The Baseball Project "Vol 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails"

http://www.mediafire.com/?u1yngdzsgy4

tracklist:

1. Past Time
2. Ted Ffffing Williams
3. Gratitude (For Curt Flood)
4. Broken Man
5. Satchel Paige
6. Fernando
7. Long Before My Time
8. Jackie's Lament
9. Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays
10. The Death of Big Ed Delahanty
11. Harvey Haddix
12. The Yankee Flipper
13. The Closer

"Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn share a fanatical interest in
America's national pastime and have formed The Baseball Project, whose
debut,"Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails" (***, out July 8 on Yep
Roc), is filled with their clever songs about such stars as Jackie
Robinson, Ted Williams and Satchel Paige."

"Whether writing about the famous or obscure, Wynn (Dream Syndicate,
Gutterball) and McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M.) display an obvious
love for the sport, and they get some notable backup from their
longtime friend, guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. And yes, two Detroit
Tigers do get name-dropped along the way: Denny McLain and Jim
Bunning." Detroit Free Press

The album is being streamed in its entirety at:

www.yeproc.com/artist_info.php?artistId=12539

it's been in record stores since July 8th:

http://www.amazon.com/Frozen-Ropes-Dyin ... B00197U10C

'the Closer' rocks. "Sit on my a** and watch the game like everybody else/when it's on the line that' s when they take me down from the shelf."

Yankee Flipper is about Black Jack McDowell.

McLain's deal with Capitol records is mentioned in the first song.

Broken Man is about McGwire.

David Wells is mentioned a bit too much.