for many years starting back in the 80's for baseball fans in the san francisco bay area super bowl sunday meant watching the 49ers but not without tuning in to the little radio station that kicked butt 90.3 FM KUSF for my "SUPERBOWL SUNDAY BASEBALL MUSIC SPECIAL". the show grew from an hour in its first edition to a massive 4 hour production a few years later and was a labor of love for me and for many others who were involved.
the music was all from my baseball music collection which was acquired over several years starting with a 45 of MEET THE METS that I bought at Shea Stadium in my mispent youth. over the years several folks have contributed music from all genres and i have gone through record store bins, garage sales and many other places looking for any music baseball related. it has been a fun journey and has taken me to many places and allowed me to meet a lot of folks and talk about two of my four favorite things...baseball and music.
well many things have changed, i am back east in pittsburgh, kusf is no longer on the air and sadly a few of the people who helped make the baseball music special possible are gone to the ballgame in the sky, MIKE SCHWEITZER and DAVE KITAGAWA. The little girl who sings TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME at the start of the second hour of the edition you will hear here is going on 20 years old!
while i hope to reprise the Baseball Music Special at some point i thought i would at least for the first time through the miracle of computers and the internet...thanks al gore...post the most recent edition of the show, the 19th.
there are so many folks i have to thank and name who made this show possible who i hope are still with us...jersey jd smith, melissa metz, robert barone, kate ingram, steve runyon, lori gates, lorraine meier and the entire staff of KUSF 90.3 FM and as always the folks who sent records, wrote songs about the game because they loved it and the artists who performed the music.
now as they say lets get on with the show. enjoy
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