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I feel bad for Steve Wynn. Not the casino mogul<\/a>, but the musician<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wynn led a band called Dream Syndicate in the 1980s and has carved out a nice solo career over the past two decades. My real familiarity with him comes from The Baseball Project<\/a>, a recent endeavor with Peter Buck from R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey, who has served as R.E.M.’s side man for the past few albums and tours.<\/p>\n

The group, has a bunch of fun baseball-themed songs covering topics such as steroids, the role of the closer, Ted Williams’ brashness and more. My personal favorite is “Harvey Haddix<\/a>,” an ode to the pitcher who threw 12 perfect innings in 1959 only to lose the gem in the 13th inning. Major League Baseball does not classify this as a perfect game, taking it off the list in 1991.<\/p>\n

The lyrics both recount the spectacular feat, urge for Haddix’s name to return to the list and tick off everyone who has thrown a perfect game in baseball’s modern era.\u00a0 The catalog of the 17 names on the list fascinated me. Then something happened last year. Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox added his name to the list, forcing Wynn and the band to slightly alter the song<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three weeks ago, Dallas Braden of Oakland made himself the 19th player to accomplish the feat. Wynn had more work ahead of him, but pulled it off for this performance on May 22.<\/p>\n