“Take Me Out To The Ballgame” is probably the only song that comes to mind when you think of baseball-related music. (Okay, and maybe “Centerfield” by John Fogerty.) But that is about to change, as The Baseball Project is about to release their second set of baseball inspired tunes, Vol. 2: High and Inside. The band’s quartet includes Steve Wynn, Linda Pitman, and members of R.E.M. Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck.
Here they are performing on Letterman after the release of their first album:
As you can see, these songs have a great classic rock/Americana feel, and Volume 2 includes guest spots by artists such as Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady, Yo La Tengo‘s Ira Caplin, and others. The band will be playing in Clarendon, VA tonight at IOTA Club and Café, but if you can’t make it, you are in luck, as we have a copy of their new record to give away!
To enter, please submit in the comments of this post your favorite MLB player, alive or dead. As an Ohioan and a Cincinnati Reds girl, I’m going to have to go with Pete Rose, controversy aside.
The winner will be chosen one week from today on Thursday, September 8th, and you must have a mailing address in either the United States or Canada. Play ball!
