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Tim Wiles, director of research, National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
"Baseball's troubadour poet laureate...creates a new chapter in the folklore of our national pastime."
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Nine highly acclaimed original baseball story-songs. Among the characters covered on this cd are Eddie Klepp (first white man to play in the Negro Leagues), Moe Berg (a catcher who also was a US spy just before WWII), Max Patkin (Clown Prince of Baseball), Dock Ellis (who pitched a no hitter under the influence of LSD), Richie Allen (booed by racist Philadelphia fans, he’d write "b-o-o" in the dirt in response), Fred Bonehead Merkle (whose baserunning error cost the NY Giants the pennant in 1908), and Eddie Waitkus (shot by a female stalker, his story was the basis for the movie "The Natural").
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Chuck Hits A Home Run,
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I had the pleasure of seeing Chuck perform some of these songs one fine sunny afternoon before a Tourists' game at McCormick field. The music on the CD will make you feel as though your sitting in the bleachers at Wrigley Field in 1967 and the wind is blowing out, and Richie Allen is coming to the plate for the Phillies and you just know that the Cubs are going to lose again, but, hey, the beer is cold and it's not February. It's not all sunshine and apple pie, however, as Chuck covers some of baseballs darker and infamous stories most notably "Letters In The Dirt". Chuck writes with a light and clever touch. You can't help but doff your cap to him.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heard it first on Pandora and had to make a purchase,
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I bought this after hearing "Moe Berg: The Song" on Pandora. What a great song. And the album doesn't disappoint. It is a simple premise. Ten simple folks songs about baseball. How much more America can you get.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must have stories for every baseball fan!,
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Chuck Brodsky has put together an amazing collection of baseball stories and lore into this little CD, with catchy tunes and irrepressible lyrucs. If you have a true baseball fan on your gift list, you can't go wrong with a gift of Baseball Ballads. Brodsky himself sounds a lot like Bob Dylan but he is a true story teller, like Harry Chapin, a better writer than Dylan, and generally more cheerful. An EXCELLENT buy.
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