Baseball Music suggestions? help me here :)

[mamaroux]

Me, being a MATT STAIRS - Phililes fan, choose Rod Stewart's TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, of course, but seriously, if we were to have some baseball songs on our iTunes list, what would you choose? So my list may be slightly Philly skewed, but that's to be expected... I'm sure Bryon has some TB skewed music, right?

I've got, so far:

1. Dr. John - TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
2. Natalie Cole - DID YOU SEE JACKIE ROBINSON THAT BALL?
3. Bruce Springsteen - GLORY DAYS
4. The Troggs - WILD THING
5. Queen - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
6. Neil Diamond - SWEET CAROLINE (I think it's Sweet MATT STAIRS)
7. The Intruders - LOVE IS LIKE A BASEBALL GAME
8. Paul Simon - NIGHT GAME
9. Alabama - CHEAP SEATS
10. Freddie Holt - I WANN BE A BASEBALL STAR
11. John Fogerty - CENTERFIELD
12. Pat Benatar - HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
13. Joan Jett - BAD REPUTATION
14. The Orions - SOUTH STREET (meet me on BROAD STREET .. where do all the PHILLIES MEET? SOUTH STREET, SOUTH STREET)
15. Daryl Hall - I'M IN A PHILLY MOOD
16. Hooters - AND WE DANCED
17. J. Giles Band - GIVE US THE WIN

I am going to be sooooooo useless at the library today!!! LOL

[ozzie]

Tie me kangaroo down, sport... tie me kangaroo-oo-oo down!

[swag]

I think you'd better start with... I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (THE RAIN IS GONE)

[festbabe]

You gotta have the theme from 'Rocky' - wasn't that filmed in Philly?

[glinda]

TSOP (the sound of Philadelphia) by MFSB (mther father sister brother), 1974 soul, almost disco.

[Delta]

Bob Dylan - Catfish
Peter, Paul and Mary - Right Field
Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
Terry Cashman - Talking Baseball

And just in case......
http://www.heckledepot.com/

[festivalgirl]

I have no horse in this race other than my love of baseball & the pool I'm in.

However, if this turns out to be the last game, I have 2-2 in my pool. So, the score staying the same until the bottom of the 9th is financially beneficial. My other square is 8-7 Phillies - not counting on that one.

BTW, Sweet Caroline should be banned from MLB. What the hell is that all about? It's got nothing to do with baseball & is really annoying.

[festivalgirl]

From the Baseball-Almanac [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poems.shtml]

Baseball Songs

A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
by Steve Goodman
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
by Jack Norworth
Catfish
by Bob Dylan
Talkin' Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Centerfield
by John C. Fogerty
Talkin' Baseball, The California Team
by Terry Cashman
Cheap Seats
by Alabama
Talkin' Cardinals Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
by Woodrow Buddy Johnson
Talkin' Giants Baseball
by Terry Cashman
D-O-D-G-E-R-S (Oh Really? No, O'Malley)
by Danny Kaye
Talkin' Mets Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Dodger Blue
by Richard Aberdeen
Talkin' Red Sox Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Glory Days
by Bruce Springsteen
Talkin' Tiger Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio
by Alan Courtney & Ben Homer
Talkin' Twins Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Life is a Ball Game
by Sister Winona Carr
Talkin' Yankees Baseball
by Terry Cashman
Play the Game
by Dean Taylor
The Game is Over
by Jim Nuzzo
Remember Me
by Jim Gaudet
The Greatest
by Kenny Rogers
Right Field
by Peter, Paul & Mary
The Umpire
by Mitch Miller
Slide, Kelly, Slide
by George J. Gaskin
Van Lingle Mungo
by David Frishberg
Subway
by Jim Nuzzo

Baseball Music CD / Collection of Songs


Baseball Song Sports Heroes
by Joe Pickering Jr. & Phil Coley
Sports Songs and Beyond
by Joe Pickering Jr. & Phil Coley
The Journey Within
by Bernie Williams

[mamaroux]

BTW, Sweet Caroline should be banned from MLB. What the hell is that all about? It's got nothing to do with baseball & is really annoying.

Put in Matt Stairs..

SWWWeeet MattStairs...
bah bah bah...
Phillies never been so good...
Pat the Bat realizes...
Werth'll play Left field for you
...and Stairs in Right...

ladee la... ladee la...

[VWGal]

I believe Rossvegas' version of the Canajun national anthem would now qualify, right mama???

[Headless Hornman]

This list is not complete without the two songs about Dock Ellis pitching a no-hitter while tripping on acid:

Chuck Brodsky: "Dock Ellis's No-No."
http://www.chuckbrodsky.com/lyrics.html#TBB

Todd Snider: "America's Favorite Pastime."
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/channel.aspx?episode=814

[duende]

hey, there's always next year, right? ;) Even tho' his team wasn't in it, this one's for gumbo - from Ben Harper's "get it like you like it":

In 1918 the great bambino
Kicked a piano into willis pond
But johnny damon swung a bat
Grand slam that was that
An 86 year curse is gone

[jonnygospeltent]

This list is not complete without the two songs about Dock Ellis pitching a no-hitter while tripping on acid:

Chuck Brodsky: "Dock Ellis's No-No."
http://www.chuckbrodsky.com/lyrics.html#TBB

Todd Snider: "America's Favorite Pastime."
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/channel.aspx?episode=814

Thanks for hipping me to mydamnchannel Headless. There is some really cool stuff on there. The John Sinclair is awesome.

[mamaroux]

Yes... yes... absolutely! Because, lets face it... we know why we won the series! :) :) YEAH...OHHHHH NEW BRUNSWICK...er... CANADA!! Any suggestions we have can be directed to WXPN today... Philadelphia's version of OZ... at 3 tomorrow they are doing a rebroadcast of Shane Victorino's hour of DJ'ing which he did just the other week at Live at Five. The flyin' Hawaiian did pretty well with his choices... he's a big Bob Marley fan. hehehe... so www.wxpn.org I'd love to hear some TH names... and they do stream so you can listen in the office!

[mamaroux]

hey, there's always next year, right? ;) Even tho' his team wasn't in it, this one's for gumbo - from Ben Harper's "get it like you like it":

In 1918 the great bambino
Kicked a piano into willis pond
But johnny damon swung a bat
Grand slam that was that
An 86 year curse is gone

28 in our case....
80 to 08!