Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks last night, Game 1 of the World Series - what a time to talk baseball music. Play ball. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GRAND SALAMI TIME") THE BASEBALL PROJECT: ...

Any baseball fan knows that music and the great American pastime overlap a bit. There are walk-up songs, after all, ballpark DJs and an organist playing pump-up tunes. And then there’s The Baseball ...

The Baseball Project’s Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5/Young Fresh Fellows) has fond memories of visiting Cleveland when it hosted the Major League Baseball All-Star Game back in 2019. To help celebrate ...

Its sense of humor is the most surprising thing about the supergroup that includes Steve Wynn, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey, and Wynn’s wife, Linda Pitmon, a self-confessed sucker for ...

“It used to be that you either liked sports or you liked music,” says Steve Wynn. “But something has happened in the last 15 years, where it seems like all of a sudden every musician loves baseball.

The Baseball Project, with members drawn from the likes of R.E.M., the Dream Syndicate, and Minus 5, is a supergroup with a purpose. Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon, and Peter Buck teamed up ...

Somewhere in Europe, there exists live footage of an unreleased song about Roberto Clemente, penned by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. The Baseball Project — a music supergroup now comprised of R.E.M.’s ...

Supergroup the Baseball Project — comprising former R.E.M. members Peter Buck and Mike Mills, Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate), Scott McCaughey (the Minus 5 and Young Fresh Fellows), and Linda Pitmon ...

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With the World Series underway, NPR's Scott Simon talks to Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon and Scott McCaughey of The Baseball Project, about their... The Baseball Project on their latest musical ode to the ...