Jackie Robinson

Moses Fleetwood Walker

Nine Innings

Lou Gehrig

Dave Dravecky was a lefty pitcher in the '80s who lost his pitching arm to cancer during the height of his career. Can you imagine recovering from something like that?

Dave Dravecky

On Aug. 16, 1920, Carl Mays threw a pitch high and tight that hit Ray Chapman in the head. Chapman died that night, becoming the first and only player to have ever died as a result of injuries suffered during a Major League Baseball game.

Original cover art by Zach Scheet

Carl Mays

Jurickson Profar

A Halloween song about a pack of wolves on the prowl for a midnight snack...

When The Wolves Come

After nine injury-plagued seasons as a light-hitting shortstop with an excellent glove, Kevin Elster signed with the Texas Rangers for the 1996 season. He had a career year, hitting .252 with 24 home runs and 99 RBI in 157 games alongside long-suspected steroid users like Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez -- and on a team that had been home in recent years to steroid legends like Jose Canseco and Rafael Palmeiro. With all the attention paid to the juiced-up stars of the era, what about the "nobodies" who may have also been using? Who cares about whether or not Kevin Elster did steroids? Who's to say I wouldn't have done the same thing?

Recorded at Raven Cries Recording Studio on Vashon Island, WA. Produced, mixed and mastered by Jeff Woollen. Featuring Matt Halvorson on piano and vocals, Kenneth Maldonado on drums, Andre Calderon on bass and guitar, Barry Cooper on horns, and Jon Halvorson on backing vocals.

Kevin Elster

Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1961, and it almost killed him -- in part because his own fans didn't view him as the chosen one, instead preferring Mickey Mantle. This is a song about the experience of having something you love turn against you, and finding your way to peace.

Recorded at Raven Cries Recording Studio on Vashon Island, WA. Produced, mixed and mastered by Jeff Woollen. Featuring Matt Halvorson on piano and vocals, Kenneth Maldonado on drums, Andre Calderon on bass, Louie Opatz on guitar, Barry Cooper on horns, and Jon Halvorson on backing vocals. Original cover art by Zach Scheet.

Roger Maris

Cousin Wolf is the indie-folk music project of songwriter Matt Halvorson, a Seattle-based artist who writes and sings like his life depends on it. On the heels of 2020 releases "Sermons" and "Winter" comes "Nine Innings," a triumphant homage to life and baseball released throughout the 2021 season. Featuring Andre Calderon on bass, Jon Jupiter on guitar, Benjamin Gore on bells and whistles, Kenneth Maldonado on drums, Barry Cooper on horns, and on our luckiest days the great Kelly Erb on violin.

Cousin Wolf

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