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| Artist: | Various Artists | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0826663144024 | | Format: | Import | | Format: | Box set | | Format: | Compilation | | MPN: | 31440 | | Number Of Discs: | 4 | | Original Release Date: | 2005-10-18 | | Release Date: | 2005-10-18 | | UPC: | 826663144024 |
Tracks:- It's A Beautiful Day For A Ball Game - The Harry Simeone Songsters
- Centerfield - John Fogerty
- I Love Mickey - Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer
- D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley) - Danny Kaye
- Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - Count Basie & His Orchestra feat. Taps Miller
- Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke") - Terry Cashman
- Catfish - Bob Dylan
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game - The Andrews Sisters feat. Dan Dailey
- Joltin' Joe DiMaggio - Les Brown & His Orchestra feat. Betty Bonney
- Baseball Boogie - Mabel Scott
- The First Baseball Game - Nat King Cole
- Right Field - Peter, Paul & Mary
- Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) - The Treniers
- Van Lingle Mungo - Dave Frishberg
- A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Steve Goodman
- The Ball Game - Sister Wynona Carr
- New York Yankees score seven runs in one inning during the final game of the 1936 World Series.
- New York Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs to win the 1938 World Series, their third consecutive series win.
- New York Yankees become the first team to win four consecutive World Series titles.
- “The Shot Heard Round The World” – New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson homers against Brooklyn Dodgers to win National League pennant.
- “The Catch” – New York Giants’ Willie Mays robs the Cleveland Indians’ Vic Wertz with an over-the-shoulder catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
- New York Yankees’ Don Larsen pitches only perfect game in World Series history.
- Ted Williams homers in his final at bat in the major leagues
- Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bill Mazeroski’s Game 7 home run wins 1960 World Series.
- New York Yankees’ Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth’s single season home run record.
- New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle sets World Series home run record with 16th round-tripper.
- New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle hits his 500th career home run.
- The Amazin’ New York Mets win the 1969 World Series.
- Atlanta Braves’ “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s career home run record.
- Boston Red Sox’s Carlton Fisk homers to win Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.
- New York Yankees’ Reggie Jackson homers three times in final game of 1977 World Series.
- New York Yankees’ Bucky Dent homers to beat Red Sox and win the 1978 American League Eastern Division title.
- Cincinnati Reds’ Tom Seaver becomes fifth player to amass 3,000 strikeouts.
- Kansas City Royals’ George Brett has home run disqualified for pine tar too far up the bat handle.
- Cincinnati Reds’ Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb’s all-time hits record.
- Bill Buckner’s legendary error continues the Boston Red Sox curse.
- Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kirk Gibson homers to win Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.
- Texas Rangers’ Nolan Ryan hurls his seventh no-hitter.
- Toronto Blue Jays’ Joe Carter wins Game 6 of the 1993 World Series with a home run.
- Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken, Jr., breaks Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played record.
- St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris’ single season home run record with 62.
- Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire’s single season home run record of 62.
- San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds breaks Mark McGwire’s single season home run record with 71.
- Arizona Diamondbacks’ Luis Gonzalez’s Game 7 hit beats the New York Yankees to win the 2001 World Series.
- Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki breaks George Sisler’s single season hits record.
- Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win 2004 World Series and break 86-year-old curse.
- Philadelphia Athletics’ manager Connie Mack, Red Smith and Andy Coakley reminisce about the early days of baseball. (1898-1906)
- Cy Young remembers his perfect game. (1904)
- Ty Cobb talks about his career. (1906-1918)
- St. Louis Cardinals’ player-manager Frankie Frisch remembers his 1934 World Championship team, fondly known as “The Gashouse Gang.” (1934)
- Babe Ruth talks about his goals in baseball. (1934)
- Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis declares Baseball Hall of Fame open. (1939)
- An ailing Lou Gehrig announces his retirement and bids farewell at Yankee Stadium. (1939)
- New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on the war and baseball. (1942)
- Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams talks about his love of baseball. (1946)
- Babe Ruth gives farewell address at Yankee Stadium. (1947)
- Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson reflects on being baseball’s first African-American player. (1948)
- New York Yankees’ “Joltin’” Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball. (1951)
- Leo Durocher reminisces about managing the 1954 World Champion New York Giants. (1955)
- Detroit Tigers’ Hank Greenberg reminisces about his greatest thrill in baseball. (1956)
- New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers announce their move to the West Coast. (1957)
- New York Yankees’ manager Casey Stengel testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Monopoly and Anti-Trust hearings. (1958)
- New York Yankees’ Whitey Ford discusses pitching fundamentals. (1963)
- Los Angeles Dodgers’ Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax hold out for new contracts. (1966)
- St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial on unionizing players and the expansion of the league. (1966)
- San Francisco Giants’ Gaylord Perry talks about pitching. (1966)
- Baltimore Orioles’ Brooks Robinson discusses the 1966 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the off-season. (1966)
- Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck on the 1966 World Series. (1966)
- New York Yankees’ Yogi Berra is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (1972)
- Future Hall of Famer Frank Robinson on his trade from the Baltimore Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers. (1972)
- Cincinnati Reds’ Johnny Bench on the 1972 National League West divisional race. (1972)
- Boston Red Sox’s Carl Yastrzemski talks about the upcoming season. (1972)
- Cincinnati Reds’ Pete Rose on the upcoming National League play-offs. (1972)
- Oakland Athletics’ Reggie Jackson reveals he received death threats prior to the 1973 World Series. (1973)
- New York Yankees’ Reggie Jackson answers his critics. (circa 1973 – ’74)
- NBC announcer Tony Kubek interviews Atlanta Braves’ “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron about the pressure of trying to break Babe Ruth’s career home run record. (1974)
- New York Yankees’ Bucky Dent on his above-normal home run production. (1977)
- California Angels’ Reggie Jackson returns to an ovation at Yankee Stadium. (1982)
- New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner speaks to rumors he will sell the team. (1982)
- Pete Rose addresses the Dowd Report’s accusations that he gambled while manager of the Cincinnati Reds. (1989)
- Former Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken, Jr., reflects on his consecutive games played streak. (1995)
- NBC Anchor Brian Williams’ account of St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire’s single season record-breaking 62nd home run. (1998)
- Mark McGwire on the groundskeeper who caught his 62nd home run ball. (1998)
- Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa reflects on his record-breaking 66 home runs. (1998)
- Sammy Sosa on his pending suspension for using a corked bat. (2003)
- San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds talks about hitting his 700th career home run. (2004)
- Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona on the possibility of winning the final game of the World Series. (2004)
- Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack coins the hopeful phrase “There’s always next year!” (1928)
- Casey At The Bat – DeWolf Hopper (1909)
- The Man Who Fanned Casey – DeWolf Hopper (1909)
- Babe & Lou, The Home Run Twins – Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (1928)
- Colgate Sports Newsreel With Bill Stern and the “Strange But True” beginning of the National League. (1941)
- Babe Ruth answers questions from his young fans. (1941)
- “Two Top Gruskin” – Duffy’s Tavern radio program (1947)
- Joe DiMaggio answers mailbag questions from his fans. (1948)
- Ralph Kiner sponsors Wheaties and trades barbs with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. (1950)
- Richie Ashburn gets his energy from eating Wheaties! (1950)
- Bob Feller speaks to announcer Bill Stern about baseball and disabled American veterans. (1950)
- Who’s On First? – Bud Abbott & Lou Costello (1951)
- The Seventh Inning Stretch sponsored by Falstaff Beer. (1953)
- Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe. (1954)
- Mutual and Falstaff Beer present the “Game Of The Day.” (1955)
- Dizzy Dean promises Dinah Shore some Christmas snow. (1957)
- Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey laments the future of baseball and its expansion. (1957)
- Hit a home run with Falstaff Beer! (1957)
- Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Walter Alston sponsors Packard Bell televisions. (1959)
- Roy Campanella promotes Packard Bell televisions and hi-fi’s. (1959)
- Don Drysdale endorses Proposition “S” for better schools. (1960)
- Fond remembrances of Ebbets Field and the Brooklyn Dodgers before the stadium is torn down. (Features the famous Brooklyn Symphony Band.) (1961)
- Reggie Jackson promotes the Volkswagen Rabbit. (1976)
- Tommy Lasorda is bleeping mad after New York Mets’ Dave Kingman hits three home runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (1976)
- Announcers comment on the start of 24-hour sports network ESPN and its effect on baseball teams’ revenue. (1978)
- “Beisbol been good to me” – Comedian Garrett Morris of Saturday Night Live as fictitious New York Mets All-Star Chico Escuela. (1970s)
- Announcer Mel Allen and This Week In Baseball (1980s)
- Detroit Tigers promote an upcoming series with the Seattle Mariners. (1988)
- Boston Red Sox fans speculate that “The Curse of The Bambino” (Babe Ruth) may be coming to an end. (2004)
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