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The Baseball Project is a supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

composed of Peter Buck

Peter Buck

Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

, Scott McCaughey

Scott McCaughey

As a singer and songwriter, Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5.He is also bassist for Robyn Hitchcock's most recent touring band, The Venus 3, along with Bill Rieflin and Peter Buck....

, Steve Wynn

Steve Wynn (songwriter)

Steve Wynn is a songwriter based in New York . He led the band the Dream Syndicate from 1981 to 1989 and afterward began a solo career.- Career in bands :...

and Linda Pitmon formed in 2007. The performers came together from discussions between McCaughey and Wynn at R.E.M.

R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...

's March 21, 2007 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...

at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City

New York City

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. They invited Buck to play bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

and Pitmon on drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

and recorded their first album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
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:#"Past Time" – 2:57...

later that year. Buck and McCaughey have previously played together in Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

and The Venus 3, The Minus 5

The Minus 5

The Minus 5 is an American rock band, headed by musician Scott McCaughey and featuring R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.-Band history:Formed in 1993, McCaughey designed the Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup...

, R.E.M.

R.E.M.

, and Tuatara

Tuatara (band)

Tuatara is a Seattle-based instrumental music group featuring members of R.E.M., The Minus 5, Critters Buggin, and the Screaming Trees.-History:...

. Wynn is the former leader of the The Dream Syndicate as well as Gutterball

Gutterball

Gutterball is a compound word devised from "gutter" and "ball", which has several meanings:*"Gutterball" is a phrase often used in American ten-pin bowling to describe a delivery that falls into one of the gutters before it reaches the pins....

and currently plays with Pitmon in Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3.

The second album from The Baseball Project, Volume 2: High and Inside
Volume 2: High and Inside
Volume 2: High and Inside is the second album from The Baseball Project, released by Yep Roc Records on March 1, 2011.-Track listing:#"1976" – 3:37#"Panda and The Freak" – 2:40#"Fair Weather Fans" – 3:37...

, was released on March 1, 2011 on Yep Roc Records. The band will follow the record's release with a tour covering the U.S. and appearances at Spring Training games in Arizona's Cactus League.

The band also recorded a ‘real time’ commentary on the 2010 baseball season for ESPN.com

ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. Since launching in 1995 as ESPNet.SportsZone.com, the website has developed numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN 3.com, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider, ESPN.com's...

: one song every month made available as a free download. The collection was released in 2011 (along with unreleased extra tracks from Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
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:#"Past Time" – 2:57...

and Volume 2: High and Inside
Volume 2: High and Inside
Volume 2: High and Inside is the second album from The Baseball Project, released by Yep Roc Records on March 1, 2011.-Track listing:#"1976" – 3:37#"Panda and The Freak" – 2:40#"Fair Weather Fans" – 3:37...

,) as The Broadside Ballads
The Broadside Ballads
The Broadside Ballads is an album from The Baseball Project, bringing together songs that were recorded as ‘real time’ commentary on the 2010 baseball season for ESPN.com with unreleased extra tracks from Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails and Volume 2: High and Inside...

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