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Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast

Baseball history in Nashville and interviews with local baseball figures as told by Skip Nipper - researcher, author, writer, and historian...

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18:07

Writing and Publishing “Baseball in Nashville”

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/12/09

My book was a labor of love for more than one reason. Dedicated to my father, Virgil Nipper, and supported in a special way by my mother, Dorothy, in this episode I talk about how the concept began and the encouragement I received to bring it to fruition!If you wish to purchase a copy: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9780738543918/?queryID=416187572763b4f03044372473e88094&objectID=9780738543918&insightsIndex=arcadia-publishing_productsWant to stay in touch? Find me her...

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6:42

Nashville Vols Pitcher Bob Kelly Dead at 97

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/12/02

Word has come of the passing of one of Nashville’s best all-time pitchers, Bob Kelly. His obituary begins by saying, “Bob went to the diamond in the sky on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at the age of 97.”Kelly was a dynamic pitcher with the Nashville Vols during two seasons before his career ended in 1958. Kelly led the Southern Association in losses and hits allowed (289) in 1956, but also in games started and strikeouts In 1957, he led the league in wins, complete games, and innings pitched...

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12:33

Who Will Be Nashville’s Ray?

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/11/25

With the possibility of major league baseball coming to Music City, it begs the question: “where would a team play?”A better question is, who’s going to build it?In this episode, I compare special ballparks built in Nashville while looking forward to the next one!Want to stay in touch? Find me here:Twitter: Skip's CornerInstagram: @skipscornerFacebook: Skip NipperEmail me: 262downright@gmail.comAll Skip’s Corner episodes © 2022-2024 by Skip Nipper. All Rights Reserved.Thanks to my podcast pro...

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12:18

Nashville's "Noodles" Hahn

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/11/18

Let me tell you about someone from Nashville, a professional player, a pitcher, and a pretty good one, too. Frank George Hahn pitched for Cincinnati between 1899-1905, and the New York Highlanders in 1906. He pitched in 243 games, made 231 starts, had 212 complete games and pitched 25 shutouts.And he was called “Noodles.”He was born on April 29, 1879, in, can you guess where? Nashville, Tennessee. Hahn acquired his nickname as a child but said that he did not know how he had gotten it - but I...

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10:45

Relocating the Elite Giants

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/11/11

I have been curious about why Tom Wilson moved his ballclub when he did. First, to Cleveland in 1931 (renaming them the Cubs), then back to Nashville that same year, then to Columbus and Detroit and back to Nashville in 1935, Washington, D.C. in 1936 and 1937, before settling in Baltimore beginning in 1938.In this episode, I refer to Bob Luke's excellent book The Baltimore Elite Giants (2009 by John Hopkins University Press) and read portions that explain Wilson's rationale for each move.Mode...

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10:30

Larry Gilbert, Cleveland Indians Manager?

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/11/04

There are many side stories with a Nashville baseball connection. In this episodes, learn about how Boston, Nashville, and Cleveland were connected by a major league team owner who had his eye on a successful minor league manager he wanted to become his manager.Had he achieved his objective, the Nashville Vols’ baseball trajectory might have not been one of Southern Association championships - nor would leadership have likely been of the same quality, either.Listen as I tell about Indians own...

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11:08

Baseball Lessons at King’s Academy

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/10/28

Every once in a while, I am invited to speak to a civic group or in a school classroom about Sulphur Dell and Nashville’s excellent baseball history, including Negro Leagues baseball.When my friends at the Nashville Stars office allowed me an opportunity to speak to kids, I immediately said, “Yes!”Two fourth-grade teachers, Ms. Plemon and Mr. Field at King’s Academy taught their students about Mamie “Peanut” Johnson, one of only three women to play in the Negro Leagues, and the kids wanted to...

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13:21

Sulphur Dell: Going, Going, Gone

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/10/21

In January of 1969, Herschel Greer, vice-president of Vols, Inc., the stock corporation that owned the now-defunct Nashville Vols and the property known as Sulphur Dell, announced the ownership group approved a sale to Frederic Gregg, Jr. Gregg was a financier and owner of Lin Broadcasting Group.According to Greer, Gregg paid $255,000 for the land.On Wednesday, April 17, about 35 people gathered to say goodbye to Sulphur Dell. A little after 2 PM a giant claw was raised at the roof of the gra...

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11:17

Five Hall of Famers in Five Days in 1905

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/10/14

Many Hall of Famers appeared in Nashville at Sulphur Dell or Tom Wilson Park, either in a regular season game, exhibition game, barnstorming game, or as a manager of one of the ball clubs.In this episode, let me take you to 1905 during a five-day period when five Hall of Famers appeared here. You might be surprised at one of them!Want to stay in touch? Find me here:Twitter: Skip's CornerInstagram: @skipscornerFacebook: Skip NipperEmail me: 262downright@gmail.comAll Skip’s Corner episodes © 20...

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15:55

Fisk University Holds a Special Place in Nashville...

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/10/07

An African American a cappella ensemble consisting of students at Fisk University organized in 1871 to tour and raise funds for college. The Fisk Jubilee Singers became famous worldwide.In 1882, a baseball team was formed to become the Fisk University B. B. C. (Base Ball Club), playing other Black college and independent teams.In this episode, learn about the part Fisk Jubilee Hall played in the foundation of Nashville’s baseball history, and four Fisk students, Comer Cox, Halley Harding, Bil...

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16:18

Southpaw Jim O’Toole: Nashville Vol in 1958

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/09/30

Jim O’Toole was a Cincinnati Reds” Bonus Baby” and sent to Nashville for 1958 for his first pro season.The Vols did not have a particularly good year, but the left-hander did. At season's end, he led the AA Southern Association in wins with 20, complete games with 21, 280 innings pitched, and 189 strikeouts.He became a dependable starter in the majors for Cincinnati, and his story is a commendable one. Listen to the Jim O’Toole story!Mike Havey’s SABR biography on Jim O’Toole was used in prep...

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14:21

Reverend Bill Greason: Marine, Pastor, and Ballplayer

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/09/23

I met Bill Greason in October of 2017, when the Friends of Rickwood hosted the inaugural Southern Negro League conference in BIrmingham. He spoke to us in the Rickwood conference room and told his story, then took questions from everyone until it was time for him to return to his home in Birmingham.Before he got up to leave, I asked him if I could have our picture taken together, and he obliged. It’s a photo I won’t forget.He was a man among all men, and in this episode I tell about meeting R...

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19:21

It Happened at Sulphur Dell!

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/09/16

In this episode, I discuss quirky plays, oddities, and noteworthy happenings at Sulphur Dell. Some are historic, while others are just plain funny.Listen to more great history from Nashville’s quirky yet famous ballpark!Want to stay in touch? Find me here:Twitter: Skip's CornerInstagram: @skipscornerFacebook: Skip NipperEmail me: 262downright@gmail.comAll Skip’s Corner episodes © 2022-2024 by Skip Nipper. All Rights Reserved.Thanks to my podcast producer David Nipper, who also wrote and perfo...

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19:37

Sam Narron, Chief of the Bullpen

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/09/09

A few days ago I got a chance to catch up with an old friend in North Carolina. His name is Rooster Narron. I Have known him a long time, but in the not too distant past we took in a few Nashville Sounds games together at Herschel Greer Stadium.Those visits turned into a writing opportunity for me as I learned Rooster’s dad and an important part he played in the history of baseball.I hope you will listen as I recount my biography on his dad!Want to stay in touch? Find me here:Twitter: Skip's ...

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15:22

Nashville Baseball versus Nashville Softball in 1954

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/09/02

Baseball, as we know it, had its foundations in the 1800s, probably around 1835, a few years before the Mills Commission declared that Abner Doubleday drew out the playing field and wrote a few rules in 1939.How did softball start and how did it become so popular?In Nashville, softball leagues once rivaled the number of area baseball leagues, and once there a game was played that drew attention to the difference in the two sports. I tell about that game in this episode!Want to stay in to...

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18:57

Nashville Vols Hall of Fame

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/08/26

Fred Russell, Nashville Banner sportswriter, began a project in 1943 to select a Nashville Vols Hall of Fame. He did not complete the list, but he named a lineup of players through that season and later in 1950.Listen to this episode as I tell about Russell’s choices, then consider helping me complete the Hall of Fame for players through 1962 - I hope you will!Want to stay in touch? Find me here:Twitter: Skip's CornerInstagram: @skipscornerFacebook: Skip NipperEmail me: 262downright@gmail.com...

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12:28

Short Assignment

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/08/19

Sam Smith, president of the South Atlantic League, was at the 1962 Old Timers banquet. Why, might you ask? Because the Southern Association had folded only five days before, and he was wooing Nashville to come to the SALLY League for 1962.Birmingham decided to pull its club over the use of Negroes, and the Detroit Tigers, the Barons major league affiliate, had little choice but to associate with Nashville should the team and league stay in business in 1962.That did not happen, but the Tigers ...

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19:00

Tennessee Vintage Base Ball and 19th Century Baseball...

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/08/12

Today I umpired a game in Tennessee Vintage Baseball at Oaklands Mansion in Murfreesboro between the Stones River Scouts and Phoenix of East Nashville. These teams play the “gentleman’s game” (gentle ladies play these days, too) and it is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.The rules are different from what we may know, and in this episode I tell about the rules of 19th Century base ball (remember, in those days, it as two words, “base” and “ball.”) and how they changed over the...

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15:04

Nashville Sounds to Honor Negro Leagues Star Henry...

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/08/05

Henry Kimbro was a stocky speedster who earned his living slap-hitting baseballs between third base and shortstop or into the outfield gaps. He served as the leadoff hitter for the Baltimore Elite Giants for 13 of his 18 seasons in the Negro Leagues as his 5’ 8”, 175- pound frame could generate quite a punch when he chose.On Saturday, August 10, the Nashville Sounds will honor Henry Kimbro in a special way, a fitting tribute for one of Nashville’s favorite baseball sons!Want to stay in touch?...

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16:51

Baseball Lifer: Nashville Manager Chuck Dressen

Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast ·

2024/07/29

Chuck Dressen stuck by his players and taught them to win. He studied them, and he played situational baseball. In Nashville he won over 200 games in parts of four seasons and led the Vols to a fourth-, third-, and two second-place finishes. He became a well-loved, no nonsense Nashville manager.In this episode you will hear about the career of Chuck Dressen.Want to stay in touch? Find me here:Twitter: Skip's CornerInstagram: @skipscornerFacebook: Skip NipperEmail me: 262downright@gmail....

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