Nashville Baseball History: From Sulphur Dell to the Sounds

Nashville is a Big League city despite never having been home to a major league team. From the Civil War era to star-studded exhibitions to outstanding Negro Leagues teams to some of the great minor league franchises of all time few cities have as rich a baseball tradition as Nashville Tennessee.Nashville sports historian Bill Traughber who has been writing about baseball for nearly two decades traces that 130+ year history from its beginnings to today. Featuring 32 essays detailed player profiles and stats timelines and seasonal results and more than 80 photos--many of them previously unpublished--Nashville Baseball History: From Sulphur Dell to the Sounds--captures all the local flavor and passion of one of the souths great baseball cities. Featuring...An introduction by Farrell Owens the Sounds first general manager and a key figure in the success and growth of Nashville baseballVisits from all-time greats including Honus Wagner Babe Ruth Joe DiMaggio Jackie Robinson Henry Aaron Reggie Jackson and many moreThe Nashville Vols the classic minor league franchise from the first half of the 20th centuryDecades of African American baseball featuring Nashvilles own Turkey Stearnes a Hall of Famer and Dodgers great Junior Jim Gilliam now a local iconThe Nashville Sounds whose fortunes took off when they became a New York Yankees affiliate with future stars like Don Mattingly Steve Balboni and Willie McGee taking the fieldThe Sounds ongoing success and popularity which continue to grow today in their new home First Tennessee ParkMichael Jordans foray into professional baseball as thrilling to fans as it was briefInterviews with fan favorite Skeeter Barnes Buck Showalter and part-owner and fan extraordinaire Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys