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Maybe, its just me, but fantasy aside, baseball itself has had a rather dull start to the year. No teams are shooting out of the gate, there have been nice performances, heck, even three cycles, but nothing yet that has made me say, "Wow". Maybe this weekend.



Getting a list of top 10 songs about baseball is alot more difficult than movies. There are thousands of songs about baseball. But most are "for the moment" songs that do not leave an impression.

Terry Cashman has written over 100 songs about baseball. His "We're Talking Baseball" is on the list and was played constantly during the 70's.

There are several songs about Babe Ruth and like the movies about him, nobody got it right. There are also songs about other individual players and especially teams when they had good years. None memorable.

God Bless America in New York and Sweet Caroline in Boston are considered baseball songs there, not here. Paradise by the Dashboard Light is more of a guy trying to get in a girls pants than a baseball song.

Night Game by Paul Simon should be mentioned, it just missed

Anyways, here's the list



10. I saw it on the Radio- I don't know who sang it, but it captured what it was like to be a baseball fan before tv



9. Joltin Joe DiMaggio- This song was made after DiMaggio's streak and was a huge hit. No age jokes please.



8. Catfish- The Bob Dylan song about Catfish Hunter. Of course, great lyrics



7. A Dying Cub fan's Last Request- Still Stands up today. Steve Goodman wrote and sang it



6. The Greatest- Every kid has played out parts of this song during their life



5. Take Me Out to the Ballgame- Only because of tradition is it this high. Its been the standard and like Christmas songs, its hard to push aside a standard.



4. Glory Days- The boss. The only time I heard a fastball called a speedball.



3. Cheap Seats- Embraces most of the facets of baseball through a hometown fan's eyes. Great song.



2. Talkin' Baseball- If you were around baseball in the 70's, you could not avoid this song. Great lyrics. Cashman went on to record many other songs and albums about baseball. He even sang 'live' during some National broadcasts.



1. Centerfield- Every spring the song leaps into my head. While Take Me Out to the Ballgame is the anthem during a game, Centerfield is the song that inspires baseball fans that spring is here and there's new grass on the field.

Good list. Centerfield is certainly my #1 even though I was more of a left or right fielder in my youth.



Why so quiet around here? Maybe after the firestorm surrounding the DL rule, everyone's taking a breather.



Or folks are waiting for fireworks this weekend as the Sox & Yankees renew their rivalry? I know I am psyched; I have friends coming from all over the state for the weekend, I'm making gyros on the grill, the cooler's stocked, the sun is shining.....put me in coach!

Good list Dan - but my all time favorite is



RIGHT FIELD - written by peter paul and mary's - Paul Stookey



"Playing RF, it's easy you know. You can be awkward and you can be slow. That's why I'm here in Rf watching the dandelions grow."



"playing right field can be lonely and dumb, cause little leagues never have lefties that pull"



Here's a pretty good cover version by some guy on you tube YOU TUBE



[ April 24, 2009, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: Ryan Carey ]

Here's one by a personal favorite!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cKTySe-3bc

Originally posted by Ryan Carey:

Good list Dan - but my all time favorite is



RIGHT FIELD - written by peter paul and mary's - Paul Stookey



"Playing RF, it's easy you know. You can be awkward and you can be slow. That's why I'm here in Rf watching the dandelions grow."



"playing right field can be lonely and dumb, cause little leagues never have lefties that pull"



Here's a pretty good cover version by some guy on you tube YOU TUBE I have heard Right Field. Good song.

Reminds me of my daughters. They dutifully played a year of Little League. It was tee ball and all players played. My daughters would head out to right field and practice somersaults, try catching butterflies, and once picked up a baseball that rolled their way...only to start playing catch with it, while the coach and other kids were trying to get them to throw the ball in.... Great memories.

I love the Simpson's Talkin' Softball song by Terry Cashman at the end of the episode Homer at bat.



Mr. Burns makes a million dollar bet with Aristotle Amadopoulos, owner of the Shelbyville plant, that his team will win. To secure victory in the game, Burns decides to hire professional baseball players and assembles a team that includes Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, Mordecai Brown, Gabby Street, Pie Traynor, Harry Hooper, Nap Lajoie, Joe Jackson, and Jim Creighton (who Smithers points out died 130 years ago). Smithers informs Burns that the players he picked are all long retired and dead, so Burns changes tactics and orders Smithers to find some current superstar players. He hires nine Major League Baseball players— Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Ken Griffey, Jr., Steve Sax, Ozzie Smith, José Canseco, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry and Mike Scioscia— and gives them token jobs at the plant so that they can play on the company team, much to the dismay of the plant workers who got the team to the championship game in the first place and were now replaced.

Originally posted by Snord35:

I love the Simpson's Talkin' Softball song by Terry Cashman at the end of the episode Homer at bat.



Mr. Burns makes a million dollar bet with Aristotle Amadopoulos, owner of the Shelbyville plant, that his team will win. To secure victory in the game, Burns decides to hire professional baseball players and assembles a team that includes Honus Wagner, Cap Anson, Mordecai Brown, Gabby Street, Pie Traynor, Harry Hooper, Nap Lajoie, Joe Jackson, and Jim Creighton (who Smithers points out died 130 years ago). Smithers informs Burns that the players he picked are all long retired and dead, so Burns changes tactics and orders Smithers to find some current superstar players. He hires nine Major League Baseball players— Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Ken Griffey, Jr., Steve Sax, Ozzie Smith, José Canseco, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry and Mike Scioscia— and gives them token jobs at the plant so that they can play on the company team, much to the dismay of the plant workers who got the team to the championship game in the first place and were now replaced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDJjyoYLxAA