# baseball songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946 "2003-03-04T05:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/21 "2003-03-05T00:15:03Z")
“Joe DiMaggio’s Done It Again,” lyrics by Woody Guthrie, performed by Billy Bragg and Wilco on the _Mermaid Avenue Vol. II_ album. ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/22 "2003-03-05T17:02:46Z")
Cashman’s Talking Baseball. He isn’t Fogerty’s musical equal, but it is really more abou t the history of the game. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/23 "2003-03-05T18:51:10Z")
The soundtrack to Ken Burns’ [Baseball](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005J2P/qid=1046890277/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/104-3491586-0450332?v=glance&s=music) miniseries has quite a few great vintage baseball songs. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/24 "2003-03-06T18:45:55Z")
Thanks a lot everyone for the excellent answers. Although I am a baseball fan… my knowledge of actual “baseball songs” was lacking. I think I’ll probably pick up that Rhino release, although the tribute to Nolan Ryan (one of my all time favorite players) looks good too. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/25 "2003-03-06T19:23:18Z")
I am partial to [The Greatest](http://www.geocities.com/islandlyrics/kennyrogers/krog01.txt) by Kenny Rogers. Baseball, inspiration, and glurge all in one song! ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/26 "2003-03-06T23:44:30Z")
It’s kind of sad there’s all this greatness for baseball, while us hockey fans have nothing but “The Good Old Hockey Game” by Stompin’ Tom Connors, and I guess maybe “I Wanna Drive The Zamboni” by the Gear Daddies. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/27 "2003-03-07T00:35:13Z")
Elwood It may or may not be your cup of, um, beer… but **The Hanson Brothers** (as very opposed to the Hansons) are an all hockey puck rock outfit. They have put out several albums and appear on an excellent hockey music compilation **Johnny Hanson Presents: Puck Rock, Vol. 1**. Best of luck finding it though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/28 "2003-03-07T00:50:06Z")
[Hit Somebody (Hockey Song)](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=2316751&cc=USD) Warren Zevon [More Songs About Hockey…](http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=1711481&cc=USD) The Zambonis ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/29 "2003-03-07T03:29:10Z")
Also: _Hockey_ – Jane Siberry _The Goal Judge_ – Moxy Früvous ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/30 "2003-03-07T07:14:20Z")
“World of Orioles Baseball” but can’t remember the artist right now. Was on Napster, might be on Kazaa too. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/31 "2003-03-07T07:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by King Friday \* > \*\*“World of Orioles Baseball” but can’t remember the artist right now. Was on Napster, might be on Kazaa too. \*\* Just looked it up, it’s by Hyperhanna ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/32 "2003-03-07T07:52:25Z")
_Tinker to Evers to Chance_ is a cute little ditty written originally as a poem by New York sportswriter Franklin P. Adams (no relation to Cecil that I’m aware of) about the shortstop (Joe Tinker), second baseman (Johnny Evers) and first baseman (Frank Chance) of the Chicago Cubs starting lineup, 1903-1910. The trio were noted for their double-play skills. The song’s idea was ripped off some years later in the 1949 film _Take Me Out to the Ball Game_, with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin playing “O’Brien and Ryan and Goldberg”. That movie has a few other baseball songs and I recommend it for a good afternoon of cheeseball entertainment. Interestingly, according to [these guys](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_stmo.shtml), the first baseball song was _The Base Ball Polka!_ in 1858. Also, what most people think of as the song _Take Me Out to the Ball Game_ is actually just the song’s chorus, with main verses featuring characters named Katie Casey (1908 version) and Nelly Kelly (1927 version). ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/33 "2003-03-07T12:11:55Z")
Does anyone know the lyrics to the Yankees theme song? I know you know the music - what are the words? (This is not a quiz, I don’t know the answer) Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/34 "2003-03-07T20:04:18Z")
In the 70s, Ron Cey of the Dodgers recorded a song about baseball. I think it was called “Dragging the Third Base Line”; I heard it a couple of times on Dr. Demento, but that’s all I remember of it. Dodger baseball broadcasts when they were on KABC Radio were preceded by a pretty good song. Since I can’t post the entire lyrics, I’ll just post a few lines of it: _It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame For a ballgame today The fans are out to get a ticket or two From Walla Walla, Washington to Kalamazoo_ I have no idea who wrote it, nor whether any other ball clubs use the song. Just my 2 cents, and worth about as much. ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/35 "2003-03-08T02:53:15Z")
Steverino–That song preceded Chicago Cubs telecasts, too, although somewhat shortened, and radio broadcasts (more often full length). That was back in the seventies; no idea if they still do it today. And about 5 years ago I was driving through Rochester NY, and heard it as the intro to a Rochester Red Wings broadcast…so it gets around. Raise a hullabaloo, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946/36 "2003-03-08T02:57:00Z")
One verse of the song “It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame” sung by the Harry Simeone Chorus contained the lines “It’s a beautiful day for the ladies, So throw all your dishes away …” They stopped playing that part when I was very young. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-songs/158946.md?page=1)