Nashville Xpress
August 22, 2015
Southern League (1993-1994) Born: January 30, 1993 – The Charlotte Knights relocate to Nashville, TN Moved: Postseason 1994 (Port City Roosters) First Game: Last Game:
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Charlotte Orioles
May 23, 2015
The Charlotte Orioles were the long-time Class AA Southern League farm club of the Baltimore Orioles. Promoted locally as “The O’s”, the ball club was owned by famed Southern wrestling promoter Jim Crockett Jr. The Crocketts ran the O’s in true mom & pop style. While Jim Jr. and his brothers focused on the wrestling promotion inherited from their late father, sister Frances Crockett managed the O’s business operations as one of the rare female General Managers of the era. A retired wrestler named Klondike Bill handled the groundskeeping duties.
Memphis Chicks (1978-1997)
March 26, 2015
The re-hatched Memphis Chicks (1978-1997) were a popular Class AA minor league baseball entry in southwestern Tennessee for two decades. The city’s previous ball club, Memphis Blues, left town amidst financial problems in late 1976, leaving Memphis as the largest American city without pro baseball in 1977. Memphis serial sports investor Avron Fogelman remedied that the following year with his acquisition of a franchise in the Class AA Southern League.
Savannah Senators
July 14, 2014
Pro baseball returned to Savannah, Georgia in the spring of 1968 after a six-year absence. The new club was the Savannah Senators, Class AA affiliate of the American League’s Washington Senators. The Sens muddled through a pair of losing Southern League seasons at Grayson Stadium in 1968 and 1969. Savannah’s Major League affiliation changed hands after the 1969 season, shifting from Washington to the Cleveland Indians. The franchise played as the Savannah Indians in 1970 before shifting again in 1971 to become the Savannah Braves.
Savannah Braves
February 24, 2014
The Savannah Braves were the Class AA farm club of the Atlanta Braves for 13 seasons from 1971 to 1983. Several notable Braves prospects made stops at Savannah’s Grayson Stadium on their way to the Majors, highlighted by future National League Most Valuable Player Dale Murphy and 1987 N.L. Cy Young Award Winner Steve Bedrosian. The Braves moved to Greenville, South Carolina following the 1983 season.