I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t have the new Baseball Project record yet. All I can tell you is that it’s been a rough couple of weeks, but that I will have Vol. 2 loaded into my iTunes very soon. And that I’ll be seeing the guys (and drummer Linda Pitmon, who I believe does most of the historical research that makes the songs so great) live in Oregon in a few weeks.
The Baseball Project Makes Record And It Is Good
If you don’t know what this is all about, here’s a quick review and a couple of tracks, via NPR ...
One of the truest fan songs here is "Buckner's Bolero" - a catalog of all the other mishaps that cost the Red Sox the 1986 World Series, which most people remember solely for a missed ground ball by first baseman Bill Buckner. Elsewhere come surprisingly serious meditations on mortality, including a finale that examines the 1920 beaning of Ray Chapman, the only MLB player ever killed by an in-game injury.
These guys think baseball is fun, for sure. But as demonstrated on the team-loyalty anthem "Fair Weather Fans," they also take it seriously. "A fair weather fan is not what I am," goes the proud refrain, "even though my ZIP code has changed."
These are exciting times we live in, friends.
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