MLB Spring training is almost over, which means the baseball season is about to start. How about those great baseball songs?
Although considered to be a country song, “Cheap Seats” by the group Alabama is a great song about life in the minor leagues, mentioning 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.
“Centerfield” by John Fogerty is everyman’s baseball song about an average players pleading with his manager to put him in the game. You’ll also hear the names of some of the best like Joe, Willie, Babe and more. It’s a short catchy song with one of the best guitar riffs in all of baseball songs.
“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey was made for baseball. It’s heard in every game at every level of the sport.
Although unique to Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, the Neil Diamond song “Sweet Caroline” is a staple late inning tune, while “Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project (you would instantly recognize when you heard it) are all part of the 9 innings of baseball.
“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 actually was 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 and had little to cheer about.
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