The history of the Nashville Sounds, a Minor League Baseball team, began in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1978, after Larry Schmittou and a group of American investors purchased the rights to operate an expansion franchise of the Double-A level Southern League. Home games were played at Herschel Greer Stadium from its opening in 1978 until the end of 2014. In 2015, they moved to the new First Horizon Park (pictured) on the site of the former Sulphur Dell ballpark. They won the league's championship in 1979 as an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds and in 1982 as an affiliate of the New York Yankees. Before the 1985 season, the owners bought the Evansville Triplets, a Triple-A team, and relocated them to Nashville as the Triple-A Sounds. They joined the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 1998 and won its championship in 2005 as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. In 2021, they were placed in the Triple-A East, which became the International League in 2022. (This article is part of a featured topic: Nashville Sounds.).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1471:

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barnet

1908:

The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauser_Dam

1945:

World War II: The German town of Friesoythe was razed by the 4th Canadian Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razing_of_Friesoythe

1999:

A storm dropped around 500,000 tonnes of hailstones on Sydney (examples pictured) and the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Sydney_hailstorm

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

kingmaker: 1. (politics) Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader. 2. (by extension, game theory) A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kingmaker

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Ukrainians did not believe in war — we believed in civilized dialogue. But when the attack took place, we did not become a "frightened crowd," as the enemy had hoped. No. We became an organized community. At once, the political and other controversies that exist in every society disappeared. Everyone came together to protect their home. I see examples every day, and I never get tired of writing about it.   --Olena Zelenska https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Olena_Zelenska