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In the early 1980s, Greer Stadium served as the home field for the Father Ryan High School football team. Father Ryan returned to playing at Greer from 2006 through 2008, before moving to a new school athletic complex for the 2009 season. Depending on the Sounds' schedule, some of the school's home games were held at the visiting school's field (with Father Ryan designated as the home team) or at other unused local high school fields. In the football configuration, the field runs along the first base line.
Until the 2011 opening of E. S. Rose Park, the Belmont Bruins baseball team played the majority of its season at Greer. When the Sounds' home schedule prohibited its use, Belmont's games were played at Nashville's Shelby Park.
Greer has been the site of the City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge since 1991. Two teams of country music stars participate in the game, from which proceeds go toward research and treatment of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Past participants include Vince Gill, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sara Evans, Montgomery Gentry, and Phil Vassar. As of the 2008 event, more than $1.5 million has been raised.
From 2001 to 2011, Greer was home to the Jeff Fisher & Friends Charity Softball Game. Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and players from the team, past and present, competed in order to benefit local charities. Titans participants included Vince Young, Steve McNair, Eddie George, Frank Wycheck, Rob Bironas, and Keith Bulluck, among others. Tomáš Vokoun and coach Barry Trotz of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators have also taken part.
In 2002, the music video for Steve Earle's "Some Dreams", a song featured in the motion picture The Rookie, was filmed at Greer. The video, intercut with clips from the film, shows Earle and his band performing the song on the empty ballpark's field.
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