Extra Innings # 1 - The Day The Babe Called His Shot
Series: Extra Innings
From: Thom Butler
Length: 00:03:54
Episode #1 of Extra Innings looks at the day in the 1932 World Series when Babe Ruth "called his shot." With the count at 2 and 2, The Babe pointed two fingers out to the center field stands. Did he REALLY predict where the next pitch would go (it did), or was he just, once again, lucky. It really depends on who were rooting for that day in Chicago.
More from Thom Butler
Extra Innings#5 - Dallas Braden's Present to Grandma
(00:03:57)
From: Thom Butler
On Mother's Day 2010, in front of a crowd of 12,227 fans and one very proud and happy gramma, Dallas Braden pitched A PERFECT GAME!
Extra Innings #4 - The Miracle Mets!
(00:03:59)
From: Thom Butler
In the summer of 69, Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon and a half million people were listening to music at Woodstock... But in New York... The Mets were on their way ...
Extra Innings#3 - The Shot Heard 'Round The World
(00:03:58)
From: Thom Butler
It was an unexpected moment in an unanticipated game. Now it’s known as The Shot Heard Round The World...
Extra Innings # 2 - The Luckiest Man On The Face Of The Earth
(00:03:58)
From: Thom Butler
Lou Gehrig's retirement speech from baseball is one of the most poignant and meaningful moments in all of American sport.
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Mornin' Little School Girl
(00:05:36)
From: Thom Butler
The Sonny Boy Williamson classic, Good Morning Little School Girl is one of the most recorded blues tunes in history, but it’s just one of more than 120 sides that John Lee ...
Blind Willy Johnson - extended version
(00:09:26)
From: Thom Butler
In time for Holy Week, we open with a piece on Blind Willy Johnson, a Texas street preacher who created the quintessential Good Friday blues gospel composition, Dark Was The ...
Blind Willy Johnson
(00:07:28)
From: Thom Butler
In time for Holy Week, we open with a piece on Blind Willy Johnson, a Texas street preacher who created the quintessential Good Friday blues gospel composition, Dark Was The ...
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such TImes And Live? - extended version
(00:10:12)
From: Thom Butler
We end our first week with a special once in a lifetime performance by Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band from the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Hetitage Festival.
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
(00:07:28)
From: Thom Butler
We end our first week with a special once in a lifetime performance by Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band from the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Hetitage Festival.
Strange Fruit
(00:07:30)
From: Thom Butler
For our fourth show we take on one of the most difficult topics to ever be expressed in popular music. Racial relations... and the ugly history of lynching.
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Episode #1 of Extra Innings looks at the day in the 1932 World Series when Babe Ruth "called his shot." With the count at 2 and 2, The Babe pointed two fingers out to the center field stands. Did he REALLY predict where the next pitch would go (it did), or was he just, once again, lucky. It really depends on who were rooting for that day in Chicago.
Timing and Cues
3:50
Intro and Outro
INTRO:He Stood at the plate...
OUTRO:I'm Thom Butler
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take ME Out To The Ballgame | Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band | 02:00 |
