In today’s episode of “Baseball related songs” we pay attention to “Ichiro’s theme” performed by Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard. With the trade of Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees by the Seattle Mariners, Gibbard released this song as a thank you for 10,5 great years with the M’s. On the day, the Mariners…
In this episode of baseball-related songs, we pay attention to “Empire State of Mind” performed by Jay-Z. In this song, Alicia Keys is featured as she does the singing of the chorus. Empire State of Mind was released on October 20, 2009, about a week before the World Series that was played by the New…
Today, 111 years ago, the baseball anthem was introduced. Take me out to the ballgame has been the immortal song that is played during every baseball game. According to the legend, the song was inspired by an advertising sign in the New York subway saying “Baseball Today – Polo Grounds.” The creators of the song, Albert…
In today’s episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Bill Lee” performed by Warren Zevon. The song is about the Space man, who was suspended from baseball because of the use of pot, which he claimed not to have smoked. Bill Lee was called the Spaceman because of his odd personality. In a…
In Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Mickey Mantle” performed by the band Waters. Mickey Mantle is a song from the debut album “Out in the Light” of the band. It is the final song on the album that contains ten songs. Even though the name of the former Yankee star is mentioned, the…
In Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Enter Sandman” performed by Metallica. The song itself has nothing to do with baseball but it became an instant classic at Yankee Stadium when Mariano Rivera used it as walkup song. “Enter Sandman” is a song about a little kid and his fears and nightmares. He/she is…
In this episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to Fernando of the Baseball Project. Fernando is the only song in Spanish performed by the group. It won’t come as a surprise that the song is about the former Mexican phenom Fernando Valenzuela. Fernando Valenzuela debuted in the Majors in 1980 with the Los…
In today’s episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Load Up The Bases” by Whiskey Falls, a band that was short-lived and lasted from 2007 until 2011. The song is about a baseball player that exclaims his love for the game but in the meantime, he is bragging how he will hit a…
In this episode of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to another song by the Baseball Project: “To the Veterans’ Committee” In previous episodes we already paid attention to two other songs of the Baseball Project: “Satchel Paige said” and “1976.” The Baseball Project was formed in 2007 by Peter Buck, Mike Mills (both R.E.M.), Scott McCaughey…
In today’s edition of Baseball related songs, we pay attention to “Three blind mice.” Even though this is a children’s song, it has a clear relationship with baseball. Three blind mice is a nursery rhyme (a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates…
