Skip Nipper’s Nashville Baseball Podcast

July 21, 2025

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Raymond Johnson Predicted Tomorrow’s Sports, Decades Ago

Raymond Johnson spent many years in the sports department at the Nashville Tennessean, the local morning newspaper.

He would often revisit the past in his "One Man's Opinion" sports columns. Although he loved all sports, from football to horse racing, and from basketball to softball, I particularly enjoy reading what he writes about baseball.

My admiration for Johnson does not end there, because he was also a visionary!

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