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Baseball's Greatest Hits | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
Buy Used: $18.96
New (4) Used (11) from $18.96
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 76356
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 70710
UPC: 081227071028
EAN: 0081227071028
ASIN: B0000032LO
Release Date: May 1, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Norworth, Jack | | • | Who's on First? | | • | Joltin' Joe Dimaggio - Courtney, Alan | | • | Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) - Segal | | • | I Love Mickey - Brewer, Teresa | | • | Van Lingle Mungo - Frishberg, Dave | | • | D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh Really? No, O'Malley) - Fine, Sylvia | | • | Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - Johnson, Buddy | | • | Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry) - Harwell | | • | Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Norworth, Jack | | • | (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game - Gamble, Kenneth | | • | Willie, Mickey & The Duke (Talkin' Baseball) - Cashman, Terry | | • | The Land of Wrigley - Lee | | • | A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Goodman, Steve [1] | | • | The Ball Game - Carr, Wynona | | • | Baseball Dreams - Lamm | | • | Baseball Card Lover - Foos | | • | Tommy Lasorda Talkin' About Dave Kingman: June 4, 1976 | | • | We Are the Champions - Mercury, Freddie | | • | Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World: October 3, 1951 | | • | Casey at the Bat - Thayer, Ernest Lawe |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It would be impossible to capture all the things that make the game great--the drama, the humor, the roar of the crowd--on one album, but the folks behind this sprawling collection come pretty darn close to hitting for the cycle. Old-time faves like Les Brown's "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" segue into modern tributes such as Bill Slayback's "Move Over Babe, Here Comes Henry," while such tangential yet groovy chestnuts like the Intruders' soul standard "Love Is Like a Baseball Game" and Rockin' Richie Ray's utterly unhinged "Baseball Card Lover" are guaranteed to make even nonfans cock an ear. Interspersed among the songs are spoken interludes, ranging from classic comedy bits like Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First" to moving memories such as Lou Gehrig's famed farewell speech. Baseball's Greatest Hits is a one-of-a-kind collection. --David Sprague
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| Customer Reviews:
 For Baseball Lovers October 11, 2005
Paula Foley
This is a great cd for anyone who is a true baseball fan, whatever team, whatever era.
 Take me out to the ballgame! October 10, 2005
Jarrell W. Hemingway
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had hoped that the rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" would have been recorded with a baseball stadium organ and maybe even with the crowd singing along.The guitar version was cute but not in the "ballpark" of reality.
Puts me in the baseball mood June 23, 2004
Reagan D. Lynch (Alpine, TX)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great baseball CD.True you probably would have to create a 10 CD box set to cover all the great songs of baseball, but this CD will get you started on a private collection. I have an mp3 file of the Who's On First bit, but this version is 10 times better since it has been digitized. Joltin' Joe, the Willie Mays Song, and D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh Really? No, O'Malley) are songs you'll find yourself singing along with. My two favorites on this CD are Land of Wrigley and Dying Cub Fan's Last Request. Steve Goodman really makes last request a good listen. What a good singer. Talkin' Baseball is also a song you'll be singing along with, and you'll be picturing baseball days of old. The Lasorda recording is classic, and had me laughing the hardest. Baseball Dreams is the kind of song I could picture putting behind a highlight film. The only two major downsides to this CD are the recording of We Are the Champions not being sung by the right group, and I just can't listen to Casy At the Bat more than once every so often. That reading really gets on my nerves. Other than that this is a perfect CD to begin a collection of great baseball songs. Get this for playing in the car on your way to the next baseball game, or at your childs little league game.
I Don't Know! Third Base!!! May 8, 2004
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is (obviously) a compilation of baseball related songs, sketches and what have you. The songs here cover a wide variety of styles, including bluegrass, big band, rhythm & blues, pop, jazz, novelty, country, rock, soul, a capella, folk, gospel and rap. Not all of the songs are good, but a majority of them are. Of course, one of the highlights is Abbott & Costello's classic routine "Who's On First". The classic poem "Casey at the Bat" is here, but the recitation by DeWolf Hopper is a bit too "hammy" for my taste. Not everything here will appeal to everyone, but like I said, there is more good than bad. Recommended for baseball fans.
B"s GH October 20, 2003
William John Bates (Victoria, BC Canada)
Fun to listen to, is it available in CD media.....jb
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