NPT’s new original production MEMORIES OF SULPHUR DELL premiered last night. In the press leading up to the premiere, MiChelle Jones at the Nashville Scene made it a “Critic’s Pick” and called it “a fresh, fun look at Nashville’s legendary Sulphur Dell ballpark.” Ron Wynn at the Nashville City Paper wrote that “WNPT-8’s excellent new documentary Memories of Sulphur Dell will put it in perspective for those unfamiliar with either the park or the Nashville Vols minor league baseball team that played there for years.” Ken Beck at the Tennessean also made it one of his Picks of the Week yesterday.
If you missed it, the program airs again this Thursday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m.
I’ve received quite a few e-mails from folks outside of our viewing area wanting to know how to get a copy of the program. It’s currently available as a DVD or VHS, with extra footage, for a pledge of $60 by calling 615-259-2100.
Many of those folks have also shared their own memories with me. Clyde from Jonesboro, Arkansas wrote to tell me that he grew up in Columbia, and spent many hours watching the games, “expecially how Babe Barna could play the ‘dump.’ One game, Babe came barreling down when Buster Boguski was backtracking from second base. Some time later, I spoke with Buster when he was in Columbia to referee a basketball game. He still did not know what hit him.”
Ed wrote that he “lived and died with Larry Munson and the Vols of the 1940s and 50s” and was keeping his fingers crossed that our production would be “a new effort, which hopefully can re-capture some of the magic of the ol’ ballpark.”
I hope we did you right, Ed.
John at Lake Neuron has a great Sulphur Dell story involving his father’s memory of going to the ballpark as a five-year old. Wonderful.
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Linda Langley Golden from Canfield, Ohio wrote to tell us that her grandfather was Harry “War Horse” Rogers, a man long involved with baseball and the Sulphur Dell all his life.
Linda says she remembers many nights at the Sulpher Dell, many baseball games, the circus and other events
Rogers, who died in 1951, founded the old timers club in 1938. Junie McBride, who is in the documentary, was at its first meeting.
Thanks Linda.