It's that time of the year again when hope springs eternal: Spring Training in the Major Leagues. Everyone is tied for first until Opening Day, and this week on program we’ll listen to a variety of songs and tunes about America's Pastime: Baseball. We’ve got Ray Lambiase, and of course Steve Goodman and lots more on deck. Time to oil up your glove and bone that bat. Play Ball! … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #21-10: Play Ball 2021

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

King Curtis / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Baseball / Elektra Nonesuch

Bill Slayback / “Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)” / Baseball's Greatest Hits / Rhino

M Hamilton / “Henry Aaron (Radio Call)” / Baseball / Elektra Nonesuch

John McCutcheon / “World Series '57” / Sermon on the Mound / Appleseed

Garland Jeffreys / “Color Line” / Diamond Cuts: Turning Two / Hungry for Music

Chuck Brodsky / “Gone to Heaven” / Diamond Cuts: Grand Slam / Hungry for Music

Howie Newman / “The Ballad of Mike Hessman” / When You're Happy / Major League

Caroline Spence / “Softball” / Spades and Roses / Self-Produced

Peter Cooper / “Opening Day” / Opening Day / Red Beet

Jacqueline Schwab / “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” / Baseball / Elektra Nonesuch

Chuck Brodsky / “Letters in the Dirt” / Diamond Cuts-Triple Play / Hungry for Music

Craig Bickhardt / “The Real Game” / Live at Sellersville Theater / Stone Barn

Ray Lambiase / “The Ballad of 3 Finger Brown” / The Ballad of 3 Finger Brown / Raytone

Harry Carey / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Chicago Cubs Greatest Hits / Marquee Alphabet City

Steve Goodman / “A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request” / Baseball's Greatest Hits / Rhino

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways