It’s the middle of February and we’re a week away from catchers and pitchers reporting to their respective spring training camps. Music is an important part of baseball, as our favorite songs are played in between innings, often used to inspire our team to victory. With baseball and warmer weather on its way, we thought we’d look at the best songs written about baseball.
“Centerfield” by John Fogerty is every man’s baseball song about an average player pleading with his manger to put him in the game. You’ll also hear the names of some of the best; Joe, Willie, Babe and more. It’s a short catchy song with one of the best guitar riffs of all of the baseball songs.
“Glory Days,” the Bruce Springsteen tune, details the way we think life was; always better in yesteryear than today. “Glory Days” comes from Bruce’s Born in the USA album, and originally written with a verse that never made it to the record. The absent verse describes the singer’s father who worked as an auto worker in New Jersey who was saddened because he never played baseball.
Although considered to be a country song, “Cheap Seats” by the group Alabama is a great song about life in the minor leagues, with all the ‘in between innings’ promotions and memorable food. Minor league baseball is a key part of growing up in the south, and the song “Cheap Seats” will always be heard at a baseball game.
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