May 2012
37 posts
Baseball references in Beastie Boys songs:
“The sun is beating down on my baseball hat” - Paul Revere (Licensed to Ill)
“I did it with a wiffleball bat” - Paul Revere (Licensed to Ill)
“I beat a biter down with an aluminum bat” - Shake Your Rump (Paul’s Boutique)
“Shea Stadium the radium E M D squared” - The Sounds of Science (Paul’s Boutique)
“On the mic I score just like the Yankees” - 3-Minute Rule (Paul’s Boutique)
“And I’ve got more hits than Sadaharu Oh” - Hey Ladies (Paul’s Boutique)
“Got more Louie than Philip Rizzuto” - What Comes Around (Paul’s Boutique)
“And I’ve got mad hits like I was Rod Carew” - Sure Shot (Ill Communication)
“I said, Oops gotcha clutch like Piazza” - 3 The Hard Way (To the 5 Boroughs)
“Waiting like a batter who is on deck” - It Takes Time to Build (To the 5 Boroughs)
(Thanks to the folks on Twitter who pointed out omissions.)