One of the greatest all-star bands returns just in time for the playoffs when The Baseball Project plays 17 cities along with The Minus Five as the opening act. The band features ’80s rock royalty including half of R.E.M. (Mike Mills and Peter Buck), a member of Dream Syndicate (Steve Wynn) and a member of The Young Fresh Fellows (Scott McCaughey). Drummer Linda Pitmon is also part of the supergroup Psycher. I saw them a while back with Fenway organist Josh Kantor on the keyboards. The band makes baseball as fun as watching the Savannah Bananas. This is a double header tour since the opening act is Scott McCaughey’s Minus Five featuring the other four members of the Baseball Project in his supporting band. This means don’t skip the opening act. Among the stops on the tour is Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle. Wear your team colors and hear their new song that was made especially for the induction of Ichiro Suzuki into the baseball Hall of Fame. Here’s the details of the tour:
ET’S PLAY TWO! THE BASEBALL PROJECT & THE MINUS 5 HEAD OUT ON U.S. DOUBLEHEADER TOUR THIS SEPTEMBER MARKING 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF 2015’s REDEYED IN AUSTIN CO-RELEASE
Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, Peter Buck and Mike Mills Embark on 17-Date Summer Tour of the South, Midwest and East Coast Beginning in Jacksonville, Fl. on September 10 as the Pennant Races Heat Up!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA. (THURSDAY JULY 31, 2025) – The Baseball Project and The Minus 5 confirmed a Summer Doubleheader Tour 2025 this September celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of their 2015 Redeyed in Austin (Yep Roc) co-release, just as the national pastime pennant race s heat up.
The murderers’ row lineup of The Baseball Project Doubleheader Tour is a virtual who’s who of alt-rock veterans rhapsodizing about …you guessed it, baseball. The band is comprised of Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5), Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate), Linda Pitmon (Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3), Peter Buck (R.E.M.) and Mike Mills (R.E.M.). Scott, Peter and Linda play in several active bands together (The Minus 5, Filthy Friends, Luke Haines & Peter Buck to name a few). Mike is also in the Big Star band with Jody Stephens and Chris Stamey, while Steve has been focused on touring the release of his recent memoir across Europe and the U.S.
The Baseball Project will headline the tour and also perform an opening set as The Minus 5, the McCaughey-led musical collective who just released an acclaimed new album, Oar On, Penelope! Tour dates are as follows:
9/10 @ Intuition Ale Works, Jacksonville, FL
9/11 @ Saturn, Birmingham, AL
9/12 @ 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
9/14 @ Bourbon & Beyond Festival, Louisville, KY
9/16 @ Codfish Hollow Barnstormers, Maquoketa, IA
9/17 @ Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN
9/18 @ Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
9/19 @ Bell’s Eccentric Café, Kalamazoo, MI
9/20 @ Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale, PA
9/21 @ White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ
9/23 @ Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA
9/24 @ MilkBoy, Philadelphia, PA
9/25 @ The Hamilton, Washington, DC
9/26 @ The Broadberry, Richmond, VA
9/27 @ Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
9/28 @ Mountain Stage, WV
9/30 @ Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
The band is also celebrating the release of a new split 7” single/streaming tracks celebrating former Seattle Mariners player Ichiro Suzuki’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this past weekend. Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and The Baseball Project’s split 7″ consists of their respective tracks “Ichiro’s Theme” and “Ichiro Goes to the Moon”. Proceeds from the 7″ will benefit Seattle’s Teen Feed. Listen now + pre-order the 7” here.
Formed in 2007, The Baseball Project has released four albums, of songs inspired by and paying homage to the national pastime, as well as a collection of songs for ESPN.com in 2010 and an exclusive live split EP with The Minus 5 for Record Store Day in 2015. Be it songs about Major League Baseball (MLB) legends like “The Babe,” humorous and heartfelt salutes to lesser-known players like “Pasqual on the Perimeter” about Brave Pasqual Perez getting lost on the way to a game or a song like “They Played Baseball” that rattles off a whole rogues gallery of major league stars with all-too-human foibles, there are no rules as to what constitutes a baseball song…or a great rock show. They just play high energy rock shows and make damn fine rock records which honor, skewer and wax nostalgic about the grand old game.
photo credit: Mary Perez
