2006 Nashville Sounds season

MiLB yearly infobox
name = Nashville Sounds
season = 2006
misc =
class = Triple-A
y1 = 1985
league = Pacific Coast League
y2 = 1998
division = American North Division
y3 = 2005
MLB = Milwaukee Brewers
y4 = 2005
ballpark = Herschel Greer Stadium
y5 = 1978
city = city-state|Nashville|Tennessee
y6 = 1978
owners = Al Gordon
(Principal owner)
gm = Glenn Yaeger
managers = Frank Kremblas
television =
radio = WNSR
baseballcube = http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/2006/10312.shtml
minorsbbref = http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=2006&lid=PCL&tid=NVLThe Nashville Sounds' by|2006 season was the franchise's twenty-ninth year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 76 wins and 68 losses. They finished in a tie for first place in their division, and won a playoff game to win the American North Division title. In post-season play, the team had two wins and three losses; they won the American Conference title, but were defeated in the league championship series.

Regular season

On July 15, Nashville pitchers Carlos Villanueva, Mike Meyers, and Alec Zumwalt combined to pitch the fifth no-hitter in team history, a 2–0 win over the Memphis Redbirds. [ [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=2055 "Sounds Toss Fifth No-Hitter In Club History."] "Nashville Sounds". 15 July 2006. 12 March 2008.]

On May 5–6, the Sounds participated in a 24-inning affair against the New Orleans Zephyrs. The contest, played over the course of two days, lasted a total of eight hours and seven minutes. This game matched the longest game, in terms of innings played, in PCL history. Additionally, several team and league records were broken by both teams. The record was originally set on June 8, 1909 in a game between the San Francisco Seals and Oakland Oaks. A few years later, on September 10, 1911, the record was tied by a contest between the Sacramento Solons and Portland Beavers. [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/news.asp?newsId=1936 "Sounds Fall To Zephyrs In 24-Inning Marathon."] "Nashville Sounds". 5 May 2006. 31 October 2007.]

At the end of the regular season, Nashville was in a tie for first place with the Iowa Cubs. The Sounds were awarded the division title and advanced to the post-season by means of a tiebreaker—winning the regular season series versus Iowa nine games to seven. [ [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=2160 "2006 Sounds Season In Review."] "Nashville Sounds". 19 September 2006. 31 October 2007.]

eason standings

Awards and honors

Right fielder Nelson Cruz, center fielder Tony Gwynn, Jr., and pitcher Ben Hendrickson were named to the league's mid-season All-Star team. [ [http://www.triple-abaseball.com/asgbyteam.pdf "All-Time Triple-A All-Star Roster by Team."] "Triple-A Baseball". 16 January 2008. 28 July 2008.]

Pitcher Jared Fernandez led the league with four complete games and wound up in a four-way tie for the most shutouts (2). ["Single-Season League Leaders." [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 "2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide".] 2008: 137.]

References

*Statistics: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/2006/10312.shtml "2006 Nashville Sounds Statistics."] "The Baseball Cube". 28 July 2008.
*Standings: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/leagues/2006/PCL.shtml "2006 Pacific Coast League Review."] "The Baseball Cube". 28 July 2008.
*Post-season results: "Postseason History." " [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide] ". 2008: 144.
*Roster: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/rosters/2006/10312.shtml "2006 Nashville Roster."] "The Baseball Cube". 28 July 2008.
*Specific: