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Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Jack Norworth never cared much for baseball, but he wrote a song about the game that sports fans have been belting out for one hundred years. Norworth was a vaudeville entertainer, best known for his spirited hoofing and blackface routines. … Continue reading
Van Lingle Mungo
I love this song by Dave Frishberg, in which he strings together the names of old-time baseball players. Even if you don’t know who the players are – and I don’t know half of them – there’s a real poignancy … Continue reading