Someone once said that the four most beautiful words in the English language are “Pitchers and catchers report!” Whether you buy into that or not, it's getting to be the time of year for the annual baseball program. We hope you'll enjoy songs from Greg Brown, Chuck Brodsky, John McCutcheon, Steve Goodman, Danielle Miraglia and others, including Humphrey Bogart! A classic episode about hope springing eternal … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

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

Garrison Keillor / “Walt Whitman Quote” / Baseball A Film by Ken Burns / Elektra Nonesuch

Jacqueline Schawb / “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” / Baseball A film by Ken Burns / Elektra Nonesuch

Matt Watroba / “They Used to Play Baseball Here” / Shine Right Through the Dark / Yellow Room

George Winston / “Snow on the Ball Field” / Diamond Cuts: 7th Inning Stretch / Hungry for Music

Greg Brown / “Laughing River” / Dream Cafe / Red House

Bob Edwards / “The Outfield (a poem by Edward E. Nixon)” / Diamond Cuts: Grand Slam Vol. IV Hungry for Music

Chuck Brodsky / “Letters in the Dirt” / Letters in the Dirt / Red House

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

Danielle Miraglia / “Heat of the Win” / Glory Junkies / Self-produced

Branford Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby / “The Star Spangled Banner” / Baseball A Film by Ken Burns Elektra Nonesuch

Humphrey Bogart / “Bogie on Baseball” / Baseball's Greatest Hits Let's Play II / Rhino

Antonio Andrade / “Something Happened” / Something Happened / Self-produced

John McCutcheon / “Baseball on the Block” / Sermon on the Mound / Appalsongs

Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun / “Three Strikes and You're Out” / Diamond Cuts: Grand Slam Vol.IV Hungry for Music

John Gorka / “Branching Out” / Before Beginning / Red House

Steve Goodman / “Go Cubs Go!” / Chicago Cubs Greatest Hits / Marguee

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

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