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Louisville native Dan Uggla went to high school in Columbia, Tennessee and played his college ball in Memphis before being selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 11th round of the 2001 MLB Amateur Draft. His first three years in the minors were full of good and bad moments like any typical prospect, but in […]

One of the tough parts about Spring Training is that you sometimes have games that last longer than normal.  Wednesday’s contest between the Cubs and Dodgers provided such a game.   Our game went nearly four hours yesterday, which about an hour longer than what a normal regular season game would run. However, Len and I […]

Throughout the 2013 baseball season, the Smokies on Radio staff will be rolling out all the Cubs, Smokies, and baseball news each weekday. To stay current with all the latest news, follow Smokies on Radio on Twitter and like the Smokies on Radio Facebook page. Raley, Cubs can’t slow Dodgers after four-run first Carrie Muskat / Cubs.com The Chicago […]

Throughout the 2013 baseball season, the Smokies on Radio staff will be rolling out all the Cubs, Smokies, and baseball news each weekday. To stay current with all the latest news, follow Smokies on Radio on Twitter and like the Smokies on Radio Facebook page. Edwin Jackson pitches two scoreless innings in his Cubs debut. Paul Sullivan / Chicago […]

By Mick Gillispie / Smokies Radio Network On Monday, the Cubs played the Dodgers.  Surprisingly, I did not hit any traffic and I got to Glendale really early.  I noticed there was a different buzz in the press box.  The Dodgers broadcast engineer came in to talk to me and told me they were doing the game […]

In the same season Dan Haren made his major league debut with St. Louis Cardinals, the 2001 second-round pick of the organization made perhaps his most important stop on his way to the big leagues. The year was 2003 and the then-22-year-old Haren joined a Tennessee Smokies team that featured future major leaguers such as […]

Throughout the 2013 baseball season, the Smokies on Radio staff will be rolling out all the Cubs, Smokies, and baseball news each weekday. To stay current with all the latest news, follow Smokies on Radio on Twitter and like the Smokies on Radio Facebook page.   Edwin Jackson looks forward to his first season with the Cubs. Carrie Muskat/ […]

Throughout the 2013 baseball season, the Smokies on Radio staff will be rolling out all the Cubs, Smokies, and baseball news each weekday. To stay current with all the latest news, follow Smokies on Radio on Twitter and like the Smokies on Radio Facebook page. Brett Jackson Seeing Results from Extra Hitting During the Offseason Carrie Muskat /  Cubs.com […]

By Mick Gillispie / Smokies Radio Network I am normally at the ballpark by 8 a.m. on game days, but I couldn’t get there because of issues getting my rental car. Add that to the worry of missing my flight yesterday and I was not sure if we were going to have a first broadcast.  It was […]

By Mick Gillispie / Smokies Radio Network Months of planning and hard work finally came to a climax yesterday as I was set to depart from Birmingham out to Phoenix for the start of our Chicago Cubs spring training broadcasts on cubs.com. I picked a noon flight that was direct from Birmingham to Phoenix, thinking […]