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I know google is my friend BUT did Tennessee Little League team win today???? Googled it my damn self they beat Georgia 4-0 today play tomorrow vs Florida winner goes to LLWS!!!! Your Welcome
 
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ArdentVol said:
how could you forget a history teacher at Tyson in nid 60s who inspired
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Everly Brothers Park, a small “pocket park” will soon be open at the corner of Kingston Pike and Forest Park Boulevard, and connected to the well-used Bearden Village Greenway. (Finally, Forest Park has a park!) The location is less than a mile from West High School, where Don graduated in 1955.

Everly Brothers Park - Knoxville History Project
 
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mad4vols said:
Question of the day.

What is this building called and where is it located?

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if your were driving toward town on kingston east in Kingston Pike, you are not far from what was once The Strip
remember walking down those steps in the afternoon or evening, heading to the sidewalkm sticking out my thumb and hitching a ride home

it was a miserable place to be sentenced for three long years
 
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mad4vols said:
Everly Brothers Park, a small “pocket park” will soon be open at the corner of Kingston Pike and Forest Park Boulevard, and connected to the well-used Bearden Village Greenway. (Finally, Forest Park has a park!) The location is less than a mile from West High School, where Don graduated in 1955.

Everly Brothers Park - Knoxville History Project
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This West grad recalls that Everlys were listed as most famous alumni last time i looked (s0rry about that Stephen Pearl)

Everlys lived on Scenic Drive while they were in HS
we moved to scenic from nashville in 1958
 
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On August 8 in Baseball History...​
  • 1877 - After St. Louis catcher John Clapp has his cheek smashed by a foul tip, replacement Mike Dorgan goes behind the plate wearing a mask. This is perhaps the first use of a catcher's mask in an official National League game.

  • 1903 - A week after pitching his first doubleheader victory, Joe McGinnity of the New York Giants did it again, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-1 and 4-3. In the second game, he stole home.

  • 1903 - Nap Lajoie is so furious that umpire Tommy Connolly has put an old black ball into play that he hurls the ball over the grandstand. His act results in Cleveland forfeiting the game to Detroit.

  • 1905 - Pittsburgh second baseman Dave Brain, who hit three triples in a game for St. Louis against Pittsburgh on May 29, repeats the performance for Pittsburgh against Boston. He is the only player to perform the feat twice in one season.

  • 1915 - Philadelphia's Gavvy Cravath hit four doubles and drove in eight runs in a 14-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati.

  • 1916 - The Athletics set an AL record with their 19th loss in a row on the road. The streak began on July 25, making it a record for losses in two weeks.

  • 1920 - Howard Ehmke of the Detroit Tigers pitched the fastest game in American League history, one hour and 13 minutes, for a 1-0 victory against the New York Yankees.

  • 1931 - Bobby Burke of the Washington Senators pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.

  • 1954 - The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the eighth inning after two were out.

  • 1973 - Designated hitter Orlando Cepeda hit four doubles as the Boston Red Sox posted a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

  • 1982 - California's Doug DeCinces hit three home runs in a game for the second time in less than a week. DeCinces hit solo homers in the first and third innings and connected for a two-run shot in the eighth of a 9-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners. DeCinces hit three against Minnesota on Aug. 3.

  • 1985 - Baseball, after a two-day strike, resumed with an 18-game schedule, including five doubleheaders.

  • 1988 - The first night game in Wrigley Field's 74-year history was postponed with the Chicago Cubs leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 after heavy rains started in the bottom of the fourth inning. Philadelphia's Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, but all numbers were wiped out by the rain.

  • 1992 - Oakland's Dennis Eckersley had his consecutive saves record snapped at 40. His two records - 36 straight to start a season, and 40 straight over two seasons - ended trying to protect a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals. Eckersley gave up a two-out, two-run single to Gregg Jefferies which gave the Royals a 3-2 lead. But the Athletics came back to win the game in the ninth, 5-3.

  • 1997 - Randy Johnson struck out 19, matching the major league record for left-handers he had tied earlier this season, as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-0.


Baseball Birthdays on August 8... ​




Baseball Deaths on August 8... ​


 
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Ronald Acuña Jr is on pace to:

score the most runs in franchise history since Hugh Duffy had 147 in 1893.

have the most hits in franchise history since Hank Aaron had 223 in 1959.

have the most total bases in franchise history since Hank Aaron had 400 in 1959.

have the most stolen bases in franchise history since Billy Hamilton had 83 in 1896.

break Chipper Jones’ franchise record of 309 times on base set in 2008.

break Rafael Furcal’s franchise record of 734 plate appearances set in 2003.
 
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