As the Yankees prepare to battle the Boston Red Sox in the major-league season opener this weekend, we look at the peanut-butter-and-jelly relationship between baseball and popular music. And, our listeners reveal their favorite baseball-inspired songs. We’re joined by Jeff Campbell, whose record label Hungry for Music releases compilations of new and old baseball music, and Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon, two members of an indie-rock supergroup called The Baseball Project. Later: the secret musical lives of ballplayers.

Blog: John Schaefer on baseball songs