Minor League

**steer** · January 18th, 2011, 06:40 PM

Does anyone ever go to the tri-cities and watch some minor league games?
I moved over to Bristol, and literally live on the hill behind the White Sox ball field. Thought about doing a couple games this year, as Pete Rose Jr. is the coach, which is kinda neat.

**LCAS_712** · January 18th, 2011, 07:01 PM

I go to some of the Kport Mets games but I havent been in a while. I love to watch some good minor league ball and acually see some of them make it to the majors is an added bonus.

**Biggin** · January 18th, 2011, 07:01 PM

i used to go and watch the Kpt Mets a few times with a neighbor of mine, but not regularly or anything.

baseball is not my sport anyway, and i only enjoyed it when big name players (rick ankiel, etc..) were playing.

the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg/Knoxville area, Tenn. Smokies, is a great area for minor league baseball; many big time players have played in their league over there.

All these guys have played for the Smokies over the years:

* Rick Ankiel
* Carmen Cali
* Stephen Drew
* Joe Girardi
* Roy Halladay
* Dan Haren
* Dan Uggla
* David Wells
* Vernon Wells
* Jeff Kent
* Jake Fox
* Orlando Hudson
* Mark Reynolds
* Anthony Reyes
* Kerry Wood
* Miguel Montero
* Yadier Molina
* Jake Fox
* Sam Fuld
* Jeff Samardzija
* Cristian Guzm?n
* Chris Carpenter
* Carlos Delgado
* Shawn Green
* Felipe Lopez
* Jayson Werth
* Casey Blake
* Harold Baines
* Mike Timlin
* Kelvim Escobar
* Ross Ohlendorf
* Alberto Gonzalez
* Kevin Cash
* Gabe Gross
* Reed Johnson
* Dewayne Wise
* Micah Owings
* Sean Gallagher
* Kevin Hart
* Carmen Pignatiello
* Brandon Lyon
* Miguel Montero
* Dustin Nippert
* Tony Pe?a
* Doug Slaten
* Bill Murphy
* Starlin Castro
* Tyler Colvin

bolded are some of the greats that spent time w/ Smokies.
Halladay, Carlos Delgado, Harold Baines, Tony Pena, Chris Carpenter, Uggla, Reynolds, Kent, Vernon Wells, Dan Haren, Joe Girardi are all elite players or were elite players

**ms pemberley** · January 18th, 2011, 07:06 PM

It's nothing fancy, but if you're a baseball junkie, it's a pretty good, cheap way to get a fix.

**heneedsa** · January 18th, 2011, 07:27 PM

I have had K-Mets season tickets for four years now, the price is 100 bucks and is a wonderful way to spend a hot summer night. It is not the greatest baseball, but I am a baseball junkie if you want to come to Kingsport I'll buy you a hot dog, and we will spend nine innings talking about football and such.

**steer** · January 18th, 2011, 07:29 PM

I'm not a baseball junkie, I couldn't tell ya who is where, unless they're a Baltimore Oriole (die hard, no matter what)... but I love just going to a ballpark, eating a hot dog, and relaxing.

**centennialdawg** · January 18th, 2011, 07:30 PM

Yeah, the Smokies are really fun to watch.

**ms pemberley** · January 18th, 2011, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by steer

I'm not a baseball junkie, I couldn't tell ya who is where, unless they're a Baltimore Oriole (die hard, no matter what)... but I love just going to a ballpark, eating a hot dog, and relaxing.

You can definitely do that there and it won't cost a fortune ... Like seats and eats at Camden Yards will.

**SBG** · January 18th, 2011, 07:38 PM

I've gone and watched the Kpt Mets randomly a few times. But it's been around 3 years since the last time. And even though I'm not a big baseball fan I've enjoyed it and had a fun time.