Baseball Is...

From: Alexander Yellen
Length: 29:54

A celebration of the game of baseball and its place in American Culture. Read the full description.

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Promos

Playing: Baseball Is...
From: Alexander Yellen

608px-baseball__crop__small I spent the summer interviewing fans watching games at the Cape Cod Baseball League, a college summer league on Cape Cod, MA. They all have very personal relationships with the game. This piece covers everything from learning the game from their fathers and brothers, growing up with the game, playing baseball, memories of the first time watching a game, and even a bit about the scandals surrounding the professional game.

Playing: Baseball Is...
From: Alexander Yellen

608px-baseball__crop__small I spent the summer interviewing fans watching games at the Cape Cod Baseball League, a college summer league on Cape Cod, MA. They all have very personal relationships with the game. This piece covers everything from learning the game from their fathers and brothers, growing up with the game, playing baseball, memories of the first time watching a game, and even a bit about the scandals surrounding the professional game.

Playing: Baseball Is...
From: Alexander Yellen

608px-baseball__crop__small I spent the summer interviewing fans watching games at the Cape Cod Baseball League, a college summer league on Cape Cod, MA. They all have very personal relationships with the game. This piece covers everything from learning the game from their fathers and brothers, growing up with the game, playing baseball, memories of the first time watching a game, and even a bit about the scandals surrounding the professional game.

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Piece Description

I spent the summer interviewing fans watching games at the Cape Cod Baseball League, a college summer league on Cape Cod, MA. They all have very personal relationships with the game. This piece covers everything from learning the game from their fathers and brothers, growing up with the game, playing baseball, memories of the first time watching a game, and even a bit about the scandals surrounding the professional game.

Transcript

I'm not a really big fan of baseball. It's a fun sport to play with friends, but most of my memories of baseball growing up involve hearing "good eye!" repeated at every pitch I didn't swing at in Little League. Basketball's more my sport.
My grandfather, on the other hand, loved baseball. The only reason I know how to pitch or catch is thanks to that man and his love for the sport -- particularly the Philadelphia Phillies, his home town team.
My grandfather was the second youngest of 13 kids, his dad died when he was nine, his mom a few years later. For a good point of reference on how life went for them, they referred to the great depression as "Tuesday." He was a fantastic grandfather, but he didn't often talk about his childhood -- still, the one story I heard over and over again would be about how he and his brothers would walk down to Baker's Field for a game. The thing was -- t...
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Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Bernie Williams	Moving Forward.	Reform	2009	03:01
Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Dick Johnson	Artie's Choice! And the naturals.		2004	01:00