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The [[Nashville Sounds]] are a [[Minor League Baseball]] team that has been based in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], since its establishment in 1978. In the [[History of the Nashville Sounds|franchise's history]], owners have employed 12 [[general manager (baseball)|general managers]] (GMs). The Sounds are currently owned by MFP Baseball, which is headed by Masahiro Honzawa and Frank Ward. The team is currently overseen by GM Adam Nuse.

==Owners==
[[Larry Schmittou]] along with help from [[country music]]ian [[Conway Twitty]], put together a group of investors including other country artists [[Cal Smith]], [[Jerry Reed]], and [[L. E. White]], as well as other Nashvillians, to finance the construction of [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] and the purchase of a minor league team. Twenty shares valued at US$15,000 each were issued; Schmittou purchased 2&nbsp;shares, or 10&nbsp;percent of the team, and Twitty purchased 4&nbsp;shares for a 20&nbsp;percent stake.<ref name=BChick></ref> Shares were bought, sold, and inherited, over the course of the next 18&nbsp;years, but the Sounds largely remained a locally-owned franchise. After the 1996 season, Schmittou (30%) and businessman Walter Nipper (29%) sold their interest to Chicago businessmen Al Gordon, Mike Murtaugh, and Mike Woleben.<ref name=ChicagoBuys></ref> Two years later, Gordon acquired an 80&nbsp;percent share and formed AmeriSports Companies.<ref name=Gordon1999></ref><ref></ref> The team was sold again following the 2008 season to MFP Baseball consisting of New York-based real estate investors Masahiro Honzawa, Steve Posner, and Frank Ward for an estimated $20&nbsp;million.<ref></ref> Honzawa and Ward bought out Posner's share prior to the 2012 season.<ref name=Posner></ref>

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! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|#
! class="unsortable" style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Owner(s)
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Seasons
! class="unsortable" style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Ref
|-
| 1
| Bob Elliot, Billy Griggs, Jimmy Miller, Walter Nipper,<br/> Farrell Owens, [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], [[Cal Smith]],<br/> Gene Smith, Marcella Smith, Reese Smith Jr., Reese Smith III,<br/> Stephen Smith, [[Conway Twitty]], [[L. E. White]]
| 1978
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 2
| Bob Elliot, Billy Griggs, Jimmy Miller, Walter Nipper,<br/> Farrell Owens, [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], [[Cal Smith]],<br/> Gene Smith, Marcella Smith, Reese Smith Jr., Reese Smith III,<br/> Stephen Smith, [[Richard Sterban]],* [[Conway Twitty]], [[L. E. White]]
| 1979–1984
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 3
| Bob Elliot, [[Larry Gatlin]],* Billy Griggs, Jimmy Miller,<br/> Walter Nipper, Farrell Owens, [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]],<br/> [[Cal Smith]], Gene Smith, Mark Smith,* Reese Smith Jr.,<br/> Reese Smith III, Stephen Smith, [[Richard Sterban]], [[Conway Twitty]]
| 1985
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 4
| [[Larry Gatlin]], Walter Nipper, [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]],<br/> [[Cal Smith]], Mark Smith, Reese Smith Jr., Reese Smith III,<br/> Stephen Smith, [[Richard Sterban]], [[Conway Twitty]]
| 1986–1988
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 5
| Bob Burgess,* [[Darrell Evans]],* [[Larry Gatlin]], Walter Nipper,<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], Mark Smith, Reese Smith Jr.,<br/> Reese Smith III, Stephen Smith, Gary Spicer,*<br/> [[Richard Sterban]], [[Conway Twitty]]
| 1989
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|-
| 6
| Bob Burgess, [[Darrell Evans]], [[Larry Gatlin]], Walter Nipper,<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], Mark Smith, Reese Smith Jr.,<br/> Reese Smith III, Stephen Smith, Gary Spicer, [[Richard Sterban]]
| 1990
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|-
| 7
| D. Roscoe Buttrey family,* Lew Conner,* [[E. Bronson Ingram II]],* Walter Nipper,<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], Reese Smith Jr., Reese Smith III,<br/> Stephen Smith, [[Richard Sterban]], William Wilson*
| 1991
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 8
| D. Roscoe Buttrey family, Lew Conner, [[E. Bronson Ingram II]], Walter Nipper,<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], Reese Smith III, Stephen Smith,<br/> [[Richard Sterban]], William Wilson
| 1992
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|-
| 9
| D. Roscoe Buttrey family, Lew Conner, [[E. Bronson Ingram II]], Walter Nipper,<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], Mark Smith,* Reese Smith III,<br/> Stephen Smith, [[Richard Sterban]], William Wilson
| 1993–1995
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 10
| D. Roscoe Buttrey family, Lew Conner, [[Martha Ingram]],* Walter Nipper,<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], [[Larry Schmittou]], Mark Smith, Reese Smith III,<br/> Stephen Smith, [[Richard Sterban]], William Wilson
| 1996
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|-
| 11
| Majority (59%): Al Gordon*, Mike Murtaugh,* Mike Woleben*<br/><br/>Minority (41%): D. Roscoe Buttrey family, Lew Conner, [[Martha Ingram]],<br/> [[Jerry Reed]], Mark Smith, Reese Smith III, Stephen Smith,<br/> [[Richard Sterban]], William Wilson
| 1997–1998
| <ref name=ChicagoBuys/>
|-
| 12
| Al Gordon (80%)
| 1999–2008
| <ref name=Gordon1999/>
|-
| 13
| Masahiro Honzawa,* Steve Posner,* Frank Ward*
| 2009–2011
| <ref name=MFPbuys>.</ref>
|-
| 14
| Masahiro Honzawa, Frank Ward || 2012–present || <ref name=Posner/><ref></ref>
|}

==Presidents==
Larry Schmittou served as the Sounds' first president from its founding in 1978 though the sale of the team following the 1996 season. From 1980 to 1982 and 1987 and 1996, Schmittou bore the titles of president and general manager. Bill Larsen (1997–1998) and Jeff Sedivy (1999) also served as dual president/general managers during the first three years of post-local ownership.<ref name=LarsenPres></ref> Principal owner Al Gordon assumed the title of president in 2000 after buying out his former partners.<ref name=Gordon1999/> The title has not been used since MFP Baseball purchased the team after the 2008 season.<ref name=MFPbuys/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|#
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|President
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Seasons
! class="unsortable" style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Ref
|-
| 1
|
| 1978–1996
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 2
|
| 1997–1998
| <ref name=LarsenPres/><ref name=LarsenSedivy/>
|-
| 3
|
| 1999
| <ref name=LarsenSedivy></ref>
|-
| 4
|
| 2000–2008
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|}

==General managers==

Farrell Owens, a local amateur baseball player and coach,<ref name=OwensStart></ref> served as the Sounds' first general manager from 1978 to 1979. Sounds president Larry Schmittou assumed the duties of GM from 1980 to 1982. George Dyce, previously the team's business manager,<ref name=Dyce1983>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> took over the role from 1983 to 1986 while Schmittou served in the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers']] front office. Schmittou returned to Nashville and the GM's position in 1987, a role in which he continued until the sale of the team following the 1996 season.

The new owners, hired Bill Larsen as Nashville's general manager from 1997 to 1998. He was replaced by Jeff Sedivy in 1999. Former [[Opryland USA|Opryland]] GM Tommy Moncreif was brought in for the 2000 season.<ref name=Gordon1999/> Glenn Yaeger, the former chief operating officer of the team's parent company became the GM in 2001.<ref name=YaegerStart></ref> Yaeger, who was criticized for his inability to work out a plan with the city for a new ballpark to replace [[Herschel Greer Stadium]], was dismissed in May 2008 and replaced by Joe Hart,<ref name=2008change></ref> the team's director of sales.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Hart remained with the team until its sale after the season.<ref name=MFPbuys/>

George King, previously the PCL's vice president of business and operations, was hired by MFP Baseball, the new owners, to serve as GM from 2009 to 2010. Brad Tammen, the former vice president of sales and marketing, guided the team from 2011 to 2014.<ref name=KingTammen></ref> PCL veteran GM Garry Arthur was brought on in 2015 as the team prepared to move into the new [[First Tennessee Park]] that season.<ref name=ArthurStart></ref> Arthur retired on April 15, 2016, and team owner Frank Ward assumed the duties of GM on an interim basis.<ref name=ArthurEnd></ref> Adam Nuse, the current general manager, was hired on May 2, 2016, after serving in the same capacity for the [[Bowling Green Hot Rods]] for two seasons.<ref name=NuseStart></ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|#
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|General manager
! style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Seasons
! class="unsortable" style="background-color:#dd0330; color:#ffffff; border:2px solid #231f20;"|Ref
|-
| 1
|
| 1978–1979
| <ref name=OwensStart/><ref name=OwensEnd>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 2
|
| 1980–1982
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 3
|
| 1983–1986
| <ref name=Dyce1983/><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| —
|
| 1987–1996
| <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
|-
| 4
|
| 1997–1998
| <ref name=LarsenStart></ref><ref name=LarsenSedivy/>
|-
| 5
|
| 1999
| <ref name=Sedivy></ref>
|-
| 6
|
| 2000
| <ref name=Gordon1999/>
|-
| 7
|
| 2001–2008
| <ref name=YaegerStart/><ref name=2008change/>
|-
| 8
|
| 2008
| <ref name=2008change/><ref></ref>
|-
| 9
|
| 2009–2010
| <ref name=MFPbuys/><ref name=KingTammen/>
|-
| 10
|
| 2011–2014
| <ref name=KingTammen/><ref></ref>
|-
| 11
|
| 2015–2016
| <ref name=ArthurStart/><ref name=ArthurEnd/>
|-
| 12
|
| 2016–present
| <ref name=NuseStart/>
|}

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October 28, 2018 at 04:39AM

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