The Xpress were named for the trains which ran along tracks beyond the outfield wall and the team's sudden arrival and expected departure.

Larry Schmittou, president of the Triple-A Nashville club, offered to let the displaced team play at Greer Stadium until a permanent home could be found.

Afterwards, the Xpress left Nashville to play on an interim basis in Wilmington, North Carolina, where they were known as the Port City Roosters in 1995 and 1996.

[7] The interested parties included the Southern League, which hoped to place the team in an attractive market within its Southeastern territory,[8] and the city of Jackson, Tennessee, which had been rejected from receiving a 1993 Double-A expansion franchise.

[6] In late January 1993, less than three months away from Opening Day, Southern League owners met to explore all options and find a solution.

[7] Nashville's nickname was in dual reference to the freight trains which ran along tracks beyond Greer Stadium's outfield wall and the team's sudden arrival and expected departure after the season.

[15] The arrangement meant that Greer would host baseball games for all but 11 days between the Sounds' April 8 opener and the Xpress' September 5 finale.

[17] The Xpress became the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins after prospective owner Tom Benson signed a player development contract—a working agreement between major and minor league clubs—when still planning to buy and relocate the franchise.

Nashville's Rich Becker started the game by reaching base on an error and then scoring a run on Scott Stahoviak's RBI ground out in the top of the first inning.

Pitchers Todd Ritchie, Mike Misuraca, and Jason Klonoski limited Cubs batters to five hits and no runs in the 4–0 shutout.

Nashville scored the winning run in the second inning when Brian Raabe doubled bringing home David Rivera and Rich Becker.

[23] The Southern League's 142-game season was split into two halves wherein the division winners from each half qualified for the postseason championship playoffs.

[24] In recognition of their first-half performances, pitcher Oscar Múñoz and outfielder Rich Becker were selected for the 1993 Double-A All-Star Game.

[25] The Xpress lost three members of their starting rotation when Eddie Guardado was called up to make his major league debut with the Twins in late June,[26] all-star pitcher Oscar Múñoz was moved up to the Twins' Triple-A Portland Beavers in August,[27] and Todd Ritchie was unable to play for the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury.

[28] In game one, held at Greer Stadium, the teams entered the fifth inning tied with two runs apiece, but Mike Robertson's grand slam put the Barons up 6–2.

[30] Game three of the series shifted to Birmingham, Alabama, where Nashville allowed nine runs in the sixth inning as the Barons erased what was a 3–1 Xpress lead.

[32] Oscar Múñoz was chosen to receive the Southern League Most Outstanding Pitcher Award after compiling an 11–4 record with a 3.08 earned run average (ERA) and 139 strikeouts in 131+2⁄3 innings pitched.

[47] He missed the game after his promotion to Triple-A two weeks prior made him ineligible,[47] as did Barcelo (9–2; 2.43 ERA) after pitching six innings the previous day.

[49] Though the loss prevented them from clinching the division title, the Xpress were still in contention for a wild card playoff spot if they could finish in second place behind the first-half champion Stars with a pair of wins in their last two games.

[32][41] Dennis Bastien intended to relocate his club to Lexington, Kentucky, in 1995, but those plans fell through when he was unable to broker a financial deal with the city to build a ballpark.

[55] Rather than choose a city within the league's Southeastern footprint, Bastien proposed a temporary move to Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

[61] In January 1995, Bastien arrived at terms to move the franchise to Springfield, Missouri, where they would play in a new stadium scheduled to open in 1997.

[63][64] The Roosters were operated by Steve Bryant, owner of the Carolina Mudcats, similar to the manner in which Schmittou ran the Xpress.

[66] Bastien made an attempt to place the team in the Springfield suburb of Ozark, but residents voted down a sales tax increase to pay for a stadium.

[69] The team remained in Mobile for the 2019 season after which they were relocated to Madison, Alabama,[69] a suburb of Huntsville, where they became known as the Rocket City Trash Pandas.

The ballpark, which was demolished in 2019,[71] was located on the grounds of Fort Negley, an American Civil War fortification approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of downtown Nashville.

[76][77] Attendance continued to be low in 1994, with the exception of seven games against the Birmingham Barons, who attracted fans across the Southern League wanting to see outfield prospect and NBA star Michael Jordan.

[79] Worn as an alternate or for batting practice, a navy pullover jersey made of mesh material with the primary logo on the left chest and numbers on the back in red with white borders was paired with either home or road pants as appropriate.