"Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A Baseball Anthology"
Series: New Letters on the Air
From: New Letters on the Air
Length: 00:29:00
America's Pastime comes to a close for another year in October with the Major League Baseball World Series. Guest host Dennis Conrow pays tribute to the game and those who love it with this anthology show featuring poetry and stories about baseball, including works by Donald Hall, Martin Espada, Jonathan Holden, Maxine Kumin, and Billy Lombardo, along with an interview featuring the late Negro Leagues great, Buck O’Neil after the release of his autobiography, I WAS RIGHT ON TIME.
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Piece Description
America's Pastime comes to a close for another year in October with the Major League Baseball World Series. Guest host Dennis Conrow pays tribute to the game and those who love it with this anthology show featuring poetry and stories about baseball, including works by Donald Hall, Martin Espada, Jonathan Holden, Maxine Kumin, and Billy Lombardo, along with an interview featuring the late Negro Leagues great, Buck O’Neil after the release of his autobiography, I WAS RIGHT ON TIME.
Broadcast History
This program was originally distributed via PRSS' Content Depot on 10/23/2009, and redistributed in a slightly different version on 7/2/2010
Timing and Cues
PROMO: NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR examines the sport that has probably inspired more poetry than any other. TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME features works by former U.S. Poet Laureates Donald Hall and Maxine Kumin, American Book Award-winner Martin (MAR-teen) Espada (EH-spa-da), the first Poet Laureate of Kansas, Jonathan Holden, and Chicago fiction writer, Billy Lombardo. We'll also hear an interview with the late Negro Leagues great, Buck O'Neil, recorded after the release of his autobiography, I WAS RIGHT ON TIME. Listen to TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME on the next NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR.
UPLINK DATE: 7/02/10
INCUE: (music) "The crack of a bat against a fastball..."
OUTCUE: "... I'm Dennis Conrow. Thanks for listening to NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR."
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Summer | Jason Shaw | www.audionautix.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 | |
| Ophelia's Blues | Jason Shaw | www.audionautix.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 | |
| Words | Jason Shaw | www.audionautix.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 | |
| Minstrel | Jason Shaw | www.audionautix.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 | |
| Serenity | Jason Shaw | www.audionautix.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 | |
| Somewhere Sunny | Kevin Mac Leod | www.incompetech.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 | |
| Take Me Out to the Ballgame | Kevin Mac Leod | www.incompetech.com. | Royalty Free Production Music | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
New Letters on the Air is a production of the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the litearary magazine, New Letters.
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