Skip Nipper will be signing copies of his book, Baseball in Nashville (Arcadia Publishing) at the Nashville Sounds game tomorrow night, Saturday, June 21st vs. the Memphis Redbirds at Herschel Greer Stadium.Born and raised in Nashville, his interest in local baseball is deeply-rooted in his life-long interest in The National Game, interlaced with fond memories of Nashville’s famous ballpark, Sulphur Dell, shared by others through http://www.sulphurdell.com/.
A 1972 graduate of Memphis State University, Nipper has been a sporting goods sales representative for 37 years for New Era Cap Co. He took great delight in compiling this photographic history of Nashville’s illustrious baseball history.
Nipper is president of the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association, a member of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research) and the Grantland Rice-Fred Russell (Tennessee) Chapter of SABR. He also has served as president of the Sporting Goods Agents Association and is a member of the National Sporting Goods Association.
Besides baseball historical research, Nipper enjoys reading, collecting baseball memorabilia, and attending games of the minor league Nashville Sounds.
He hopes that this compilation will rekindle memories for baseball fans in the Nashville area and that his publication does justice to Nashville’s baseball past. Nipper regards the book as a present to his father, Virgil Nipper, who laid the foundation for his own memories through suppertime discussions and backyard practices.
