Baseball's Greatest Hits | |
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Compilation album by various artists | |
Released | 1989 |
Label | Rhino |
Alternative cover | |
Baseball's Greatest Hits is the name of two different CD collections of songs and other recordings connected with baseball, released in 1989.
The eclectic collections include vintage songs such as Les Brown's "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" from 1941, Teresa Brewer's 1956 number "I Love Mickey" (with a cameo by Mickey Mantle himself), and Danny Kaye's humorous 1962 recording about the Los Angeles Dodgers. Spoken entries include verbiage such as Russ Hodges' call of Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in 1951, Tommy Lasorda's rant about Dave Kingman, and the Abbott and Costello classic, "Who's on First?".
However, due to licensing restrictions. Rhino was unable to include "Centerfield" by John Fogerty.