At least we get to watch the show (Eclectic Playlist Series 10.10)

As the American baseball season has drawn to a belated close, I'm pulling from the scrap heap of musical history a piece of jazzy pop named after a baseball player with the unusual name of Van Lingle Mungo. Mungo, a five-time All-Star, was a talented pitcher, but we'd have zero reason to recall him at this point were it not for Dave Frishberg's weirdly compelling song, with words that are nothing more than names of baseball players from the 1940s strung artfully together. Enjoy the autumnal mood and marvel in particular at the way the players' names scan perfectly as lyrics. Above and beyond that, you'll find the usual brew of different sounds and decades intermingling as one extended listening experience. For more information visit https://fingertipsmusic.com/?p=24660. Full playlist in the comments.