[Vision2020] Ten Best Baseball Songs

[Carl Westberg]

And best baseball movie ever?  "Bull Durham". Maybe the best sports movie, period.  Along with "Caddyshack".  Season opener, Mariners vs. the Twins at 5:00 today on Fox Sports Northwest.  Carl Westberg Jr.

> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:41:02 +0000
> Subject: [Vision2020] Ten Best Baseball Songs
> 
> So, it's opening day, which means it's time for the 10 Best Baseball Songs 
> (that aren't John Fogerty's "Centerfield")
> 
> Courtesy of Paste Magazine at:
> 
> http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/03/10-best-baseball-songs.html
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> 揟he Ballad of Russell Perry??Vigilantes of Love
> Bill Mallonee抯 hearfelt tale of a wily, navel-gazing Tennessee 
> fastballer. 
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/BalladofRusselPerry.mp3
> 
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> 揃aseball Dreams??The Naturals with Mel Allen
> The Run-DMC of baseball music. 
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/BaseballDreams.mp3
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> 揅atfish??Bob Dylan
> His Bobness waxes country-blues poetic on A抯 pitcher Jim 揅atfish?
> Hunter. 
> 
> http://www.baseball-almanac.com/Real_Audio/Catfish.MP3
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> 
> 揇id You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball???Natalie Cole
> An ode to the man who broke Major League baseball抯 color barrier. 
> Originally popularized by Buddy Johnson. 
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/JackieRobinsonHitBall.mp3
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> 揂 Dying Cub Fan抯 Last Request??Steve Goodman
> The most perfect, heartbreaking baseball song ever written.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBxZGQ1dJk
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> ?Love is Like a) Baseball Game??The Intruders
> A curveball from Philly-soul producers Gamble & Huff. 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huqn17C8mmk
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> 
> 揚ete Rose Affinity??Summer Hymns
> A classic tale of childhood autograph-seeking gone awry. 
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/PeteRoseAffinity.mp3
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> 
> 揝ay Hey (The Willie Mays Song)??The Treniers
> Mays actually sings backup on this big-band romp, while Quincy Jones 
> conducts. 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI1qJBG2PCE
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> 揟ake Me Out to the Ball Game??The Hold Steady
> No one rocks this 7th-inning-stretch tradition like Craig Finn and co. 
> 
> Not available
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> 揟essie??Dropkick Murphys
> A punked-out shout-out to Boston抯 famed Royal Rooters. 
> 
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Tessie.mp3
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> 
> My personal favorite of all time . . .
> 
> "Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOpIfbneeHg
> 
> And, of course . . . so, I lied.
> 
> John Fogerty's "Centerfield"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTl-NnuLjaE
>  
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>  
> Join us at The First Annual Intolerista Wingding, April 17th, featuring 
> Roy Zimmerman and Jeanne McHale.  For details go to . . .
> 
> http://www.MoscowCares.com/Wingding
> 
> Seeya
> there.
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