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===Minor league baseball=== Morristown hosted several [[Minor League Baseball]] teams from 1910 to 1961 at Sherwood Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-1775|title=Sherwood Park|work=Stats Crew|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The [[Morristown Jobbers]] became charter members of the [[Southeastern League]] in 1910.<ref name=BRcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Morristown&state=TN&country=US|title=Morristown, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The Jobbers continued in the [[Appalachian League]] in 1911 and played each season through 1914.<ref name=SCcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/sports/places/m-4191249|title=Sports in Morristown, Tennessee|work=Stats Crew|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> From 1923 to 1925, the city's entry in the league was called the [[Morristown Roosters]].<ref name=BRcity/> In 1948, the [[Morristown Red Sox]] became charter members of the [[Mountain States League (1948β1954)|Mountain States League]] in which they played through 1954.<ref name=BRcity/> The team won the league championship in their first season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-MTSS/y-1948|title=1948 Mountain States League Standings|work=Stats Crew|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The Red Sox folded early in the 1954 season and were replaced in the league by the [[Morristown Reds]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52240807/sox-officially-out-of-msl/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sox Officially Out of MSL|work=Morristown Sun|location=Morristown|date=May 19, 1954|page=1}}</ref><ref name=Mo6-20-54>{{cite news|last=Hodges|first=Bill|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52237834/morristown-back-in-msl-league/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Morristown Back in MSL League|work=Morristown Gazette Mail|location=Morristown|date=June 20, 1954|page=8}}</ref> The [[Morristown Cubs]], the city's final [[professional baseball]] team played in the Appalachian League from 1959 to 1961 and won the 1959 pennant.<ref name=BRcity/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52640883/morristown-takes-flag/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Morristown Takes Flag|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|location=Knoxville|date=September 3, 1959|page=32}}</ref>
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