Editing Greeneville, Tennessee (section)

==Sports==
Greeneville is home to the [[Greeneville Flyboys]], a [[collegiate summer baseball]] team of the [[Appalachian League]], which was started in 2021.<ref name=JAvento2-4-2021>{{cite web|last=Avento|first=Joe|url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/sports/greeneville-flyboys-latest-team-announced-for-new-appy-league/article_03fd366c-6726-11eb-90da-ab0a323701db.html|title=Greeneville Flyboys Latest Team Announced for New Appy League|work=Johnson City Press|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> The team's home stadium is [[Pioneer Park (stadium)|Pioneer Park]] on the campus of Tusculum College.<ref name=JAvento2-4-2021/>

[[Professional baseball]] was first played in Greeneville by the [[Greeneville Burley Cubs]] in the Appalachian League in 1921.<ref name=BRcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Greeneville&state=TN&country=US|title=Greeneville, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref> They remained in the league through 1925 and returned for a second stretch from 1938 to 1942.<ref name=BRcity/> The Burley Cubs won the league championship in 1925 and 1938.<ref name=AppyLeagueChamps>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/349339887/2017-Appalachian-League-Media-Guide|title=Standings|work=2017 Appalachian League Media Guide and Record Book|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 11, 2017|pages=39–61}}</ref> They were followed in the same league by the [[Greeneville Astros]], who played in the city from 2004 to 2017.<ref name=BRcity/> They won the Appalachian League championship in 2004 and 2015.<ref name=AppyLeagueChamps/> The [[Houston Astros]], parent club of Greeneville, withdrew their affiliate from the Appalachian League after the 2017 season.<ref name=GS9-9-17>{{cite web|last=Cutshall |first=Brian |url=http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/astros-cut-ties-with-greeneville/article_a872d898-28dc-5cfc-8314-98d60baa6135.html |title=Astros Cut Ties With Greeneville |website=The Greenville Sun |date=September 9, 2017 |access-date=May 24, 2020 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912032543/http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/astros-cut-ties-with-greeneville/article_a872d898-28dc-5cfc-8314-98d60baa6135.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref> The circuit's vacancy was filled by the [[Cincinnati Reds]], who placed a [[Rookie League|Rookie-level]] affiliate in Greeneville known as the [[Greeneville Reds]].<ref name=BRcity/> In conjunction with a contraction of [[Minor League Baseball]] beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a collegiate summer baseball league, and the Reds were replaced by the Flyboys, a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshmen and sophomores.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB, USA Baseball Announce New Format for Appalachian League|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-usa-baseball-announce-new-format-for-appalachian-league|website=Major League Baseball|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>