Redbirds close 2023 with fourth straight losing season
Memphis lost its final game but won its last International League series of the year. The Redbirds took the series against the Charlotte Knights 3-2, but dropped Sunday’s finale 8-2.
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Memphis lost its final game but won its last International League series of the year. The Redbirds took the series against the Charlotte Knights 3-2, but dropped Sunday’s finale 8-2.
“People believe that every sort of issue that we have is somehow related to two teams playing here,” Redbirds and 901 FC president said about the two sports teams sharing the field, “but that has so far never been the case.”
The Redbirds are back at AutoZone Park where they last split a mid-August series 3-3 with league-leading Norfolk (76-49).
Memphis plays a three-game set against Gwinnett that opens Friday night.
This week, Cyrena Wages is at the Grove, Anthony Q is at The Green Room and you can make wishes at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
After decades of decline, Downtown started to rebound — and perhaps nothing spurred the comeback quite like the 2000 opening of AutoZone Park at Third and Union. The whole atmosphere changed. Or as now-retired AutoZone executive Ray Pohlman remembers: “Downtown was cool ... it just flourished.”
Memphis goes 3-3 in six-game International League series with the Durham Bulls and heads to Jacksonville next.
When fans return to AutoZone Park for baseball this season, they will see a new grass field and a “bright as ever” video board, according to Memphis Redbirds President Craig Unger, along with a menu with many new choices.
Mayor Jim Strickland made a $684 million improvement proposal. Gov. Bill Lee earmarked $350 million for FedExForum and Liberty Stadium renovations in Tennessee’s budget plan. Where do things go from here? Some questions and answers.
If all goes as St. Louis would like, outfielder Jordan Walker won’t be back to Memphis but pitcher Tink Hence could be in a Redbirds uniform before the 2023 season is done.
Craig Unger, president of the Memphis Redbirds and Memphis 901 FC, said the 12-year-old video board had “outlived its life.”
Memphis leaders haven’t publicly disclosed how the proposed sports venues enhancement funding would be allocated between the FedExForum, Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, AutoZone Park and a proposed new soccer stadium. But it’s clear that the Forum and former Liberty Bowl are the top priorities.
Mayor Jim Strickland and the city of Memphis do not intend to risk losing the Grizzlies, which is why it is important to keep the NBA franchise center in a $684 million sports venues renovation plan.
In a city with plenty of needs, the plan to build a new soccer stadium on the site of the Mid-South Coliseum may seem like a tough ask. But 901 FC makes a convincing case as to why it must leave AutoZone Park and have its own home.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is a big believer in what major professional and college sports teams and program can do for a city.
Mayor Jim Strickland is proposing at least partial demolition of the Mid-South Coliseum to make way for a new soccer stadium. It’s part of a $684 million package of renovations and new construction at the city’s major sports venues. The city will seek roughly half of that total from the state.
The Redbirds will commemorate his walk-off home run in 2000 on Saturday, Sept. 10, with a replica of the chair where that Pujols home run landed.
Veteran catcher batting .213 in his final big-league season.
Neighborhood July 4 celebrations returned this year, offering residents of neighborhoods across the Memphis metro area a chance to come together and enjoy the holiday.
The draw of promotions adds to fans coming to AutoZone Park.
Here are places and events where you can celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, live music and food.
Alec Burleson gets another year at AutoZone Park off on the right foot. Box score
Several promising newcomers and the eagerly awaited return of keeper John Berner mark the club’s fourth season.
The inaugural Race for Reconciliation on Monday, Jan. 17, was designed to bring Memphians together as a community.
The “Race for Reconciliation,” a 5K walk/run, will start at noon Monday, Jan. 17 at AutoZone Park as part of MLK Day activities.