Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Music ratings The Baseball Project's first album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails was released on Yep Roc Records on July 8, 2008. The album is available on compact disc and digitally on Yep Roc's site.

Track listing

1. "Past Time" (McCaughey) – 2:57
2. "Ted Fucking Williams" (Wynn) – 3:04
3. "Gratitude (For Curt Flood)" (Wynn) – 3:23
4. "Broken Man" (McCaughey) – 2:52
5. "Satchel Paige Said" (McCaughey) – 2:25
6. "Fernando" (Wynn) – 3:47
7. "Long Before My Time" (Wynn) – 3:14
8. "Jackie's Lament" (Wynn) – 3:25
9. "Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays" (McCaughey) – 3:33
10. "The Death of Big Ed Delahanty" (Scott & Kevin McCaughey) – 3:35
11. "Harvey Haddix" (Wynn) – 4:25
12. "The Yankee Flipper" (McCaughey) – 3:40
13. "The Closer" (Wynn) – 4:24

Pre-order bonus track

14. "Blood Diamond" – 2:59

On-line bonus tracks

15. "Golden Sombrero" – 2:16
16. "The Ballad of Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson" – 2:33

Personnel

The Baseball Project

• Steve Wynn – vocals, guitars, organ, melodica
• Scott McCaughey – vocals, bass, guitars, piano, accordion, harmonica, percussion
• Linda Pitmon – drums, vocals, percussion
• Peter Buck – guitars, electric sitar, mandolin, bouzouki, 6-string bass

Production

Recorded by Adam Selzer at Jackpot!, Portland.
Mixed by Adam with Scott at Type Foundry, Portland
Mastered by Kurt Bloch for Light Bulb Ministries, Inc., Seattle

External links

• Homepage
• Template:PAGENAMEBASE at AllMusic
• Sportsline review of the album