The Voice Of Baseball

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The Baseball Project

The Baseball Project is a supergroup composed of Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon formed in 2007. The performers came together from discussions between McCaughey and Wynn at R.E.M.'s March 21, 2007 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. They invited Buck to play bass guitar and Pitmon on drums and recorded their first album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails later that year. Their very first public appearance was on the Late Show with David Letterman. Buck and McCaughey have previously played together in Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3, The Minus 5, R.E.M., and Tuatara. Wynn is the former leader of The Dream Syndicate as well as Gutterball and has played with Pitmo… more »

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He looked down for me from the wrong booth 
but I learned to overcome my misguided mistrust
He felt duty bound to share the truth and that's why he's the best that ever was 
Those keen blue eyes saw it all for those of us 
cruising in cars or from comfort of home
All the cathedrals that crumbled and rose 
so many come and gone, stars, heroes and bums 

Cause he's not just the voice of the Dodgers 
Not just the voice of the Dodgers
His was the voice of baseball

From Flatbush Avenue, age 21 his first 
to McCovey Cove, where he called his last 
Every Campanella blast and Kershaw curve 
he threw a masterpiece every broadcast 
and he wasn't blinded by color, and he didn't need a color man 
he afforded each team equal respect 
that's how he earned the love of this Giants fan

Cause he's not just the voice of the Dodgers 
Not just the voice of the Dodgers
His was the voice of baseball

Enough words for so many lifetimes
Tales, tangents and musings to no end there'll be some kind of emptiness 
our sport will miss its very best friend 

somewhere in some world there's a radio booth
a place where there's a soul you know you can trust 
someone who delights in the surprise of truth 
and that's why Vin Scully is the best there ever was 

He's not just the voice of the Dodgers 
Not just the voice of the Dodgers
He is the voice of baseball x 3

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