More than any other sport, baseball is intimately intertwined into American popular culture. Something about the game lends itself to poetic waxing or, in the case of The Baseball Project, musical musing.
If you aren’t familiar with The Baseball Project, they are kind of an indie rock super group composed of Mike Mills (of REM fame), Scott McCaughey (Minus 5), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate), and Linda Pitmon (Minus 5, Steve Wynn, Zuzu’s Petals). They write and play Songs about baseball. If this sounds like the ultimate combination of indie rock geekiness and baseball nerdom, it is, and it’s delightful.