Old Knoxville Base Ball

Earlier this year I was gifted a team photo of the 1939 Knoxville Smokies.  I have not seen this in the local papers or in various baseball ...

The MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol is just a few months away.  On August 2, 2025, the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds will meet in ...

A new season, new uniforms. from the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection link The Knoxville Sentinel said on March 22, 1921 : Uniforms ...

I came across this image at the Calvin McClung Digital Collection.  The description is:  Grammar School Championship - ‘09.  Baseball team w...

  1925 Knoxville Smokies The Knoxville Journal May 24, 1925 Monday, April 27, 1925, should have been the home opener for the Knoxville Smoki...

Baseball in Knoxville in 1906 was rather slim.  There wasn't a semi-professional team in town, although Fran Moffett gathered together s...

 I came across a previously unknown (to me) colored team in Knoxville.  The L.E. Paynes of 1885. from Newspapers.com I was taken by the ment...