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The Killer & Neil Sedaka belt it out on Shindig.

Found a great collection of baseball songs at Withdrawn Records. Some of my favorites below.

Vida Blue - Albert Jones

Playing the Field - Tony Conigliaro

The Umpire - Phil Rizzuto, Tommy Heinrich, Ralph Branca, and Roy Campanella

WFMU’s blog has a post about a cheesy disco record that sings the praises of Pete Rose.

Charlie Hustle

WARNING: NSFW language in this post.

This is a 1898 memo, presumably from the National League, that reports on the salty language used by some players. It’s like a Mitchell report on cussing! (via)

That reminded me of some tracks on the Celebrities at their Worst CD. Managers speak their minds!

• Earl Weaver
• Lee Elia
• Tommy Lasorda 1
• Tommy Lasorda 2
• Tommy Lasorda 3
• Tommy Lasorda 4

Neither of these are particularly funny, but they’re interesting relics. Both are from cylinders, circa 1909.

The Baseball Girl by Miss Rae Cox (1.4-MB MP3 file)

Uncle Josh at a Baseball Game by (0.8-MB MP3 file)

Jean Shepherd talks about an exhibition game at Yankee Stadium. From 1966.

4.6-MB MP3

I ran across this baseball-related track in the Schoolhouse Rock CD set. Not one of the better S.R. song, to be honest. From 1984.

Number Cruncher MP3

A slightly smutty ditty about a very famous couple. Written & performed by Bob Peck, about whom I can find very little info.

The Old Ball Game (MP3)