How baseball got its beat
Major League Baseball’s postseason is just a few weeks away, and here on Throughline we know the power of a good walk-up song. But how did baseball become such a musical sport? And where did the idea for walk up-music come from?
Guests:
John Thorn, author and Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball
Nancy Faust, former organist for the Chicago White Sox
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Correction: An earlier version of this episode incorrectly said that…
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