Midnight Mixtape: Baseball

Baseball

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (05/10/2023) with Songs that reference baseball!

Songs in contention

• Timmy Trumpet - Narco (Edwin Diaz)
• Gene Kelly - Take me out to the ball game
• Carly Simon - Take me out to the ball game
• Billy Joel (The Forms) - We didn't start the fire
• Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
• All American Rejects - Swing Swing
• Count Basie - Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?
• K7 - Come baby come
• Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
• Eddie Vedder - All the Way
• Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
• Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
• Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
• Don Henley - Boys of Summer
• Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
• Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
• John Fogerty - Centerfield
• Simpsons - Talkin' softball
• Madonna - This is used to be my playground
• Troggs - Wild Thing
• Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline [not played]
• Sam & Dave - Knock it out the park
• Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
• Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
• Pavement - Major Leagues
• Ramones - Beat on the brat (with a baseball bat)
• Hoddle & Waddle - Diamond lights
• Lindisfarne - Run for Home
• Todd Snider - America's Favorite Pastime

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Big Hitters
1. Carly Simon - Take me out to the ball game
2. Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
3. Count Basie - Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?
4. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
6. Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
[Side 2] Big Play
7. Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
8. K7 - Come baby come
9. Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
10. John Fogerty - Centerfield
11. Sam & Dave - Knock it out the park
12. Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Hidden: Simpsons - Talkin' softball

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

FIVE debuts with Count Basie, John Fogerty, K7, Sam & Dave, The Simpsons.
Of the other acts with previous appearances: /tr>

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Beastie Boys	2	Intergalactic (Planets, #78)
Dire Straits	2	Sultans of swing (Royals, #7)
Echo & The Bunnymen	2	Lips like sugar, #(Sugar, #63)
Belle & Sebastian	3	Stars of track and field (Non Sport, #18) The boy with the Arab strap (Scotland, #5)
Don Henley	3	Boys of summer (Summer Lovin, #62) Boys of Summer (Car Showroom 1, #76)
Kenny Rogers	4	The Gambler (Cards, #84) The Gambler (Good Advice, #103) (w/ Dolly Parton) Islands in the stream, #(Couples*, #65)
Carly Simon	5	You're so vain (Movie Stars*, #58) Let the river run (Running 2, #99) Nobody does it better (The Spy who loved me), #Bond, #19) Nobody does it better (Perfect, #119)
Simon & Garfunkel	8	Bridge over troubled water (Bridges, #86) El Condor Pasa (Toolbox, #55) Homeward bound (Homeward Bound, #81) Mrs Robinson (Non Sport, #18) Sound of Silence (Whisper, #48) Sound of Silence (Hello, #50) My little town (Washing/Drying, #116)