Nashville Sounds

When I started OutKick in 2011, I felt like I was a minor league sports media person.

I had made it up to AAA, and I remember going to watch the Nashville Sounds play as I was trying to decide what I was going to do with my career.

I had a couple of young kids.

I was trying to decide, what should I do? Should I start outkick? Should I potentially just go back to practicing law full-time? which is a pretty good way to make a living and far less risky than doing this.

And ultimately, I decided to start Outkick.

And I remember being there at AAA, watching the Nashville Sounds play.

This would have been in the summer, late spring, early summer of 2011.

And I just remember feeling like I was a AAA minor leaguer, right? You're really close to the major leagues.

The moment when I knew I was gonna do it, so I got fired in January of '11, launched in July.

I remember about May of 2011, I was at a triple A baseball stadium, Nashville Sounds, uh, and I was sitting there in Greer Stadium, and I remember seeing a guy was drunk down on the front row just heckling the heck out of the minor leaguers.

And I remember sitting there conscious, I felt like I was a triple A player at that point in time.

And for those of us who are baseball fans, getting to triple A and being so close to the major leagues that you can feel it, but it might not happen for you, and I just remember sitting there feeling like I was one of those players.

pictures with me, then I know I'm done.

You know, it's funny you said that because when Tommy said that was the worst stadium in AAA baseball he's ever been in was the old Nashville Sounds.

He really helped out to bring, you know, I think, who was the mayor? Was it Dean? Dean, Mayor Dean.

We went to his office, me and Dad and Tommy, And Tommy was telling him about AAA ballparks and everything.

I was able to go.

Next year, the team is going to be the Nashville Sounds.

If I was a betting man, I'd be looking at it like, June, early July, if I was wanting to get Nashville Sounds tickets, betting that some of these guys that start in AA would be moved up to AAA Nashville by that point.

Joining us again is the aforementioned Sam Dykstra.

You were talking about Braylon Payne and going down to fall ball.

The unfortunate downside to this, I think, for Colton Gordon is that in all likelihood today, he is going to get sent back down.

Even though AAA Nashville's season is done, in all likelihood, he is getting sent back down because...

He's probably not going to be able to pitch for another day or two, and the Brewers are going to need some coverage there in the back end of their bullpen, so it would not surprise me to see someone else come up to be able to cover that last spot in the bullpen and maybe get some innings and cover some innings.

if need be, so that you can give guys like Aaron Ashby and D.L. Hall a breather.

He was a phenomenal position player when he was in high school.

Tom Pinone, who just threw a perfect game for the Nashville Sounds AAA.

He got drafted out of high school as a hitter.

Griffin Crane graduated a few years ago.