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.
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 […]
According to the Chattanooga police, he was clocked driving 97 mph in a 50-mph speed limit. That was in April of 2013, when Yasiel Puig, a 22-year-old Cuban defector, was a hot prospect for the Los Angeles Dodgers and playing for the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA […]
From a Tennessee Pro Baseball standpoint, the most interesting move among the flurry of deals before the big-league trade deadline was not about a club trying to make the playoffs but about a club with no chance to make the playoffs. Derek Jeter, head of the Miami Marlins, […]
The story in the Class AA Southern League in Tennessee is the same as in the major leagues — lots of home runs, lot of strikeouts and lots of low batting averages. No one seems to mind that mix, and no reason exists to believe it will change […]
Ironically enough, Bryce Harper made the point better than anyone. When Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in early March, after months of negotiations as a free agent, he talked about the significance of longevity in the life of a baseball player and […]
