The Nashville Sounds’ pitcher who prompted a rule change when he broke into professional baseball has finally made it to the major leagues.
A Switch Pitcher? The Nashville Sounds Have One, And His 6-Fingered Glove Is Awesome
Listen On a hazy spring afternoon in Nashville, pitcher Pat Venditte bounds up the dugout steps as pre-game music fills the Sounds’ new ballpark. The 29-year-old takes the field wearing a gray t-shirt, black shorts and a strange-looking glove. “If I have it on this hand as a lefty, this side of the glove is […]
Meet The Unlikely ‘Rock Star’ Of Radnor Lake’s New Aviary
Listen Okay, let’s admit it. The vulture has an image problem. Around here, we call them buzzards and mostly spot them flying over or feasting on road kill. But where we see a hallmark of death, the Rangers at Radnor Lake State Natural Area see a bird that’s an important part of the ecosystem and […]
Originally A Skeptic, Predators CEO Embraces Change To Gold Color Scheme
Listen The Predators’ season is on the line Thursday night with a do-or-die playoff game against the Chicago Blackhawks. So far, this has been one of the most successful seasons in franchise history, particularly in terms of fan support. Team management gives at least some of the credit to a tweak in the team colors. With […]
Baseball Returns to Nashville’s Sulphur Dell — Without That 22-Foot Hill In Right Field
Listen Right field at the Nashville Sounds’ new ballpark will feature a guitar-shaped scoreboard, a state-of-the-art field drainage system and an outdoor sports bar. But Nashville baseball historian Skip Nipper says it won’t include one of the quirkiest parts of the old ballpark at Sulphur Dell: a quickly-rising slope in right field. “You had a […]
After Slow Finish To The Regular Season, Predators Hope For Spark in Playoffs
Listen The Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks both limped across the finish line of the regular season like a pair of long distance runners who’d hit the wall. But tonight both teams hope to be re-energized by the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Game 1 of the Predators’ opening round series is tonight […]
Facing Big League Competition, Goodlettsville Bat Company Makes Its Mark
Listen As hitters step up to the plate today to take their first swings of the new baseball season, more and more big leaguers are doing so with a bat that was made in Middle Tennessee. Old Hickory, which began in a one-car garage in the late 1990s, now operates out of a spacious factory […]
Mayor: New Sounds Stadium Still A Good Investment, Even At $10M Over Budget
If Mayor Karl Dean had known years ago the Nashville Sounds’ new ballpark would end up costing $75 million dollars, would he have moved forward with the plan? “Definitely,” Dean says, repeating the word for emphasis. Team officials point to extra environmental cleanup, winter weather and rising construction costs as the culprits for the latest […]
Mayor: New Sounds Stadium Still A Good Investment, Even At $10M Over Budget
If Mayor Karl Dean had known years ago the Nashville Sounds’ new ballpark would end up costing $75 million dollars, would he have moved forward with the plan? “Definitely,” Dean says, repeating the word for emphasis. Team officials point to extra environmental cleanup, winter weather and rising construction costs as the culprits for the latest […]
Prolonged February Cold Snap: Bad For Livestock, Good for Peaches
Temperatures are not expected to drop below freezing again until late Wednesday, and that’s a good thing for Middle Tennessee farmers. DeWayne Perry, who just retired after 40 years with the Williamson County agriculture extension, says the last two weeks of February were a stressful time, as farmers tried to keep a steady water supply […]
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