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Walk-up songs, big cheers and no strikeouts: Miracle Fields offer a new kind of baseball

By Cynthia Abrams

May 7, 2026

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Miracle Fields are a kind of accessible baseball diamond growing in popularity that can accommodate players with disabilities.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Angie Keating, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, baseball, Cedar Hill Park, David Price, McKnight Park, Miracle Fields, Miracle League, Murfreesboro, Stephanie Davis

NashVillager Podcast: Play ball!

By Nina Cardona

August 6, 2025

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Why was Bristol the site of a huge MLB game? Plus, the local news for August 6, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball

Hendersonville’s Chase Burns achieves MLB strikeout milestones, but still seeks first big-league win

By The Associated Press

July 30, 2025

Chase Burns, of Hendersonville, has reached some elite company in his first six starts in the majors. And his next start is likely to be Saturday against the Atlanta Braves in the MLB Speedway Classic at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway, where more than 85,000 tickets have been sold.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, Bristol Motor Speedway, Chase Burns, Major League Baseball

NashVillager Podcast: Rutherford County’s oldest buildings play ball

By Nina Cardona

September 20, 2024

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Can baseball and historic preservation be good neighbors? Plus the local news for September 20, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County

NashVillager Podcast: Oh say, can you sing?

By Nina Cardona

July 22, 2024

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Is a rotating roster of “Star-Spangled Banner” singers a great way to start sports games… or a liability? Plus the local news for July 22, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, music

Tennessee earns first national title in baseball

By The Associated Press

June 25, 2024

The Volunteers become the first No. 1 national seed in the NCAA Tournament to win the title since 1999.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, University of Tennessee

NashVillager Podcast: UT Vols baseball

By Nina Cardona

June 12, 2024

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Will this be the year the Vols win the national title? It hasn’t traditionally been the marquee sport at the University of Tennessee, but baseball has been ascendant for the Vols in recent years. Plus the local news for June 12, 2024 and this week’s What Where WhensDay.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, college sports, College World Series, collegiate sports, University of Tennessee

Nation’s dominant program post-COVID, the Tennessee Vols seeking elusive title

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

June 7, 2024

The Volunteers’ 204 victories and 540 home runs since the start of the 2021 season are the most of any Division I program. They’ve won two SEC regular-season titles and two conference tournament championships.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, University of Tennessee

Out, About: Take me out to the ball game… for dinner?

By Rachel Iacovone

May 3, 2024

Mack Linebaugh’s recent Sounds feature had kept me from mentioning the team again in a NashVillager I wrote, but then I saw, across the field, my answer to how to plug the home team once more: The Band Box.

Filed Under: NashVillager, Out About, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, food, minor league baseball, Nashville Sounds

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