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

 * 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
 * 1) "Blood Diamond" – 2:59


 * On-line bonus tracks
 * 1) "Golden Sombrero" – 2:16
 * 2) "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

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
 * Production