Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast

In this episode, I tell about a special group of Nashville baseball fans and give special tribute to one of them. In 2003 Oktoberfest in Germantown, I first met Pete Mason who shared a special story that occurred at Sulphur Dell. Pete recently passed away, and I want to honor his memory as a way to express my appreciate his special friendship. I hope you will listen! Want to stay i

When asked how I feel about MLB coming to Nashville, I do not hesitate to answer, and in this episode you will hear me tell what my stance is. Controversial? No, not when many share the same feelings I do. Taking a stand, having an opinion, and making a stance are necessary to hold true to one’s feelings. I hope you will listen to mine! Want to stay in touch? Find me here: Twitte

i hope you enjoyed hearing Mark Aubrey in Part One, because we continue talking about Knoxville baseball, the Negro Southern League, and University of Tennessee baseball in Part Two! Mark has researching skills like few others, and you can learn more by visiting his websites http://oldknoxvillebaseball.blogspot.com/ and https://bbsas.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Want to stay in tou

Mark Aubrey is a distinguished Negro Leagues researcher from Seymour, Tennessee, near Knoxville. His focus has been on the 1920 Negro Southern League and the history of the Knoxville Giants. You will enjoy listening to Mark and his passion for research - and his penchant for sharing his findings. Just wait for Part Two, when we go deeper into Mark’s passion for research, and even

Listen to this episode with TrapperHaskins as he tells about the influence of his father and family, and how he became one of the founders of the Tennessee Vintage Base Ball Association. Trapper is a passionate author, musician, carpenter, and vintage ballistic, and you will enjoy hearing his story! Thanks for listening! Want to stay in touch? Find me here: Twitter: Skip's Corner I

In 2000, Trapper Haskins moved to Maine with his wife, Mandy, where he undertook a two-year apprenticeship learning traditional wooden boatbuilding in Rockland. Once finished, they took the rowboat they built, Oxbow, 2,300 miles down the Mississippi River. Haskins wrote about the experience in a memoir titled Crooked Old River, released in 2024. A lover of vintage things, he was a

In Part Two of our talk, author Keith Wood continues discussing the Memphis Red Sox with me. His work brings out the financially-stable Martin brothers, the location of Martin Park, and how politics shaped Negro League baseball in Memphis. I hope you will listen as Keith takes us through a time of both turmoil and stability but also gives us a glimpse of how things were when pride

Keith Wood landed a position in the Memphis City School District at Sheffield High after college. He moved to Millington Central High School in northwest Shelby County while completing his master's in history at the University of Memphis. Currently teaching at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, that role allowed returning to grad school and completing a history doctorate. W

In 1949, Bob Borkowski batted .376 in 138 games with the Nashville Vols to win the Double-A Southern Association batting title. On July 23, teammate Carl Sawatski was leading the team in batting with a .379 average, with Babe Barna hitting at a .371 clip to for second place for the Vols. Borkowski was third with a .365 average, but at season’s end, had passed both Barna and Sawat

We were fortunate to have New York Yankees great Don Mattingly as our guest speaker on January 19. Like Harmon Killebrew many years ago, he was a terrific guest speaker. The only difference was that Killebrew stood behind a podium and delivered an eloquent speech, and Mattingly preferred a Q&A interview style. And, as luck would have it, I was asked by our president, Tony Ranki