PART 1: Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run – John Sterling; Here Come the Yankees – New York Yankees; Here Come the Yankees (instrumental) – New York Yankees; Living Legends – The Fleshtones; Unforced Penalties – The Zambonis; New American Way – Tom Guerra; Taxi Driver – The Hollywood Stars; Non-Stop – The Vacuum Cleaners; Everything – The Vacuum Cleaners; Two Jobs – Lee Fields; Save Your Tears for Someone – Lee Fields; (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding – Brinsley Schwarz; Bay City Rollers We Love You – Tartan Horde; Rollers Show – Nick Lowe; So It Goes – Nick Lowe; Heart of the City – Nick Lowe
PART 2: American Squirm – Nick Lowe; Cracking Up – Nick Lowe; Teacher Teacher – Rockpile; Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) – Rockpile; Now and Always – Rockpile; When I Write the Book – Rockpile; Take a Message to Mary – Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds; Crying in the Rain – Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds; Poor Jenny – Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds; When Will I Be Loved – Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds; Raging Eyes – Nick Lowe; Half a Boy and Half a Man – Nick Lowe; 7 Nights to Rock – Nick Lowe; I Live on a Battlefield – Nick Lowe; All Men Are Liars – Nick Lowe; A Better Man – Nick Lowe; Hope for Us All – Nick Lowe; Indoor Fireworks – Nick Lowe; Christmas at the Airport – Nick Lowe; Tokyo Bay – Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets; Love Starvation – Nick Lowe; Cruel to Be Kind – Brinsley Schwarz
PART 3: Take Me Out to the Ball Game – Josh Kantor; Walter Johnson – Jonathan Richman; Grand Salami Time – The Baseball Project; Knock It out the Park – Sam & Dave; Bucky Dent’s Home Run, 10/2/78 – Bill White; Joe DiMaggio Done It Again – Billy Bragg & Wilco; Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio – Les Brown & His Orchestra (Betty Bonney, vocals); Lee Elia Tirade 4/29/83 – Lee Elia; Go Cubs Go – Steve Goodman; Nolan Ryan (He’s a Hero to Us All) – Jerry Jeff Walker; Mike Yastrzemski Homers at Fenway, 9/18/19 – Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper; Ted Fucking Williams – The Baseball Project; Catfish – Bob Dylan; Bill Lee – Warren Zevon; Chin Music – The Baseball Project; Dock Ellis – SF Seals; Roger Maris’ 61st Home Run, 10/1/61 – Phil Rizzuto; Robbie Dobie Boogie – Brownie McGhee; Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball – Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra; Color Line – Garland Jeffreys
PART 4: The Mets Win the Damn Thing – Bob Murphy; Meet the Mets – New York Mets; Meet the Mets (Instrumental) – New York Mets; The First Baseball Game – Nat “King” Cole; (Love Is Like a) Baseball Game – The Intruders; Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays – The Baseball Project; Willie Mays Makes The Catch – Jack Brickhouse; Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) – Willie Mays of the New York Giants with The Treniers; Mets Vitalis Commercial – Gil Hodges, Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Jerry Koosman & Gary Gentry; Disco Demolition – The Baseball Project; Address to Congress, 1958 – Casey Stengel & Mickey Mantle; I Love Mickey – Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer; Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen; Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Bruce Springstone; Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World Series Homer – Vin Scully; The Voice of Baseball – The Baseball Project; What Crash Believes – Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins; The Cheap Seats – Alabama; Play by Play (I Saw It on the Radio) – Terry Cashman; There Used to Be a Ballpark – Frank Sinatra; The D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really No, O’Malley) – Danny Kaye; Madison Bumgarner Clinches the 2014 World Series – Joe Buck & Harold Reynolds; Places That Are Gone – Tommy Keene; Centerfield – John Fogerty; You Gotta Have Heart – Damn Yankees Cast
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