There is no denying the unequivocal truth that John Fogerty is the man. Creedence Clearwater Revival was essentially the soundtrack to America during the 1960’s.

Outside of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame,” Centerfield is THE baseball song.

So it’s deserving that Centerfield is being elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame.   It will be honored at the induction ceremony in Cooperstown on July 25, and Fogerty will perform.

As the story goes, Fogerty really did used to yell “Put me in, coach!” at the TV when watching games. He says he knew rock songs about sports don’t do very well but he wrote one anyway. He had named his comeback album “Centerfield” because he felt center fielders were always the best, but he wrote the song after naming the album. A 25th anniversary edition of the album comes out June 29.

The guys has skills.  In this video he’s actually playing a baseball bat, turned into a guitar.