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Thoughts from the Dugout: Rockin’ the Postseason

October 14, 2014 by Travis J. Cook 1 Comment
Image of Kaufmann Stadium Rainout

Royals-Orioles was rained out last night. So here’s a filler column!

We’re three and two games into the respective League Championship Series, and already, it’s as if everything we expected (NLCS) and didn’t expect (ALCS) is happening. However, there are multiple things which I’m interested in writing about this year, so we’re expanding to another field I love – music. Specifically, rock music. Even more specifically, a completely arbitrary way to honor past acts with a designation which may or may not actually mean anything in the long run.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot was released last week, and it’s an interesting pool of candidates, bringing together a diverse and completely unrelated group of acts that may or may not actually have to do with rock itself. In order to fully analyze the ballot, I felt that the best way to do it was to look at their blurb on Wikipedia, listen to a song on YouTube, and then compare them with a player/manager from the four teams remaining in the postseason to which they (somewhat) relate. This is why I get my own column – sheer genius and ultra-spontaneous collaborations. Behold, my breakdown of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015 ballot!

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Posted in: Alternative Rock, Baseball, Blues, Hard Rock, Music, Playoffs, Pop, Punk, R&B, Rap, Sports, Thoughts from the Dugout Tagged: Bill Withers, Chic, Green Day, Joan Jett, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed, N.W.A., Nine Inch Nails, Paul Butterfield, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sting, The Marvelettes, The Smiths, The Spinners, War

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