Someone once said that the four most beautiful words in the English language are “Pitchers and catchers report.” He was a big fan! Songs about baseball capture some of the spring joy in this edition of the podcast. We’ll hear music from Chuck Brodsky, John Gorka, John McCutcheon and other fine selections. Hope springs eternal … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Chris Thile / “Shadow Ridge” / Leading Off… / Sugar Hill
Peter Cooper / “Opening Day” / Opening Day / Red Beet
Harry Caray / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Chicago Cubs Greatest Hits / Marquee Alphabet City
John Gorka / “Branching Out” / Before Beginning / Red House
Caroline Spence / “Softball” / Spades & Roses / Self-released
Artie Traum & Pat Alger / “The Home Run Kid” / From the Heart / Rounder

Chuck Brodsky / “Splinter Cheeks Johnson” / Tell Tale Heart / Self-released
Chuck Brodsky / “Funeral For the Curse” / Them and Us / Self-released
Danielle Miraglia / “Heat of the Win” / Glory Junkies / Self-produced
Chris Thile / “Old Dangerfield” / Leading Off… / Sugar Hill

Dave Frishberg / “Van Lingle Mungo” / Baseball’s Greatest Hits / Rhino
John McCutcheon / “Doing My Job” / Sermon on the Mound / Appalseed
Dana Cooke / “Christmas Down in Cooperstown” / Diamond Cuts-Turning Two / Hungry for Music
Steve Goodman / “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request / Diamond Cuts-Seventh Inning Stretch
              / Hungry for Music
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways