Mike Morrow is a member of the communications team at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and writes about baseball at tnprobaseball.com. All photos on this site are his own.
Add former University of Tennessee player Rick Honeycutt to the list of people who want to see harsh punishment for those involved in the Astros cheating scandal, including Honeycutt’s belief that Alex Cora should be banned from baseball for life. Honeycutt’s comments were reported by Joseph Dycus in […]
Of all the members of the 2017 Houston Astros, former Vanderbilt player Tony Kemp may have the best excuse of all for his role in what happened in the club’s sign-stealing saga. Kemp just said no. In an Associated Press report, Kemp, who played at Centennial High School […]
It wasn’t clear if any of the media gathered in Dodger Stadium this week to question Mookie Betts and David Price realized the two marquee players were from the same neck of the woods, but there is a distinctive Nashville feel for the team in Dodger Blue these […]
Former University of Tennessee player Yan Gomes, catcher for Washington Nationals, was part of a carefully orchestrated plan to prevent the Houston Astros from stealing signs against National pitchers in preparation for last year’s World Series. According to the Washington Post in a report by Barry Svrluga and […]
Just as the parent Arizona Diamondbacks have climbed into contention for a post-season berth in the major leagues, the Class AA franchise in Jackson continues to show the strength of the organization. The Jackson Generals won the Southern League championship Sunday in Jackson, defeating Biloxi 6-2 in Game […]
Justin Verlander, an astronomy buff, traveled to Nashville on Monday, August 21, 2017 to see the historic total solar eclipse. When he returned to Detroit, he talked to Hall of Famer Al Kaline at Comerica Park, and a feud began that day between Verlander and a Detroit Tigers […]
Dakota Hudson missed seeing a fantastic feat in the St. Louis Cardinals’ game Monday night against Milwaukee — which was sort of unusual since Hudson was the man accomplishing it. If the rookie right-hander is to be believed, he had no idea he had been pitching a no-hitter […]
Mookie Betts will not win the American League Most Valuable Player Award this year, but he is quietly, steadily proving every bit the value to the Boston Red Sox he was one year ago. Betts, a former Overton High School star, is currently leading the major leagues in […]
His very name sounds like that of a Greek god. Aristides Aquino stands 6-4, a lean 220 pounds. Born in the Dominican Republic, he is 25 years old. That makes him something of a prototype of a rising star in baseball, akin to Fernando Tatis Jr., 6-3, 185, […]
He has a 6-6 record. He is on a team struggling in fourth place in its division. Yet former Smyrna High School and Vanderbilt right-hander Sonny Gray has climbed into the list of contenders for the National League Cy Young Award, accordiing to what ESPN.com calls the Awards […]
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