The Baseball Project: “Ted Fucking Williams”
Live at Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
26 September 2009

And everyone says “Say Hey!”
And everyone says “Did you see that kid play?”
I’ve got to give the kid a hand
But there’s nothing he can do better than I can
I’m Ted Fucking Williams!

Yet another reason I dig, dig, dig Steve Wynn and The Baseball Project. They allowed their insanely good Cat’s Cradle gig to be taped on Saturday night and this is one pristine recording.

I was thrilled to be there for the show and will be reliving all two point five hours of Awesome repeatedly until I catch ‘em again on Thursday night and no, that’s not creepy at all.

As always, if you enjoy this track please visit the online retailer of your choice to purchase their only release [so far] Vol 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails. Yeah, they love baseball but there’s not a hint of Cracker Jack or campiness to be found among their paeans to Satchel Paige and not-quite-perfect perfect games.

If this album were a person, I’d let it get to second base.

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING.

And I think you do.

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