The second collection in the Crashed Hard Drive series, Vol. 2 focuses on songs written for or about baseball, specifically songs written for or about the Minnesota Twins. Some of these songs were written and pitched to the Twins to use, some written and pitched to Fox Sports North to use, and one was commissioned by the Twins to be played at a

The second collection in the Crashed Hard Drive series, Vol. 2 focuses on songs written for or about baseball, specifically songs written for or about the Minnesota Twins. Some of these songs were written and pitched to the Twins to use, some written and pitched to Fox Sports North to use, and one was commissioned by the Twins to be played at a party for the team.

1. LIttle Piranhas--Little Piranhas is a phrased used by Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen to describe the tenacity of the Twins. It sounded like a good title, so I wrote a song.

2. Funky Little Piranhas--Little Piranhas led directly to Funky Little Piranhas, a funked up take on the same song idea.

3. It's Bert's Birthday--This is a song I wrote and pitched to Fox Sports North to play in the open of their Twins broadcast on color analyst Bert Blyleven's birthday, April 6.

4. 365 Days Till My Birthday--This is the other song I wrote and pitch to FSN for Bert's birthday, the one they did not use.

5. Circle Me Bert (reggae version)--LIke it says, this is the reggae version of the song the Twins gave away on CD to 10,000 fans at a home game in 2001. Both this version and the version released on streaming services appeared on the give-away CD. This version is only available here.

6. Hey Mr. Umpire Try My Glasses--Back in the early 2000s one of the Twins field staff offered his glasses to an umpire who had made a questionable call. Seemed to me like a good idea for a song.

7. Welcome To Our House--When the Twins opened their new stadium they put out a call to local musicians for a song to play in the stadium. This was my submission. It did not get chosen.

8, The Time Of Your LIfe--Soon after the Twins opened their new stadium they wanted to hire somebody to write a song for the team to be performed at a party thrown in their honor by the Pohlad family. They called me for the job, on a Tuesday to write a song to perform in front of the team on Sunday. I wrote two songs right away and sent them the songs. They emailed back that the song had to be funny. What is funny about a baseball team? So I wrote another song, this one, and sent them the demo. They approved the song, and this is the demo I sent them. Of course after approving this version they asked me to add something about the bullpen. That was on Friday of that week. So I wrote a bridge with something about the bullpen, which is not in this demo obviously. Then I had a day to learn the song I wrote well enough to perform in front of the team. Very nerve wracking. I don't think I'll ever do that again!