Sing me a song

October 18, 2013

Baseball Nation’s Jim Baker posted this list of “The 10 best songs about baseball players.”

Counting down from ten, we have:

10. “Ken Griffey, Jr.” by Doe B. featuring Jr. Boss

9. “One Man, Five Tools” by Puig Destroyer

8. “Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)” by Richard (Popcorn) Wylie

7. “Panda and the Freak” by The Baseball Project

6. “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?” by Woodrow Buddy Johnson & Count Basie

5. “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio” by Les Brown and His Band of Renown

4. “Vida Blue” by Albert Jones

3. “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)” by The Treniers (I never liked this one. Always seemed a too minstrel-ish.)

2. “Stan the Man” by Steve Bledsoe and the Blue Jays

1. “Ichiro Goes to the Moon” by The Baseball Project

Missing from the top 10, IMHO: The Baseball Project’s “Ted F***in’ Williams” (NSFW) and Dan Bern’s “The Perfect Game,” which recalls the non-perfect game tossed by Armando Gallarga.

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