On Tuesday 9 March 2010 a book was published titled: The Baseball Fan’s Bucket List: 162 Things You Must Do, See, Get, and Experience Before You Die, by Robert Santelli and Jenna Santelli. The book’s table of contents lists all 162 items per the authors’ ranking. I have taken that list and organized it into twelve categories, which I find easier to consider when dealing with the list. I will be presenting each category alphabetically over the course of the 2011 baseball season. The number to the left of each item is its position on the Santellis’ list. Today’s category number nine out of twelve is:
SOUNDS
86 Learn The Story Behind “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
The story of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is told in a book titled “Baseball’s Greatest Hit” by Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson and Tim Wiles. The book: the complete story of the song is presented, taking us on a fascinating journey into how ""Ball Game"" has come to take a unique place in our cultural landscape. With images of historical newspaper clippings, baseball cards, sheet music, movie stills, ballplayers at the mic, and of course, Harry Caray leading the crowd at Wrigley, Baseball's Greatest Hit also comes packaged with a CD of rare and classic recordings, including performances by Dr. John, Arturo Sandoval, George Winston, Harry Caray and many more. Features an introduction by baseball commissioner Bud Selig and a foreword by Carly Simon. Baseball's Greatest Hit is a gorgeous celebration, not only of a song, but of baseball, music, pop culture, and the creative ways that Americans have always taken popular music and made it their own.
88 Listen To The Great American Baseball Box
The compilation of sounds in The Great American Baseball Box is: The crack of the bat . . . The roar of the crowd . . . The biggest names and greatest moments in baseball history. It’s all here. With over 4 hours of music, play-by-play and unforgettable on- and off-the-field moments, The Great American Baseball Box is the ultimate celebration of America’s national pastime. Relive the greatest moments in the game’s history as you listen to firsthand accounts from the most beloved Major League Baseball voices. Experience the game’s indelible impact on popular culture — with music and soundbites from the news, comedy skits, commercials and more! Rediscover the joy and heartbreak of the game you loved as a kid, but never outgrew.
Disc 1: The Music, Disc 2: The Games, Disc 3: The Players, Disc 4: The Rest (The spirit of the game captured through 28 tracks of comedy, controversy, commercials and more!)
110 Listen To Lou Gehrig’s Famous Farewell Speech
Didn’t find a complete video of Lou Gehrig’s speech, but here is the complete text and there’s a short video following the speech.
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.
"Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky.
"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
"So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for."
Images:
Left: The Great American Baseball Box from the website music.barnesandnoble.com
Center: Lou Gehrig farewell from the website americanrhetroic.com
Right: Take Me Out to the Ball Game from the website baseball-almanac.com
SOUNDS
86 Learn The Story Behind “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
The story of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is told in a book titled “Baseball’s Greatest Hit” by Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson and Tim Wiles. The book: the complete story of the song is presented, taking us on a fascinating journey into how ""Ball Game"" has come to take a unique place in our cultural landscape. With images of historical newspaper clippings, baseball cards, sheet music, movie stills, ballplayers at the mic, and of course, Harry Caray leading the crowd at Wrigley, Baseball's Greatest Hit also comes packaged with a CD of rare and classic recordings, including performances by Dr. John, Arturo Sandoval, George Winston, Harry Caray and many more. Features an introduction by baseball commissioner Bud Selig and a foreword by Carly Simon. Baseball's Greatest Hit is a gorgeous celebration, not only of a song, but of baseball, music, pop culture, and the creative ways that Americans have always taken popular music and made it their own.
88 Listen To The Great American Baseball Box
The compilation of sounds in The Great American Baseball Box is: The crack of the bat . . . The roar of the crowd . . . The biggest names and greatest moments in baseball history. It’s all here. With over 4 hours of music, play-by-play and unforgettable on- and off-the-field moments, The Great American Baseball Box is the ultimate celebration of America’s national pastime. Relive the greatest moments in the game’s history as you listen to firsthand accounts from the most beloved Major League Baseball voices. Experience the game’s indelible impact on popular culture — with music and soundbites from the news, comedy skits, commercials and more! Rediscover the joy and heartbreak of the game you loved as a kid, but never outgrew.
Disc 1: The Music, Disc 2: The Games, Disc 3: The Players, Disc 4: The Rest (The spirit of the game captured through 28 tracks of comedy, controversy, commercials and more!)
110 Listen To Lou Gehrig’s Famous Farewell Speech
Didn’t find a complete video of Lou Gehrig’s speech, but here is the complete text and there’s a short video following the speech.
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.
"Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn't consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure, I'm lucky. Who wouldn't consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball's greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky.
"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
"So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for."
Images:
Left: The Great American Baseball Box from the website music.barnesandnoble.com
Center: Lou Gehrig farewell from the website americanrhetroic.com
Right: Take Me Out to the Ball Game from the website baseball-almanac.com
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