{"id":3538,"date":"2018-08-03T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T01:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2018-08-03T20:48:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T01:48:05","slug":"songs-about-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/03\/songs-about-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs about baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was lucky enough to see the band the Baseball Project<\/a> last night – at an outdoor show at Madison’s Central Park (renamed this summer to McPike Park, in honor of Mr. McPike<\/a>, former principal of East High School, known for being tough but fair).<\/p>\n

The Baseball Project’s songs are about baseball like the very best food writing is about food: using those things as a way to talk about more than either of them. Life, love, heartbreak, the pursuit of happiness. Like Tony Bourdain was good at – I know he was a baseball fan; I hope he didn’t root for the Yankees. Maybe the Red Sox were his team.<\/p>\n

The last time I saw the Baseball Project was in Milwaukee, two years ago, at Anodyne Coffee – and looks they’re going there this tour, too. No Peter Buck that time, but they had sung the National Anthem at the Brewers game, and they were all wearing Brewers shirts.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the @BaseballProject<\/a> for singing tonight’s national anthem! #Brewers<\/a> #MILvsARI<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kDIj5EWhrS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n