Sulphur Dell is the name of a former Minor League Baseball park in Nashville, Tennessee. It was used for baseball for nearly 100 years, from the 1870s until the early 1960s. A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor leagues are baseball leagues which are at a lower pay level and generally play in smaller cities and towns than Major League Baseball. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis (largest metropolitan area is Nashville) Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ...

It acquired its unique name from being the site of a sulphur spring in the pioneer days. And that unique historical fact was only the beginning. Sulphur Dell was best known for having one of the most significant "terraces" or sloping outfields in baseball history, a multi-level hill that ran all across right and center fields.

In his book, Ballparks of North America, Michael Benson expounds at length on the lovable eccentricities of this place. In general, outfielders who had to negotiate this terrain tended not to use the term "lovable". According to many sources, they were more apt to call the ballpark "Suffer Hell".

External Link

• Sulphur Dell home page (http://www.sulphurdell.com)