Whether it is the fault of the major leagues or the minor leagues, baseball has managed to scare the bejeebers out of minor league baseball teams, the entire Appalachian League among them. News broke late last year that 42 minor league teams were in jeopardy of disappearing in […]
It’s beginning to look like the New York Yankees just plain messed up with Sonny Gray. As the Cincinnati Reds anticipate better days, with some projections having the Reds actually winning the National League Central Division this season, one of the deciding factors behind the optimism is starting […]
A year ago, the question lingered as to whether former Vanderbilt player Mike Yastrzemski would ever make it to the major leagues. Now, he is expected to be the starting center fielder for the San Francisco Giants, and a star for one of baseball’s most tradition-rich teams. So […]
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 […]
With investor John Loar heading an effort to bring Major League Baseball to Nashville, it’s timely to point out that Nashville, believe it or not, once simply said no to an MLB franchise. When Phil Bredesen was mayor of Nashville, he was approached by a big-league baseball team […]
Although he first played professionally in the Venezuela Summer League at age 17, second baseman Jose Altuve, the 2017 American League Most Valuable Player, made his first appearance in the United States in Greeneville, Tenn. Greeneville is one of the best kept secrets of professional baseball in the […]
