The Baseball Project have announced an extensive summer run. The band, which is comprised of members Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Linda Pitmon, Peter Buck and Mike Mills, will embark on a series of ...

Any baseball fan knows that music and the great American pastime overlap a bit. There are walk-up songs, after all, ballpark DJs and an organist playing pump-up tunes. And then there’s The Baseball ...

Somewhere in Europe, there exists live footage of an unreleased song about Roberto Clemente, penned by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. The Baseball Project — a music supergroup now comprised of R.E.M.’s ...

Earlier today, members of the indie rock band the Baseball Project participated in a media brunch at the Rock Hall to talk about their group and their participation in All-Star Game festivities. The ...

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“It used to be that you either liked sports or you liked music,” says Steve Wynn. “But something has happened in the last 15 years, where it seems like all of a sudden every musician loves baseball.

The Baseball Project featuring members of R.E.M. and The Dream Syndicate plays for a sold out 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Athens is the third stop on a tour that will ...

The Baseball Project is what’s known in the music business as a supergroup. However, Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn, the two self-proclaimed baseball geeks who started the quartet and represent its ...

On a Saturday afternoon in August, while the Red Sox were trouncing the Yankees in the Bronx on the way to a series sweep, members of the Baseball Project, a supergroup that sings about baseball, were ...

Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks last night, Game 1 of the World Series - what a time to talk baseball music. Play ball. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GRAND SALAMI TIME") THE BASEBALL PROJECT: ...