Robert Redford (1936-2025) had a profound influence on the world, be it through acting, directing, producing & activism. As we pivot to pay tribute to him, we'll focus on baseball and Randy Newman's iconic score from 1984's The Natural. Seasons change and so do we, though the Exploding Head Sports Desk got kinda itchy here. Your starting lineup with the best that ever was: .001 Tame Impala: End of Summer (Deadbeat, 2025) Columbia .002 Milt Jackson: I'm Not So Sure (Olinga, 1974) CTI .003 Yves Jarvis: Warp & Woof (All Cylinders, 2025) Next Door/In Real Life .004 Mustafa: Gaza is Calling (Dunya, 2024) Arts & Crafts/Jagjaguwar .005 Franco Micalizzi: Night Breeze (Unusual Sounds, 2018) Anthology .006 Mac DeMarco: Nightmare (Guitar, 2025) Mac's Record Label .007 Sparks: Do Things My Own Way (Mad! 2025) Transgressive .008 Múm: Kostrzyn (Dusk Log single, 2004) FatCat .009 Múm: Avignon (History of Silence, 2025) Morr .010 Laufey: Mr Eclectic (A Matter of Time, 2025) Awal/Vingolf .011 Autechre: Bronchus One.1 (An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music/Second A-Chronology 1936-2003, 2003) Sub Rosa .012 JD Twitch: Agyapong (May Day EP, 2020) Optimo .013 Kneecap: Sayonara [w.Paul Hartnoll] (2025) Heavenly .014 Eddie Palmieri: Condiciones Que Existen (Sentido, 1973) Mango .015 Bananahaus: Coyote Panic (Grounders, 2025) Mono Tapes .016 The Pack AD: Little Ado [about Nothing] (Shiny New Old Songs, 2025) Mint .017 Phillip Dyson: The Entertainer (Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime: Complete Piano Works, 2022) Decca .018 Knitting: Fold (2025) Mint .019 Juniper.Lee: Not Ready (Quiet, Smokey Monday, 2023) self-released .020 Ben Paterson: 'Tis Autumn (Cookin' in the Couve, 2024) Cellar .021 Hand Habits: Quiet Summer (Blue Reminder, 2025) Fat Possum .022 Russell Wallace: Please Come Back to Me [edit] (End of Summer, 2023) self-released .023 Lester Young: Pound Cake (Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns OST, 1994) Elektra Nonsuch .024 PJ Harvey: Autumn Term (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan .025 [radio call]: Babe Ruth [ca.1927] (Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns OST, 1994) Elektra Nonsuch .026 My Psychedelicbib: Brought the Game (Bob Uecker tribute single, 2025) self-released .027 The Huaraches: The Ballad of Dave Stieb (Ride! 2013) self-released .028 Stef.in: Juan Soto (Icterus II, 2025) Barnyard .029 Burt Bacharach: The Sundance Kid (Music from Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, 1968) A&M .030 Randy Newman: Knock the Cover Off the Ball (The Natural OST, 1984) Warner Bros .031 Randy Newman: Wrigley Field (The Natural OST, 1984) Warner Bros .032 Randy Newman: The Natural (The Natural OST, 1984) Warner Bros .033 Jóhann Jóhannsson: End of Summer, Pt.4 [w.Hildur Guðnadóttir & Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe] (End of Summer, 2015) Sonic Pieces .034 Sheila Jordan: Baltimore Oriole (Portrait of Sheila, 1963) Blue Note I have an infinite batting average, which is very not average, but everything I do is a hit. On the other hand, I have an infinite earned run average, which surprisingly happens a lot. SPORTS. [email protected] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire