For Memphis Tigers baseball, icy field gives new meaning to sliding into third
Memphis Tigers baseball players practiced in the snow Jan. 29 on FedExPark’s Avron Fogelman Field. (Patrick Dolly/Icxnic Motive)
Memphis baseball coach Matt Riser perfectly summed up what the diamond at FedExPark, home of the Tigers, looked like Thursday.
“It’s a white blanket out there right now,” he said, referring to the snow and ice covering the turf field.
The snowstorm that rocked the city of Memphis starting last Saturday has forced Memphis baseball and other Tigers sports teams to get creative when trying to complete workouts and practices.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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