listen as I give you the precise location of Tom Wilson Park!
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All Skip’s Corner episodes © 2022-2024 by Skip Nipper. All Rights Reserved.
Thanks to my podcast producer David Nipper (tinyurl.com/ypsvca7m) , who also wrote and performs the background music, "Sulphur Dell Sunset" © 2017 Black Train Records. All Rights Reserved.
Thanks for listening!

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16:55

Hometown Great Bobby Tillman

มุมมอง 2814 วันที่ผ่านมา

I want to tell you about a great baseball player who came out of the ranks of the Nashville Interscholastic League and made his way to the major leagues for nine seasons and had about as much talent as anyone who came out of Nashville. That player was Bobby Tillman, a 6’4” right-hander, signed out of Middle Tennessee State College by Red Sox scout, George Digby in 1958. Tillman passed away on J...

New Life, or Near Death? The 1955 Nashville Vols

10:45

New Life, or Near Death? The 1955 Nashville Vols

มุมมอง 8014 วันที่ผ่านมา

Even though the Nashville franchise would exist until the demise of the Southern Association after the 1961 season, the handwriting was on the wall. The excitement of a new era of Nashville baseball possibly being ushered in for 1955 seemed fleeting, even with a new Vols/Reds affiliation. Were the opening-day rainouts the precursor to the last years of a storied franchise? Want to stay in touch...

Stearnes and Kimbro: Major Leaguers at Last

13:35

Stearnes and Kimbro: Major Leaguers at Last

มุมมอง 7414 วันที่ผ่านมา

Negro Leaguers statistics for past years have been elevated equal to that of Major League players. Not all years, but in particular, seven leagues for various seasons. No easy task for researchers and historians who have been working on this project, it now brings to light the on-the-field efforts of many Black baseball players, as the stats now change leaderboards in many categories. Two nativ...

9:28

Nashville’s Knuckleballers

มุมมอง 10214 วันที่ผ่านมา

This week I wondered about the number of knuckleball pitchers with a Nashville connection. I have seen videos of thrown knuckleballs with little or no rotation, haven’t you? Besides kids in your neighborhood, or having a catch in Little League practice, how many of them were thrown by someone with a connection to Music City? In this episode, I tell about ballplayers who called knuckleballs thei...

12:17

19th Century Nashville Maroons

มุมมอง 214 วันที่ผ่านมา

Once the Civil War was over, local teams began to flourish in Nashville. These base ball clubs formed the foundation of future teams in the late 19th Century, including the non-professional Nashville Maroons. One of the claims for the earliest teams included a long-time battery, Robert "Lefty" Corbitt and Ed Mrzena, in 1891. I have the photograph that shows both men, along with teammates. Fast-...

11:13

1914 Chinese Baseball Team at Vandy

มุมมอง 214 วันที่ผ่านมา

Today’s subject is the Chinese University of Hawai‘i and its baseball team - in 1914. I am sure you are wondering what this team has to do with Nashville, and I know you know I always talk about Nashville’s baseball connections. There is one. Vandy’s 1914 baseball schedule listed May 18 and 19 against the “Chinese Team of Hawaii.” Wait a minute. Did I read, that right, “Chinese Team of Hawaii? ...

Nashville's Outfield Artist: Julius "Doc" Wiseman

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Nashville's Outfield Artist: Julius "Doc" Wiseman

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In a rare occurrence, the pennant-deciding game between Nashville and New Orleans on the last day of the 1908 season was halted in the middle of the seventh inning for a ceremony to honor Nashville’s most popular player: Doc Wiseman. He was awarded a gold pocket watch for eight years playing with the local team. It was inscribed with the following: “Presented to Julius A. Wiseman for Efficient ...

18:26

Revisiting Sulphur Dell

มุมมอง 1314 วันที่ผ่านมา

Sulphur Dell was not just a baseball venue. Concerts by Tex Ritter, Jackie Wilson, and James Brown were held at what was Nashville's event center. Dick Clark’s Cavalcade of Stars, Esther Williams’ Water Follies, and the Shrine Circus drew large crowds, and barn-storming baseball exhibitions were held at the memorable ballpark before its demise. In the episode, I tell how the ballpark became Nas...

1966 Nashville Babe Ruth League Memories

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1966 Nashville Babe Ruth League Memories

มุมมอง 214 วันที่ผ่านมา

I wrote a story this past week about Jeff Peeples, one of the most dominating athletes ever from Nashville. If you would like to read it, you can find it at baseballinnashville.com. In writing that story it brought back memories I have of playing as a 15-year-old in the Nashville Babe Ruth League. Today, I can look back on that season as a special one. It was satisfying to have so many great te...

9:22

Baseball Slugfests for the Record Book

มุมมอง 214 วันที่ผ่านมา

In what must be one of baseball’s most productive offensive games ever in Sulphur Dell, Chattanooga outlasted Nashville, 24-17, in the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday, June 12, 1946. Nashville won the first game that day by a score of 4-3, but the nightcap was one for the record books. Listen as I tell about this and other high-scoring games in the 1940’s, some of them for the Southe...

Off-season Jobs for the 1952 Nashville Vols

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Off-season Jobs for the 1952 Nashville Vols

มุมมอง 214 วันที่ผ่านมา

Have you ever wondered what ballplayers did during the off-season back in the day when salaries were not exorbitant like they are now? What did Nashville Vols do in the offseason? In this episode, hear how players would be spending their winter once the 1952 Southern Association season ended! Want to stay in touch? Find me here: Twitter: Skip's Corner ( skipcorner) Instagram: @skipsc...

Was Hugh Hill’s .416 in 1902 Legitimate, or Not?

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Was Hugh Hill’s .416 in 1902 Legitimate, or Not?

มุมมอง 314 วันที่ผ่านมา

Hugh Hill was born on July 21, 1879, in Ringgold, Georgia, and signed with Newt Fisher’s 1901 Nashville baseball club in the inaugural season of the Southern Association. As a pitcher, he won six games while losing five, playing in 51 games because he was also an outfielder. The ball club won the pennant that season, and when 1902 rolled around, Fisher had Hill on his ball club for another year...

8:35

Baseball on April 1st

14 วันที่ผ่านมา

Today, April 1st, marks a day of notoriety all its own. I have heard of pranks on April Fool’s Day that run the gamut, and if you have had fun with it, been the butt of a joke, or if you have made a family member mad, it is a fun day in most cases. Unless it is taken to an extreme, which I do not forgive. Some are funny. Others? Not so much. Baseball has a history on April 1, too, from games to...

Destination Cooperstown: Another Trip of a Lifetime

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Destination Cooperstown: Another Trip of a Lifetime

14 วันที่ผ่านมา

It was going to be the trip of a lifetime, and boy, was I excited about it. For most of my life, I had dreamed of visiting Cooperstown, and finally, it was going to happen. In this episode, I tell about a special visit that rivals two spring training trips, MLB World Series and All-Star games, and the birth of all four of my children. Well, maybe not the last part. But it I will cherish my firs...