Diamond Cuts: Triple Play

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hungry for Music
• ASIN: B00000JRLU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,452 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Los Straitjackets

2. Yogi Berra - Grandsons

3. Sunny's Diner - Russell, Tom

4. Laughing River - Brown, Greg

5. Letters in the Dirt - Brodsky, Chuck

6. Charlie Brown and His All Stars - Winston, George

7. Steelin' Home - Hula Monsters

8. Nolan Ryan's Fastball - Honky Tonk Confiden

9. The Drovers Od Time Medicine Show Visit the Hof - Robinson, Brooks

10. The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show - Robinson, Brooks

11. Big Red Machine - Jones, Kevin

12. World Series '57 - McCutchen, John

13. Remember Me - Gaudet, Jim

14. Maris, Sosa, & McGwire - Johns, Evan

15. They Don't Got Baseball - Bern, Dan

16. SF Seals - Ellis, Dock

17. A World of Orioles Baseball - Siemer, Jason

18. Cravin' Dogs - Wilhelkm, Hoyt

19. Harmon Killebrew - Arundel, Jeff

20. Pitcher (A Poem by Robert Francis) - Wiles, Tim

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Gems, April 8, 2006

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oso diablo (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diamond Cuts: Triple Play (Audio CD)

I love the Diamond Cuts series of obscure baseball-related tunes. Of the first 3 in the series, this one is the best. I like that most of the songs are not just generically about the game, but specific towards a particular player or team. You get homages to the '57 Milwaukee Braves, the Big Red Machine, Nolan Ryan, Yogi Berra, Harmon Killebrew, and more.

My favorite is "Letters in the Dirt", a tribute to Richie Allen, as the songwriter looks back on his innocent childhood ("me & you, we never booed Richie Allen"). A close 2nd is "Remember Me", which chronicles the tale of Ken Keltner, a 7-time all-star but one most remembered as the fielder who ended Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak. I love the haunting refrain, an admixture of pride and lament, of "I nailed him."

The Diamond Cuts team nailed this one.