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In his introduction, Bob Costas intones "music and baseball, it's a perfect fit." As evidence, this well-intentioned CD (proceeds going to the Players Trust for Children) is served up, a collection of 13 songs, featuring a host of baseball stars. Heck, if Garth Brooks can try out for the Padres, why can't these guys take a swing at rock, country, and Latin? And though originality is not the name of the game here, neither is embarrassment. There's some good music on this disc. Standouts include "Black" Jack McDowell's "Silence," which actually does rock, in a gun-slinging, Ted Nugent vein; David Wells's "OB Trolls," an irreverent surf-punk look at beach bums; and, particularly, Jose Lima's "La Gozadera," its snappy rhythms and punchy horns giving it hit potential in the current Latin craze.
The batting average isn't .1000, however. Mark Langston's acoustic guitar is buried under a Styx-like barrage on "Welcome to the Show"; Ernie Banks, though listed, is nowhere to be found on a lounge-like "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"; and Bernie Williams's tepid guitar plunkings on "Eye of the Storm" make "warm jazz" sound like hardball.
Garth Brooks didn't make the big leagues, and these guys aren't going to be chart busters. But, it doesn't really matter-they have a great day job. --Wally Shoup
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ASIN: B00005QG99 Release Date: 2001-09-18 |
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Great for kids.......2002-03-06
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Players Choice Jam: Big League Rocks
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ASIN: B00004R968 Release Date: 2000-03-14 |
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In his introduction, Bob Costas intones "music and baseball, it's a perfect fit." As evidence, this well-intentioned CD (proceeds going to the Players Trust for Children) is served up, a collection of 13 songs, featuring a host of baseball stars. Heck, if Garth Brooks can try out for the Padres, why can't these guys take a swing at rock, country, and Latin? And though originality is not the name of the game here, neither is embarrassment. There's some good music on this disc. Standouts include "Black" Jack McDowell's "Silence," which actually does rock, in a gun-slinging, Ted Nugent vein; David Wells's "OB Trolls," an irreverent surf-punk look at beach bums; and, particularly, Jose Lima's "La Gozadera," its snappy rhythms and punchy horns giving it hit potential in the current Latin craze.The batting average isn't .1000, however. Mark Langston's acoustic guitar is buried under a Styx-like barrage on "Welcome to the Show"; Ernie Banks, though listed, is nowhere to be found on a lounge-like "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"; and Bernie Williams's tepid guitar plunkings on "Eye of the Storm" make "warm jazz" sound like hardball.
Garth Brooks didn't make the big leagues, and these guys aren't going to be chart busters. But, it doesn't really matter-they have a great day job. --Wally Shoup
Customer Reviews:
Sweet Swings--But No Homers.......2000-11-08
Among the most musical of the 12 athletes are Astros pitcher Jose Lima, who wrote, produced and sang "La Gozadera," and Yankee Bernie Williams, who plays a subtly jazzy guitar on the instrumental "Eye of the Storm." Arizona outfielder Luis Gonzalez plays congas on the R&B-flavored "Take a Swing," and Yankee Paul O'Neill bangs the fences with his drumming on the Springsteen-esque "Just Like Baseball." There are whiffs: Pitcher Jack McDowell sounds wan on "Silence," and Hall of Famer Ernie Banks can hardly be heard on "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
A fun, unique CD to have and share.
Weird.......2000-04-30
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