Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast

When Nashville needed a new manager for 1960, they called on hometown favorite, Jim Turner. Hear how I met him in 1993 at Greer Stadium and listend to him describe how the game of baseball should be played, and who would not make it to the majors. Want to stay in touch? Find me here: X: mrsulphurdell Instagram: @ nashville_baseball Facebook: Skip Nipper Email me: 262downright@gmail.com All Skip’s...

When I published my list of the top ten people in Nashville baseball history in 2019 on baseballinnashville.com, it was to honor those who have been most influential for the game in Nashville's long and illustrious past. Three years later, I stand by my choices; I studied as many people as possible, beginning with baseball influencers from nearly 160 years ago. In this episode, I tell how I a...

When I heard from Irene Thoren Speece in an email describing her experiences of seeing her father play at Nashville's Sulphur Dell, I had to give her a call. I did not record it, but she told me all about submarine pitcher, Byron Speece, and followed up with a personal letter that I treasure to this day. Listen to my description of our correspondence... Want to stay in touch? Find me here: X:...

Exactly 15 years after stepping on the field in Brooklyn to break MLB's segregaton barrier, Jackie Robinson appeared in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium. In between, he appeared as a player, too, and you can learn about his visits by listening in! Want to stay in touch? Find me here: X: mrsulphurdell Instagram: @ nashville_baseball Facebook: Skip Nipper Email me: 262downright@gmail.com All S...

1961 marked the end of the storied Southern Association, and Nashville was one of only two teams to be a member in its entirety. Today I cover the causes which ended the Southern Association, Atlanta's experiment to integrate the team in 1954, and Nashville's attempt to resurrect its Vols franchise. Won't you listen in? Want to stay in touch? Find me here: X: mrsulphurdell Instagram...

Sulphur Dell hosted many major league teams over the years, and the Yankees were one of them. In 1942, the New York club visited Nashville for not one, but two exhibtion games against the Nashville Vols. Listen in on the summaries of the games, and more! Want to stay in touch? Find me here: X: mrsulphurdell Instagram: @ nashville_baseball Facebook: Skip Nipper Email me: 262downright@gmail.com All...

Baseball has been in my blood since the early 1920's when my grandfather, Jack Waddell, worked in the sporting goods department at Gray & Dudley Hardware in Nashville.  Virgil Nipper, my dad, played three sports at North High School in the 1940s; he mentored my brother, Jim, and me through our youth into early adulthood. His great love for baseball pushed me to learn the game, study it, a...