USA Baseball Stadium, Millington, TN

USA Baseball Stadium in Millington, TN (just north of Memphis), was the training facility for the USA Olympic Baseball team from 1986-1996. It has always been so much fun to be able to see world-class baseball amidst the small-town charm of this stadium. We spent many a summer afternoon or evening here, and I think that my sons first fell in love with baseball here. My older son still asks to occasionally drive by it...it is a place full of memories for us.

We have watched Troy Glaus, Jacque Jones, A.J. Hinch, Braden Looper, J.D. Drew, Matt LeCroy, Jim Parque, Travis Lee, Jeff Weaver, Adam Kennedy, R.A. Dickey, Augie Ojeda, Billy Koch, Scott Schoeneweis, and Mark Kotsay play as Olympians in the early part of their careers at this stadium. A list of USA Stadium alumni can be seen here. At that time, the USA players would live with host families in the area.

The stadium is still in use and is host to service academy, collegiate, and high school tournaments and championships.

Water Tower, Millington Naval Air Station...

I learned through Miss Mari-Nanci's blog, Photos City Mine, that Dot at Strolling Through Georgia had challenged us to take a photo of a water tower in our area. We happened to drive through Millington (just to the north of Memphis) on Sunday, and any time we visit Millington, my younger son--the military buff--loves to see the Naval Air Station. The Naval Air Station converted to Naval Support Activity (housing the national Personnel Center for the Navy) during the military reorganization a few years ago, so you don't see the planes coming and going as much as years ago, but this water tower is still standing on the old air strip. We found it to be quite nostalgic.

It isn't quite as pretty here today as it was Sunday. It's cold and dark, with a chance of a little winter precipitation this evening. A co-worker is out for a few weeks with an injury and we have a big deadline at work, so I'm going to be working some overtime during the next few weeks. I'll still be visiting you and saying hello when I have bits of spare time! :)