In today’s episode of “Baseball Related Songs,” we pay attention to “I Won’t Back Down” performed by Tom Petty, which has a clear link to baseball thanks to College Baseball. The song “I Won’t Back Down” dates back to 1989. It was released in April of that year as lead single from Tom Petty’s first…
In today’s episode of baseball related songs, we pay attention to Zanzibar, performed by Billy Joel. At first one can wonder what this song has to do with baseball, but there is more than is apparent to the eye. We all know Billy Joel, famous for songs like “We didn’t start the fire”, “River of…
In today’s episode of “Baseball Related Songs” we pay attention to Tinker to Evers to Chance, performed by the Carolyn Sills Combo, a nice little nothing that is pleasant to the ear. Coming from Santa Cruz, California, the Carolyn Sills Combo plays a fresh kind of music: Swing with a Country and Western accent but…
In this episode of “Baseball Related Songs”, we pay attention to “Yankee Stadium” performed by Nils Lofgren. I was made aware of this by a friend, because I never heard of this song. As this friend is a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen, it is not strange that he came up with this song, since…
It has been a while, but in today’s episode of “Baseball Related Songs,” we pay attention to Superstition performed by Stevie Wonder. A great song from the early seventies with a clear link to baseball, even though there is no baseball in the song itself. Superstition was released on October 24, 1972. It was the…
In this episode of Baseball Related Songs, we pay attention to Hells Bells performed by AC/DC. It is the second song in this series that was used by a closer when he stepped out of the bullpen. Hells Bells is the creation of Australian Hard Rock formation AC/DC. The group was founded in 1973 in…
It has been a while but with the passing of country and western great Kenny Rogers, it is a good moment for a new episode of Baseball Related Songs. Of course, we pay attention to Rogers’ baseball-related song “The Greatest.” Born in 1938, Kenny Rogers had an impressive career of more than fifty years. Even…
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…
