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No! Kidding: They Might Be Giants Sponsors 11 Little League Baseball Teams

As a rule, musicians get pretty peeved when they feel they've been ripped off. But when the rockers of They Might Be Giants found out that their band name and art from their album No! was being used without their permission, they were the ones to shell out some cash....  read more

Extra Innings: 10 Films Proving Baseball is, in Fact, Life

Although consistently warm weather doesn’t hit Cleveland until about mid-June, Indians Summer began for me last Monday when the Rangers put a hit (OK, a lot of hits) on my team in a 9-1 blowout. Ouch. But even though they lost the next four games, I have to keep telling myself it’s a long season, comprised of 162 games averaging nearly three hours a pop taking place in the months where everyone is out doing something—enjoying life to the fullest. Yes, baseball is more than just another sport. It’s memories, nostalgia, friends, family, innocence, romance, scorching summer days, hometown pride,...  read more

Fly On, Sweet Angels: Songs In Memory of Nick Adenhart, and eight other California Angels ballplayers who died too young

The Anaheim-based California Angels baseball team has seen its share of tragedy over the last 40 years, in the form of fatal car accidents, cancer, suicide and even murder. Most recently, promising young pitcher Nick Adenhart, the Angels third starter this season, was killed in a car crash. Teammate Torii Hunter described Adenhart as a very funny kid, and said he would be missed. Our hearts go out to Adenhart's family and to all the Angels fans out there who are, in their own way, devastated by his loss. But it's also a story of triumph and of a lifelong...  read more

Craig Finn talks baseball on ESPN's The Show

The Hold Steady’s frontman Craig Finn has shifted from political commentary to sports announcement...  read more

Miracle 3 and R.E.M. collaborate to baseball album

Baseball has fueled great works of theater, literature and even dance. But the moment of the perfect baseball-related collaboration is almost upon us, as North Carolina’s own Yep Roc Records prepares the release of an album by The Baseball Project entitled Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails....  read more