The Baseball Project Slides into SXSW Music 2011

At a party celebrating REM's induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, veteran musicians Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5, REM) and Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3) bonded over a mutual love of baseball, which lead to "The Baseball Project Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails", an album of songs about baseball players both legendary and...