''The Broadside Ballads'' (2011) is an album from
The Baseball Project
The Baseball Project is a supergroup composed of Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon formed in 2007. The performers came together from discussions between McCaughey and Wynn at R.E.M.'s March 21, 2007 inductio ...
, bringing together songs that were recorded as ‘real time’ commentary on the 2010 baseball season for
ESPN.com
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History
Since launching in April 1995 as ESPNET.SportsZone.com (ESPNET SportsZone), the website has developed numerous sections including ...
with unreleased extra tracks from ''
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails'' and ''
Volume 2: High and Inside''.
[From the album notes.] The nine tracks prepared for ESPN.com are also available online (in a different sequence) for free
streaming.
Broadside Ballads by The Baseball Project
bandcamp.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
Track listing
#" All Future and No Past" – 2:33
#" Cubs 2010" – 2:59
#" 30 Doc" – 3:06
#"Lima
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Time!" – 2:13
#" Phenom" – 3:04
#"(Do The) Triple Crown
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* Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)
** Triple Crown Trophy
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* Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
* Tri ...
" – 3:06
#" DL Blues" – 3:06
#" The Way It's Gonna Be" – 2:45
#"The Giants
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Win the Pennant" – 3:18
#" Blood Diamond" – 2:59
#"Golden Sombrero
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" – 2:16
#"The Ballad of Mike Kekich
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and Fritz Peterson
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" – 2:33
#"Dizzy Dean
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– 2:57
#"El Hombre
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Reception
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" – 4:05
#"The Magic Mitt of Jason Byles
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" – 1:51
#"Show Up to Work Every Day" – 3:58
Personnel
;The Baseball Project
*Peter Buck
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– guitar
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*Scott McCaughey
Scott Lewis McCaughey is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter and the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. He was also an auxiliary member of the American rock band R.E.M. from 199 ...
– bass guitar
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*Linda Pitmon
Linda Pitmon is an American drummer known for her work with the supergroups The Baseball Project and the Filthy Friends.
Pitmon played percussion in band and orchestra in high school. She suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and drumming was a he ...
– drums
*Steve Wynn
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– vocals
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;Guests
* Robert Lloyd – accordion, mandolin, organ
* John "Perhapst" Moen – backing vocals
* John Ramberg – guitar
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References
External links
HomepageBroadside Ballads by The Baseball Project
bandcamp.com. Streaming versions of the nine tracks prepared for ESPN.com.
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2011 albums
The Baseball Project albums