CD Details: Diamond Cuts - 7th Inning Stretch

This is the seventh volume of the critically acclaimed Diamond Cuts series of baseball song compilations. Seventh Inning Stretch is another musically diverse compilation featuring 25 cuts celebrating our national pastime. Seventh Inning Stretch includes songs about baseball personalities such as: Warren Spahn, Herb Score, Babe Ruth, Ron Guidry, Curt Flood, Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, Richie Ashburn, and others. Also featured on Seventh Inning Stretch is a rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" sung by none other than Harry Caray and the Cub faithful at Wrigley Field, Steve Goodman's "Dyin' Cub's Fan Last Request, a recitation of a Ogden Nash baseball poem by NPR's Bob Edwards, and carrying on a Diamond Cuts tradition: an instrumental version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," this time an acoustic blues guitar rendition. "Everyone knows that baseball and American culture are deeply intertwined, but the Diamond Cuts compilation series proves it. Jeff Campbell's labor of love in collecting seven CDs worth of baseball music stands as one of the great contributions of a single fan to the game. And the fact that all of the music is good music, not just novelty knock-offs, makes the achievement a contribution to American musical culture as well. " Tim Wiles, National Baseball Hall of Fame
$15.99	1. Warren Spahn - The Blackholes 2. Curt Flood, a Mighty Man - The Thrillbillys 3. Louisiana Lightning - Zydeco Crayz 4. Hardball Boogie - Flea Bops 5. Bases on Balls - Honky Tonk Confidential 6. Babe Ruth's Piano - Ruthie & the Wranglers (performed by Greg Hardin) 7. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Harry Caray 8. A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Steve Goodman 9. Whitey and Harry - Chuck Brodsky 10. Baseball in my Blood - Erik Balkey 11. The Ballad of Herb Score - Terry Cashman 12. Willie Mays - Ron Rogers 13. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Buddy Flett 14. Rain Delay - Marah 15. Gamblin' With My Love (Pete Rose) - Dan Bern 16. Losing - Pondering Judd 17. Ace, My Radio, & Baseball - Kenny Roby 18. I Love This Game - Randy Pease 19. Lineup for Yesterday (a poem by Ogden Nash) - Bob Edwards 20. Just Can't Seem to Give Up on the Diamond - Terry Kitchen 21. A Season in Japan - Mikhail Horowitz 22. Snow on the Ball Field - George Winston 23. Harry Caray impersonation - Sam Bush

This is the seventh volume of the critically acclaimed Diamond Cuts series of baseball song compilations. Seventh Inning Stretch is another musically diverse compilation featuring 25 cuts celebrating our national pastime.
Seventh Inning Stretch includes songs about baseball personalities such as: Warren Spahn, Herb Score, Babe Ruth, Ron Guidry, Curt Flood, Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, Richie Ashburn, and others.
Also featured on Seventh Inning Stretch is a rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" sung by none other than Harry Caray and the Cub faithful at Wrigley Field, Steve Goodman's "Dyin' Cub's Fan Last Request, a recitation of a Ogden Nash baseball poem by NPR's Bob Edwards, and carrying on a Diamond Cuts tradition: an instrumental version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," this time an acoustic blues guitar rendition.
"Everyone knows that baseball and American culture are deeply intertwined, but the Diamond Cuts compilation series proves it. Jeff Campbell's labor of love in collecting seven CDs worth of baseball music stands as one of the great contributions of a single fan to the game. And the fact that all of the music is good music, not just novelty knock-offs, makes the achievement a contribution to American musical culture as well. " Tim Wiles, National Baseball Hall of Fame

$15.99

1. Warren Spahn - The Blackholes
2. Curt Flood, a Mighty Man - The Thrillbillys
3. Louisiana Lightning - Zydeco Crayz
4. Hardball Boogie - Flea Bops
5. Bases on Balls - Honky Tonk Confidential
6. Babe Ruth's Piano - Ruthie & the Wranglers (performed by Greg Hardin)
7. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Harry Caray
8. A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Steve Goodman
9. Whitey and Harry - Chuck Brodsky
10. Baseball in my Blood - Erik Balkey
11. The Ballad of Herb Score - Terry Cashman
12. Willie Mays - Ron Rogers
13. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Buddy Flett
14. Rain Delay - Marah
15. Gamblin' With My Love (Pete Rose) - Dan Bern
16. Losing - Pondering Judd
17. Ace, My Radio, & Baseball - Kenny Roby
18. I Love This Game - Randy Pease
19. Lineup for Yesterday (a poem by Ogden Nash) - Bob Edwards
20. Just Can't Seem to Give Up on the Diamond - Terry Kitchen
21. A Season in Japan - Mikhail Horowitz
22. Snow on the Ball Field - George Winston
23. Harry Caray impersonation - Sam Bush