1885 The Nashville Americans, Nashville’s first pro baseball team, begin play. They are followed, in order, by the Blues, Tigers, Seraphs, Centennials, and Vols.
1978 Herschel Greer Stadium opens with a seating capacity of 10,300 and a new team, the Sounds. The team leads all minor league baseball in attendance by drawing 380,000 fans in their first season.
1983 Nashville Sounds centerfield Derwin McNealy fouls off a pitch at Greer Stadium. The New York Yankees played their Double A farm team, the Nashville Sounds.
1984 A group of Little Leaguers is part of the crowd for the Nashville Sounds game with Charlotte at Greer Stadium. The Sounds pounded four Charlotte pitchers for 13 hits to win 11-8. (1984)
1984 Nashville Sounds slugger Dan Pasqua (17) is greeted a home plate by teammates Fernando Gonazalez (34) and Stan Javier (21) after a three-run homer against Charlotte at Greer Stadium. The Sounds went on to an 11-8 victory before 13,495 fans.
1984 Nashville Sounds second baseman Tommy Barrett and Ken Foster of Orlando Twins collide after Foster overshot second in their game at Greer Stadium.
1984 Nashville Sounds manager Jim Marshall use a bat to get loose during their batting practice before their one-game playoff against Birmingham at Greer Stadium to decide the Southern League Western Division second-half championship.
1984 Nashville Sounds pitching coach Hoyt Wilhelm, right, works with starting pitcher George Cappuzzello during warm ups before their game against Charlotte at Greer Stadium.
1997 The Nashville Sounds' mascot is cougar named Ozzie with yellow fur, wearing the same style of uniform as the team, but with no hat. In addition to the team's current home and alternate uniforms, he also wears Sounds home uniforms from the past few seasons.
2002 The Sounds become the first sports team to host Faith Night promotions. A rousing success, it has since been duplicated by numerous other minor league teams, as well as big-league squads like the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals.
2007 Future National League MVP Ryan Braun plays for the Sounds before being called up mid-season. (Last year, however, he was suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs.)
2009 Nashville Sounds assistant groundskeeper Nick Vikstrom, left, and head groundskeeper Thomas Trotter water down the infield before a game at Greer Stadium.
2014 Major League Baseball player Albert Jujols talks with Mayor Karl Dean at the Nashville Sounds ground breaking ceremony for a new $38 million minor league baseball stadium.
2014 The team celebrates the groundbreaking for their new ballpark at Sulphur Dell in North Nashville. The stadium is expected to be finished in time for the 2015 season.
