Category Archives: Music

Baseball Mixtape: Negro League Baseball

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Eric

I wanted to get some hip hop onto the baseball mixtape but felt like not using Nelly. Google led me to Natural Resource, a shortlived indie group from the 1990s. Good info on Natural Resource is scarce, but they were … Continue reading →

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Baseball Mixtape: Cooperstown by the Felice Brothers

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Eric

Great tune from  a band of fiddle and accordion playing/soulish/bobby d and the band-esque rockers who actually grew up near Cooperstown.  No cheesy John Fogerty stuff or annoying overdone sound effects of a roaring crowd; just a nice acoustic ballad … Continue reading →

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It’s A Beautiful Day For A Ballgame …

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Eric

… From Walla Walla, Washington to Kalamazoo. Today is Opening Day and the sun is shining everywhere. Here’s to the last line of the Little League pledge (I mean you Manny) and a memorable 2009. Also, enjoy the newest addition … Continue reading →

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Do It For Kent Hrbek

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Eric

First, an opportunity to exercise your democratic power as citizens of the internet: Paul Shirley, modern basketball’s somewhat less entertaining version of Jim Bouton  has a post up at ESPN asking for votes on which band’s album he should review. … Continue reading →

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Mixtape Update: Dropkick Murphys- Tessie

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Eric

I resisted putting this song on there because somehow it has come to represent everything obnoxious about the Red Sox. But there’s nothing I can do to avoid the fact that like some women from Boston, it was easily available … Continue reading →

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Introducing The Baseball Mixtape

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Eric

One of the goals here is to keep tabs of baseball and its representation in art. Some of it will be popular, some of it won’t. So along those lines, I’m starting the Baseball Mixtape project. Call it a collage … Continue reading →

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Pitchers & Pickers: Old Crow Medicine Show — Caroline

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Eric

Check out this tune by everybody’s favorite old-timey Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show. If you dig Bob Dylan, bluegrass or the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack, you’d like these guys. On the baseball level, not too many bands … Continue reading →

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