Morning all. Too busy to think of much at the moment, so only a couple to suggest:



GARY MOORE/PHIL LYNOTT - Out In The Fields

BOBBY VEE - Rubber Ball



and more specfically cricket than balls, the excellent

DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - Test Match Special



Back in a bit...

Well that's a sprightly start to the week .. cheers Simon and your Driveteam and constructors .. everyone seems to be "on the ball" this morning





BALL PARK INCIDENT - WIZZARD



CATCH US IF YOU CAN - DAVE CLARK FIVE



THROWING IT ALL AWAY - GENESIS



RUBBER BALL - BOBBY VEE





:^D

Good Morning again -



Suggestions -



CATCH US IF YOU CAN - Dave Clarke 5



BALL OF CONFUSION - Temptations



DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY - Searchers



DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY - Gary Benson



FALL AT YOUR FEET - Crowded House



RUBBER BALL - Bobby Vee



CATCH THE WIND - Donovan

Morning all :-)



BALL OF CONFUSION THE TEMPTATIONS



REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE THE FOUR TOPS



thanks



PSL x

Good Morning All :)



Sounds like a decent way to start the day, I had a similar start myself, with a bit less Chris Evans and a bit more Peppa Pig! (the twins like it)



I saw Steven Speilberg on BBC Breakfast just now, I think I'd still rather see the stage version of War Horse, rather than the movie :-/



Oldies? I already tweeted...



RUBBER BALL - BOBBY VEE



THROWING IT ALL AWAY - GENESIS



HOWZAT - SHERBET



CATCH US IF YOU CAN - THE DAVE CLARKE FIVR

Morning Simon, team, NYM and chirpy bloggers,



Insomnia also hit me last night - and then I had a wonderful dream, I took a cable car to the top of a mountain, in a howling gale, with wind whipping up snow and ice, and then I went through a wooden door to an oasis of palm tree and fountains and lush greenry. What can it all mean?



Fielding, you say? Well you have to start here...



CATCH US IF YOU CAN - Dave Clark Five

Morning all, hope everyone had a fun-packed weekend.



Lots of rock n roll oldies fit the bill:



DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY - THE SEARCHERS



RUBBER BALL - BUDDY HOLLY



GREAT BALLS OF FIRE - JERRY LEE LEWIS



CATCH US IF YOU CAN - DAVE CLARK FIVE



however we also like the following:



THEM HEAVY PEOPLE - KATE BUSH



SPACEHOPPER - JULIAN COPE



SAVE ME - QUEEN



and that'll do from the Cutbush Duo today - Paul TMFM and Paul G.



Obligatory exclamation mark!

Morning everyone and welcome back Rebecca



It's a bit dull here today but I heard Janice Long's weatherman forecast sun for Scotland so maybe it's 'dull before seven and fine at eleven' or whatever the saying is!



Throwing, catching etc.....



CATCH US IF YOU CAN ~ Dave Clark Five



DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY ~ The Searchers



DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY ~ Gary Benson



CATCH A FALLING STAR ~ Perry Como



CATCH THE WIND ~ Donovan

FALLING - Roy Orbison



HOWZAT - Sherbert

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



I'm going to suggest:



THROWING IT ALL AWAY by Genesis



HOWZAT by Sherbert



BALLIN' THE JACK by Dean Martin (I think?)



RUBBER BALL by Bobby Vee



DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY by Barrington Levy



Deebee ~X~

Morning all



Mr T wants to see the film version of War Horse, having read the book and seen the stage show. I heard Lyn Bowles say that the advert for the film made her cry; we watched a programme about the making of the stage version and I cried watching that, so I knew there was no way I could see either version!



T x

BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF



DUEL - PROPAGANDA



FIELDS OF FIRE - BIG COUNTRY



:^)

Morning Simon and blogpoppets. A mild, if grey start to the day here in the east. A quiet weekend really, but a couple of exciting darts matches yesterday afternoon made the ironing more palatable.



So with 'balls' in mind ....



Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee

Bounce - Bon Jovi

Pinball Wizzard - The Who

Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy/Sting

Young Americans - David Bowie



Will try to pop back with a few more ......

DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING - Gerry & The Pacemakers



CHUCK E'S IN LOVE - Rickie Lee Jones

Howzat? Excellent choice. How did we miss that one?

Is 'DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY by Gary Benson that a couple of people are suggesting, the same song as the Barrington Levy one? If so, I'll second that version as well!



~X~

YOU NEED HANDS - Max Bygraves



THE TIPS OF MY FINGERS - P J Proby



CARELESS HANDS - Des O'Connor

Good morning Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets.



Throwing It All Away - Genesis



Fall From Grace - The Bluebells



Fields of Fire - Big Country



Catch Us If You Can - Dave Clark Five



Back later for some niceties. Blimmin' deadlines!



X

#11 Torters - we're going to see it on Wednesday. Spielberg is all over the telly and radio today .. seems to be promoting himself and the film very effectively ..



#luckyenoughtobehometoday



:^)

More descriptive of my lack of catching prowess when I was a kid...



ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers

BUTTERFINGERS - Tommy Steele



No. 8 in 1957!

How about a blast of TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME?



It's the unofficial baseball theme, and is as integral to baseball tradition as You'll Never Walk Alone or I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles is to football.



A nice instrumental version by KING CURTIS, or lots of other lesser known artistes would do nicely.

Good morning everyone.



Still damp in Cumbria and not much sign of Spring even if it is quite mild.



Theme?



DROP THE THE PILOT by JOAN ARMATRADING



Be back later :-)

Hi Simon and everyone.



Hope you all had wonderful weekends...as ever they are not long enough!



Even though cricket bores the hell out of me, I shall act like a true pro and put all my effort into the choon choosing:



1. HOWZAT - Sherbert.

2. THROWING IT ALL AWAY - Genesis

3. BALL OF CONFUSION - Temptations

4. DREADLOCK HOLIDAY - 10CC ( i dont like Cricket.....etc)

5. FIELDS OF GOLD - Sting

6. RUN TO YOU - Bryan Adams

7. ALL CRIED OUT - Alison Moyet

8. KEEP IT ALL IN - Beautiful south

9. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Dave Clark 5

10. WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - Boy Meets Girl

11. FALLING - Alicia Keys



Oh well must do some work.



Have a nice day.



Laters



Mandy ;)

A few more....



WRECKING BALL ~ Neil Young



CRICKET ~ The Kinks



WHEN AN OLD CRICKETER LEAVES THE CREASE ~ Roy Harper



N-N-N-NINETEEN NOT OUT ~ The Commentators



THE ALEC BEDSER CALYPSO ~ Lord Kitchener

A few more oldie suggestions...



PINBALL WIZARD - THE WHO



WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS



CRYSTAL BALL - KEANE



CANNONBALL - DAMIEN RICE

SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY - Paul Simon

#5 Zoe, I see Peppa Pig is in the news today. A group of "experts" believe it encourages children to misbehave.

Bounce - Bon Jovi



LOL!



X

Almost forgot....



PLAY THE GAME ~ Queen

ELO - Hold On Tight

Morning

And i'll start the daywith

Great Balls of Fire , Jerry Lee Lewis

and

Snooker Loopy, Chas and Dave

:-)

VOGUE - Madonna (only because it mentions the legendary Joe DiMaggio)

Hello all,



How about: Butter fingers by the Burnette Brothers :]

Last one from me, busy week ahead, and a few nasty problems to sort out, so may not be around for too much chatting, dear peeps of the blog.





HAND IN GLOVE - The Smiths

Good morning all



Posted on last blog!! Too early for me.



Rubber ball - Bobby Vee

Catch us if you can - Dave Clark Five

Catch the wind - ??



See you later



JJ

Oh, just thought of one more, which is perrrrrfect for baseball:





RUN FOR HOME - Lindisfarne

Morning All,



'Slip Sliddin Away' Paul Simon



Have a good day everybody

Morning all



GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY (sure like to ball) - LITTLE RICHARD



Pen x

Some baseball songs



Beat it - Michael Jackson

Cannon ball - Damien Rice

Fields of Gold - Sting

Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Dury

Never going to leave your side - Daniel Bedingfield

Run to you - Bryan Adams

The winner takes it all - Abba

Throwing it all away - Genesis

Walk the line - Johnny Cash

The A Team - Ed Sheeran

DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - Age of Revolution (again about cricket)



BREATHE - Hands To Heaven



KELIS - Caught Out There



BRIAN PROTHEROE - Pinball

BORN TO RUN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



x

'Don't Throw It All Away' Bee Gees

How annoying - lost my broadband for a while ... was just about to post these ...





CENTREFIELD - JOHN FOGERTY



GLORY DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



I RAN - FLOCK OF SEAGULLS



RUN FOR HOME - LINDISFARNE



:^)

#28 Harry - I hadn't seen that, but I shall roll my eyes all the same! Still, it makes a change from it being Sponge Bob Squarepants that is corrupting the young people of the world. So much for "experts"! :D

'Its All OVER Now' Rolling Stones

Morning all!



Some suggestions:



TAKE IT ON THE RUN - REO SPEEDWAGON

DREAM CATCH ME - NEWTON FAULKENER

#28, 45 these cartoon characters and their malign influence ..... it's terrible. Heaven knows how those of us brought up on Tom & Jerry, Hong Kong Fuey and He-Man survived to become functioning adults!

#45 Zoe, my mistake, it's not 'experts', it's parents ....................reported in the Telegraph:



https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9001511/Peppa-Pig-is-making-children-naughty-parents-fear.html

#48 Autumn, have a look around. How many people do you see who you would describe as "functioning adults"? LOL

woops, spelling error - should be Faulkner!

What a difference 30 minutes makes... wall to wall blue sky and sunshine here now!



Looking back at Simon's blog title and this has to be done to catch a ball....



REACH ~ S Club 7

#48 Autumn Gale - I agree. I used to love Tom & Jerry, but it was actually quite violent, if you think about it. However, I never found myself hitting my brother with an iron or a frying pan, or tying him to a toy train set, or any of the other stuff they'd get up to.



What's changed, I wonder?

ONE SLIP - PINK FLOYD



MISSING YOU - CHRIS DE BIRGH



MOVING ON UP - M PEOPLE



UP UP AND AWAY - 5TH DIMENSION



:^)

Good morning everyone :-)



And a very happy new year to you all!!



First thoughts:



'Out Of Reach' - Gabrielle

'Catch a Falling Star' - Perry Como

'Left Of Centre' - Suzanne Vega

'Them Heavy People' - Kate Bush ("Rollin' the ball, rollin' the ball, rollin' the ball...to me")



N x

#55 Hello Nadine and Happy New Year to you too!

:^)

BABY HIT AND RUN THE CONTOURS

Good Morning all



BACKFIELD IN MOTION - MEL & TIM



HIT & MISS - JOHN BARRY



HIGH IN THE SKY - AMEN CORNER

Happy New Year Nadine! Thought I hadn't seen you around for a while.



Some of the song suggestions appear to be about cricket rather than baseball (mine included). Just saying...



I don't know much about baseball (isn't it a bit like rounders...?) but one of my favourite films of all time is the fantasty film 'Field of Dreams', starring Kevin Costner. If you don't know it, it's about a guy who hears voices telling him to build a baseball field, and a team of ghostly players then come and play on it.



#53 You never did that...?



For the ultimate in violent cartoon characters, how about the Bart Simpson's favourite, Itchy and Scratchy. Hasn't done him any harm. Oh, hang on...



~X~

I MISSED AGAIN by PHIL COLLINS

NOWHERE TO RUN by MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS

Happy Monday folks!



NINETEEN NOT OUT - The Commentators (always made me laugh!)



(BALL) GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS - Peter Gabriel



RUBBER BALL - Bobby Vee - well I am with everyone else! The obvious choice!



CHOCOLATE SALTY BALLS - Chef (South Park)



GREAT BALL OF FIRE - Jerry Lee Lewis



GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Joe South



IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - Tommy Edwards



NAME OF THE GAME - ABBA



PINBALL WIZARD - The Who

#59 Deebee, it always makes me smile when I hear someone say "it never did me any harm" as I recall an acquaintance in Plymouth.



We called him "Len the Convict" after we found out he'd done time in Dartmoor for ABH. He painted our house and he did a great job. One day I made him and his mate a cup of tea and, somehow, we got to talking about parents hitting children. Len told us that his Dad used to hit him with a belt if he did anything wrong and "it never did me any harm".

MEAT LOAF - Paradise By The Dashboard Light.



It has that whole pseudo-baseball commentary in the middle... may be a bit of a long track for DT...

BALLS TO THE WALL by ACCEPT (German heavy rock band)

COME BABY COME by K7 (isn't that about baseball? swing batta swing, etc.)

BOUNCE IN YOUR BUGGY by SHA NA NA

FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY by BALLS

THROW DOWN A LINE by SIR CLIFF RICHARD

TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING by CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN

Oooh! Thought of some more - What about:



DREADLOCK HOLIDAY - 10CC - I don't like cricket...I love it...



Sadly I think Half Man Half Biscuit... ahem hell, it Fred Titmus is never really going to make it!



THREE LIONS - Skinner, Baddiel, Lighning Seeds - I HATE that song btw!



SNOOKERING YOU - Capt Sensible



SNOOKER LOOPY - Chas and Dave was it?

A few more....



TOSSING AND TURNING ~ The Ivy League



TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING ~ Manic Street Preachers



SILENT RUNNING ~ Mike and the Mechanics

My memories of playing with a ball as a lad, was that if I was in the garden it would always end up on the the roof, so..



UP ON THE ROOF - THE DRIFTERS / JAMES TAYLOR / KENNY LYNCH

Stepping up to add:

Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations



Have a terrific Monday everyone,

LB, x

#56, #59 Hi Katy, Hi Deebee :-D



Have been around but hiding behind my festive moniker pre Jan. Also started a new contract last week so been a bit busy with that (which is a good thing!).



I like 'Field of Dreams' too - 'build it and they will come....' Have to admit to also having a soft spot for the film 'League Of Their Own' - a bit schmaltzy I know but what the hey!



N x

NIGHT GAME ~ Paul Simon



'There were two men down and the score tied

In the bottom of the eighth when the pitcher died'

CAN I KICK IT? - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST



ON THE REBOUND - FLOYD CRAMER



THE CUTTER - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

THE CHAIN - FLEETWOOD MAC

(a cricket pitch is 22yards - a chain in length, I think!)

#59 Thinking back to Deebee's comment about how some of us have chosen 'cricket' type songs, when the theme is about baseball, here's one last song from me, then I must get on with some work!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ4mJhvHI8I



LOVE IS LIKE A BASEBALL GAME ~ The Intruders

Phew...............................................good morning everyone....................hope I'm not too late................................bit of a mad morning ...............................



Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como



Round and Round - New Order



Wrecking Ball - Neil Young



Round Round - Sugababes



Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations



Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Carly Simon



Pinball Wizard - The Who



Bye for now..........................will try to pop back later......................................



Dougal x

#74 heartily approve..a vintage soul tune



PSL x

Further thoughts of when I was a lad playing with a ball



I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS - NICK LOWE

(Brings back memories of long sessions on naughty step)

Good afternoon Simon, team and poppets,



I can't believe it's already gone twelve, don't know where the morning went. I kept trying to get on here for mensh chasing but to no avail. Don't people know I've got important things to be doing on this 'ere blog?! ;)



Anyhoo, most of my ideas are long since suggested but will opt to second (or third) my fave two ..



OUT IN THE FIELDS - GARY MOORE & PHIL LYNOTT



I MISSED AGAIN - PHIL COLLINS



The only original (I think) others I can come up with are...



PUT YOUR HANDS UP - NERINA PALLOT



SLOW HAND - POINTER SISTERS



HAND IN GLOVE - THE SMITHS



Hope everyone has a marvellous Monday.



Be back to chat when things are less hectic.

Jilly x

Hi Simon



Don't normally blog twice in on day but had to comment on Warhorse. A lot of it was filmed around Gutter Tor and Didsworthy Warren on Dartmoor, one of our favourite places to ride. We were able to walk up passed the film set which was fascinating. Neither my daughter of I can bare to watch the film however - even the trailer was too much to cope with. Delighted the film was made however as it has highlighted the plight of horses in the war. Some of the proceeds of the film are being donated to The Brooke Hospital, a charity set up by a former officer's wife who couldn't bare to see the plight of the poor horses sold to the Egyptians by the Army after the war. The charity still does excellent work in North/East Africa and on the Indian Sub-continent providing medical assistance to working animals, where their owners always through poverty and sometimes ignorance, leave them untreated to suffer and die.

#23 Harry - I was on Windermere at the weekend winterising the floating caravan. It's VERY damp over there and the lake dropped by 6" from Friday's rain. I know there are loads of suggestions already but:



MADONNA - THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND is about baseball.



Oh and #79 Ponyclubmum - I fully support what you say. Claire Balding did an article for 'The One Show' recently and it was really really sad.

#5, #80 I went to see Warhorse on stage when I was over the in US in October, it was my Mum's birthday and very much her choice. I'd read the book years ago and to be honest I didn't think the play would live up to expectations so was very sceptical. However, I loved it and was blown away by the 'puppetry' horses - they were just amazing: I can't imagine how the live action can be any better, although as you say the cause is an excellent and heart-rending one and it's good that some of the (no doubt) significant proceeds will go there. I think it has a reputation as a real tragic tear-jerker though, and without giving away spoilers for anyone who doesn't know the story, it's not like that at all really, so if you're worried about that - read the book first.

One for a missed catch in baseball, rounders or cricket...



SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - Keep on Running

Happy new year to all you lovely blogpoppets!

#83 What about those of us that aren't so lovely? ;o)

Good Afternoon Each! Seems a bit quiet.



'Tossing And Turning' by The Ivy League



'Throwing It All Away' by Genesis



'You Cant Catch Me' by Chuck Berry (Double Whammy)

Bumble is tweeting about this. Considering todays theme...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wq5MHIRWqQ

Anything by:



Lisa Lob

Crosby Stills Catch & Bung

Bowl Diddley

Fling Crosby

Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Pitch

Little Heave-r

Steve 'Silk' Hurl-ey...

Goodness, it has gone quiet in here this afternoon..... the effects of a dull, Jnaury afternoon perhaps?



#59, 70 Deebee & Nadine - I also love Field of Dreams - such a silly concept but well told. 'The Natural' is another fantasy baseball film with Robert Redford (just as he's on the cusp of fading out of his 70s beauty). I also like Bull Durham although it's a bit dated (more Kevin Costner). There's certainly a few baseball films around; I wonder why it's so much more 'filmic' than cricket?!

#49 Harry - I thought that article was hilarious! :D



I don't think that Peppa Pig is necessarily a great role-model for kids, but then, as others have pointed out; many cartoon characters often indulge in behaviour that we wouldn't want our little cherubs to copy.



I don't really worry about my twins picking up undesirable habits from cartoons such as Peppa Pig, because they don't process things in the same way as neurotypical kids anyway, due to their autism. I had to laugh at the mother who's kid was demanding chocolate cake for breakfast (as per George Pig, Peppa's brother) I already have a son who won't eat anything but Jaffa cakes or mini rolls for his breakfast (frown on my parenting if you must, but unless you've walked in the shoes of an autism parent, you might not appreciate the battles over eating)



#63 That's funny, and also a bit sad... Yes, it's revealing sometimes, when people you can see have been damaged in some way by their past, parrot that phrase "Well, it never did us any harm."

This is possibly the one and only theme where I can request one of my fave records:



Red Rubber Ball by Cilla Black!!



Its only 2 minutes 20 seconds long so there's plenty of room for plain ol' Rubber Ball if needs be!



And I know The Cyrkle had the more recognisable hit but Cilla belts it out and theirs is a touch maudlin.

#88 Autumn Gale - I've never seen 'The Natural' but back in the day, when I was a fan of The X Files, I remember that David Duchovny wrote and directed an episode called 'The Unnatural' about a baseball loving alien, who came to earth in the guise of a black man who played for the Roswell Greys (see what he did there ;))



Ooo it's nearly showtime!

Afternoon all!!



Busy day with lots of chores, hence the absence.



We have just noticed that Big Blue Persian wholooks like Les Dawson has lost her bottom incisor tooth. Not sure how or where. Guns look fine and it doesn't seem to bother her. Most strange.



Mr P back to work tomorrow. Will be strange without him.



Back in a bit.



A-G

Guns? GUMS!

Well done to Suzie! Getting the mensh ball rolling ;) It Keeps You Running - Michael McDonald.

quiet blog today? Well done to Suzieee



PSL x

Where is everyone? Work has kept me away :-(



X

Well done Katy, Billie and Me for Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball :)



I missed if there were any menshes for The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now :-/



I'm still loitering with intent, Mo :) Hope you're o.k?

Good to see you Zoe. Well done to you and all menshes. Didn't hear any for TT. How are you?



I'm ok ta. Bit frustrated at flight being delayed but gives me a chance to hear an extra 1/2 hour of the show.



X



PS Thomson Twins, Billie, not a WAH moment ;-)

#98 Sorry to hear about your flight being delayed, but at least you get to hear a bit more of DT, so it's not all bad then. Have a safe journey :)



I'm o.k, thanks :) Having a lazy day, and evening, because the twins are away tonight.



Thanks for the mensh congrat's :)) My first mensh for 2012!

Sounds like the book club book is a "must read".



Wonder if "scutter" is used in the same way as I'm familiar with - "what a scutter" meaning faff?



X



Another "hold" song? Come on tune chooser, use your imagination.