Rock n` roll vets Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, R.E.M., Young Fresh Fellows) and Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, Danny & Dusty, Miracle 3) have an unhealthy love for music undermined only by an even more unhealthy love of baseball. The compatriots blend their two passions with The Baseball Project -- Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails, an album of buzzing guitars and baseball back stories. The heroes and villains of America`s (in)famous pastime are explored with cutting wit and fanboy detail in songs that satisfy both the summer`s need for rock anthems and sweltering afternoon double-headers. Drummer Linda Pitmon (Miracle 3, Golden Smog) and R.E.M.`s Peter Buck round out the squad, as they spin tales of ill-fated drinking binges (`The Yankee Flipper`, `The Death of Big Ed Delahanty`), near mythical icons (`Ted F`ng Williams`), folk heroes (`Fernando`, `Satchel Paige Said`) and, on `Gratitude (For Curt Flood)`, the overlooked man who changed the game. A passionately funny and sarcastically reverent commentary on the state of the sport, The Baseball Project provides a hip soundtrack to the backstage party at America`s game.

I've only heard the following track, Pastime.

Is this stuff I could play between innings at rural high school baseball games and not be looked at like an idiot?