2008 Nashville Sounds season

The Nashville Sounds' 2008 season was the franchise's thirty-first year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 59 wins and 81 losses. They finished fourth in their division, which kept them out of the post-season.

Regular season

On June 14, 2008, following massive flooding in the Midwest, the Sounds and the Iowa Cubs played a game with an official attendance of zero. Though downtown Des Moines was under a mandatory evacuation, team officials received permission from the city to play the game as long as no fans were allowed into Principal Park. In order to keep fans away, the lights and scoreboard were not turned on, the game was not broadcast in the local market, and a message on the team's website announced that the game was postponed. PCL Commissioner Branch Rickey III believed that this was the first time such actions were taken out of necessity. The Sounds were further impacted by weather when Hurricane Gustav forced the cancellation of the last three games of their season against the New Orleans Zephyrs.

The team spent all but one day of the season at the bottom of their divisional standings. Their 59–81 record (.421) was the worst in the team’s 31-year history.

Season standings

Pacific Coast League - American North Division

Team

Iowa Cubs

Memphis Redbirds

Omaha Royals

Nashville Sounds

Game log

2008 Game Log

Roster

2008 Nashville Sounds roster

Players

Pitchers

  • Joe Bateman
  • Steve Bray
  • Dave Bush
  • Troy Cate
  • Randy Choate
  • Mark DiFelice
  • Tim Dillard
  • Éric Gagné
  • Yovani Gallardo
  • Richie Gardner
  • Lindsay Gulin
  • Steve Hammond
  • Ben Howard
  • Zach Jackson

Awards and honors

Pitchers Lindsay Gulin and Luis Peña and catcher Vinny Rottino were named to the league's mid-season All-Star team.

References