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ESPN chat with Steve Wynn of The Baseball Project: 11 am PT today

monkeyball posted this in Conversation starter, F(il)K on March 9th, 2010

The Baseball Project (Steve Wynn, Pete Buck, et al) has a ~~very Web 2.0~~ running-dog corporate-lackey new project: they’re rolling out approximately an album’s worth of new songs (Broadside Ballads) across various one-time interactive/online events (all the events and songs will be at ESPN). The first one is an ESPN chat with Steve Wynn at 11 this morning. There’s a free download attached to the article. (News gleaned via here. FYI, REM has a *great* iPhone app.)

I think I need to take this as a F(il)King challenge.

41 comments to ESPN chat with Steve Wynn of The Baseball Project: 11 am PT today

Ugh. I now hate Steve Wynn:

John (Virginia)
What is your favorite baseball memory as a fan?

Steve Wynn

There are so many — going back to watching the Dodgers as a kid, and seeing Mike Marshall saving five games on a six-game homestand was amazing. Seeing the Yankees win Game 5 against the A’s in the ALDS in 2001 was amazing. It came right after 9/11, so it was quite an emotional moment.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 11:14 am

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He mitigates that somewhat (for me, but not for many of you) with this:

I’d write a song about Tim Lincecum. He’s freaky.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 11:15 am

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I think those are the two most obnoxious remarks I’ve ever read. Definitely the first one is worse…

See you in the Value Deck
by mikeA on March 9, 2010 at 11:18 am

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While I’m a Timmy fan (and, heck a Steve Wynn fan), Lincecum’s simple, modest freakiness does not make him balladworthy.

Jack Cust needs a song. Omar Vizquel needs a song. Heck, Roger Clemens, with his epic assholery and fall into ignominy and, ultimately, insignificance and disregard, needs a song.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 11:21 am

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WEho the hell is Steve Wynn and how shall we attain our revenge upon him?

I caught my second wife screwing my step-dad. It's a cruel world, Walt. -Saul Goodman
by Leopold Bloom on March 9, 2010 at 1:17 pm

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Send him the Sock Puppet Army to massacre him and his family. And if they betray us (and you know they will) we’ll send the Zombies in after them.

by dmoas on March 9, 2010 at 6:35 pm

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But neither group would dare work with their sworn enemy!

I caught my second wife screwing my step-dad. It's a cruel world, Walt. -Saul Goodman
by Leopold Bloom on March 9, 2010 at 8:25 pm

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They wouldn’t be working together Bloomie. That’s the beauty of the plan. We send in the traitors first where the Zombies can take them out along with Wynn & Co in a concentrated, surgical strike.

by dmoas on March 9, 2010 at 8:45 pm

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Cust has a song.

by salb918 on March 9, 2010 at 1:30 pm

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I’m conflicted as to whether to link to my own stuff at **, but Cust has LOTS of songs, if we’re talking F(il)Ks.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 4:42 pm

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I suggest you start stealing them from ** and inserting them into casual and less than casual conversation (i.e. at completely random moments) at FK so that you can link here instead of there.

by dmoas on March 9, 2010 at 6:37 pm

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Capital idea, old chap!

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 6:57 pm

Apropos of our discussion in yesterday’s Grill:

Biggy (Washington, NC)
VERY excited about more new music! Will we be able to purchase a CD version of these songs in the future?

Steve Wynn
They’re all free, so as of right now, you don’t have to purchase anything. You can get them at the beginning of each month on ESPN, but we’ll probably do a CD compilation at the end of the series sometime next year.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 11:17 am

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Have any other artists/bands tried the “pay what you want” thing Radiohead did with In Rainbows? I think I read somewhere the average “chosen” price for that record was ten dollars.

by mk on March 9, 2010 at 2:09 pm

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I know what I paid and it waren’t near close to ten dollars.

I caught my second wife screwing my step-dad. It's a cruel world, Walt. -Saul Goodman
by Leopold Bloom on March 9, 2010 at 2:12 pm

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Wiki says ~$8 (the exchange rate was closer to 2:1 then, I think):

According to an Internet survey conducted by Record of the Day of 3,000 people, about one-third of people who downloaded the album paid nothing, with the average price paid being £4. When asked in a December 2007 interview by The Observer how many discboxes were ordered, the band members responded with various answers ranging between 60,000 and 80,000. In October 2008, a report from Warner Chappell revealed that although most people paid nothing for the download, pre-release sales were more profitable than the total money from sales of Hail to the Thief. The report also stated that the discbox sold 100,000 copies.

by mk on March 9, 2010 at 2:26 pm

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I paid $0. Great album. Thanks, other people!

See you in the Value Deck
by mikeA on March 9, 2010 at 6:23 pm

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Can I have $0?

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 6:57 pm

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I’ll send a check if you’ll send me a stamp

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
by nevermoor on March 9, 2010 at 8:29 pm

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I think we bought the same album!

I felt bad about it for a couple days. It passed.

I caught my second wife screwing my step-dad. It's a cruel world, Walt. -Saul Goodman
by Leopold Bloom on March 9, 2010 at 8:27 pm

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I’m starting to think the $500 I paid for my lifetime FK subscription is subsidizing a bunch of no account free riding cheapskates.

by mk on March 9, 2010 at 8:54 pm

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two words: free mini notebook.

suck it, fk.

I caught my second wife screwing my step-dad. It's a cruel world, Walt. -Saul Goodman
by Leopold Bloom on March 9, 2010 at 11:53 pm

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Dude… your check bounced.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
by nevermoor on March 10, 2010 at 9:53 am

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Next website, we need a mandate.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 10, 2010 at 9:58 am

Hunh:

Wendy (Amarillo)
Do you know of any current ballplayers out there that have decent music taste? In other words, any that you know of that have heard the Baseball Project?

Steve Wynn
I was really happy that Jack McDowell, who has played in bands and is a good rocker himself, not only liked our record but approved of our song about him. But as for current ones, I don’t know that many have the musical taste these days for us. We got to know Craig Breslow of the A’s and we’ve done some stuff with him, so he can scout out the cool ballplayers.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 9, 2010 at 11:23 am

When Steve Wynn lived in LA he was a huge dodger fan. I don’t get the Yankee love.

Still like some most of his stuff though. I hope someone asks breslow about this.

by Future Ed on March 9, 2010 at 11:46 am

Anyone else get their tickets yet? Ours came today, in a kind of weird Kurt Suzuki backpack/chest-protector thing. But tickets are here, tickets are here!

by sslinger on March 9, 2010 at 3:09 pm

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Me! Me! Me! (“Backpack” is indeed very weird.)

sorry but i have no suits. i dont think anyone ever did.
by Poppy on March 9, 2010 at 5:39 pm

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Yay! Feels a little like christmas, doesn’t it: “Oh boy, I got the cool stuff I asked for from mom & dad, but what was uncle Bob smoking when he picked out my gift?”

by sslinger on March 9, 2010 at 5:46 pm

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Even better, I just noticed the writing on the back: “Warning, this backpack is not to be used for protection.” Dang, I was about to go find a Cal pitcher looking for someone to toss to.

by sslinger on March 9, 2010 at 5:50 pm

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TWSS

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
by nevermoor on March 9, 2010 at 6:28 pm

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I think the ticket design is getting uglier and uglier. This year, they’re not only bad photographs, but they appear to have been soaked in urine for good measure.

sorry but i have no suits. i dont think anyone ever did.
by Poppy on March 10, 2010 at 9:24 pm

Buan discussed a Chavez/Fox platoon at first today meaning Barton —> AAA

sigh…

by lenscrafters on March 9, 2010 at 4:18 pm

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Did anyone here listen? Was he just throwing it out? That would be so stupid…. I’m already annoyed that the pitching roles indicate Cahill does in fact have the edge on Gio… i’ve been trying to ignore this stuff and focus on ~~basketball~~ christ … ugh… ~~christ~~ basketball.

See you in the Value Deck
by mikeA on March 9, 2010 at 6:28 pm

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He talked about it with David Feldman and it makes sense (to them) that Chavez/Fox to start the season would be best if everyone is healthy as Fox is out of options (while Barton isn’t), and Chavez needs frequent rest anyways. I’m not sure they even considered cutting Chavez.

by lenscrafters on March 9, 2010 at 8:20 pm

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I’m sure it was just Buancast Buanspeak.

I caught my second wife screwing my step-dad. It's a cruel world, Walt. -Saul Goodman
by Leopold Bloom on March 9, 2010 at 8:28 pm

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God that would be a terrible idea. Barton projects as one of our best hitters. Chavez doesn’t.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
by nevermoor on March 9, 2010 at 8:30 pm

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How about:

2 weeks of Chavez, insurance money for the rest of the season after he inevitably gets hurt, and a season (-2 weeks) of Barton

vs.

Barton for the full season -Chavez.

I still agree that insurance is the reason they’re doing the annual Chavez ritual.

az di bobe volt gehat beytsim volt zi geven mayn zeyde
by JediLeroy on March 9, 2010 at 8:34 pm

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Someone should start laying down some banana peels…

See you in the Value Deck
by mikeA on March 9, 2010 at 8:44 pm

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If that’s the case I can live with it. But why not stick him at SS or something if you’re trying to rebreak him.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
by nevermoor on March 10, 2010 at 9:54 am

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Heck, make him the fifth starter.

It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group.
by monkeyball on March 10, 2010 at 9:59 am