For the past 6 months or so, Erik has had the arduous task of downloading ball-related songs for our trip. I must say, I never knew that there was a version of "Talkin' Baseball" for every team! (Talkin' Softball from the Simpsons is still the best version by far.)
It's fun to see how many teams have songs about them, which range from classics such as "Win Twins" and "Meet the Mets," to amateur songs like "OK Blue Jays," to even remixes by artists such as Chamillionaire and Bachman Turner Overdrive rewritten for their favorite teams. Even our Brewers have two songs! "Come See What's Brewin'" and "Let's Hear it for the Brew Crew" will definitely be amongst the most played on the trip. And of course, we have the quintessential "Centerfield" by John Fogerty.
We also have a few radio downloads, such as Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" and "Casey at the Bat," as narrated by James Earl Jones. The key contributions that we will be adding to this list in the next couple months will be batter + pitcher songs. Adam Dunn's songs "Sister Christian" and "In the Air Tonight" and Trevor Hoffman's song "Hell's Bells" are already on the playlist. Ricky Vaughn's "Wild Thing" and Prince Fielder's slow jam song will definitely be added shortly.
The cumulative playlist is already well over 90 minutes. Hopefully we can listen to only baseball related songs and baseball broadcasts for the entire trip!
LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS:
Twins L (6-4)
Brewers PPD, not yet rescheduled
Reds W (6-4)
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touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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