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| The Knoxville News-Sentinel - April 22, 1954 |
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| The Knoxville News-Sentinel - April 22, 1954 |
The Smokies fell to the Rock Hill Chiefs, 7-4.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Knoxville Municipal Stadium Opens
The Smokies fell to the Rock Hill Chiefs, 7-4.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
When the Chicken came to town
TAMIS, the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, presented this wonderful ad from 1988.
Knoxville Blue Jays Welcome the San Diego Chicken from TAMIS on Vimeo.
Promotions are nice, but who won the game? The K-Jays, at that time, were a farm club of the Toronto Blue Jays. They beat Huntsville 3-1, sweeping that series.
The K-Jays finished that 1988 season with a 75-69 record, but that was only good enough to be the third best team in the Southern League, Western Division and the fourth best team in the whole of the league.
That season they had 23 players who were, or would be, in the majors. If you were there that evening you saw the following previous or future major leaguers:
These two players did not make the show:
Promotions are nice, but who won the game? The K-Jays, at that time, were a farm club of the Toronto Blue Jays. They beat Huntsville 3-1, sweeping that series.
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| The Knoxville News-Sentinel - June 4, 1988 |
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That season they had 23 players who were, or would be, in the majors. If you were there that evening you saw the following previous or future major leaguers:
- Kevin Batiste
- Francisco Cabrera
- Steve Cummings
- Junior Felix
- Webster Garrison
- Darren Hall
- Shawn Jeter
- Domingo Martinez
- Tom Quinlan
- Alex Sanchez
- Matt Stark
These two players did not make the show:
- Jimmy Kelly
- Tom Malave
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