Calling all R.E.M. fans! The Baseball Project is a supergroup composed of R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Mike Mills, Scott McCaughey (of The Minus 5), Linda Pitmon, and Steve Wynn (of The Dream Syndicate). The group formed in 2007 after R.E.M. was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; their debut album,  Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails, was released that same year.

Three studio albums later, The Baseball Project has become well-loved for their brilliant, catchy, and historically accurate songs of baseball lore and oddball characters.