WHIRLIGIG
NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!
Poi Rogers’ second album ‘Whirligig’ features songs about the little known longest home run in baseball history, the famed but defunct Begonia Festival, the current (and unfortunate) telephone situation and how happiness equals life minus expectations.
Released on May 1st, 2026, ‘Whirligig’ hit #9 on the Alt-country charts the week of 5/20/26 and #14 the week of 7/22/26.
The story behind
GIL CARTER
‘Gil Carter’ tells the little known, true story of the longest home run in baseball history, hit on August 11th, 1959, by minor leaguer Gil Carter of the Carlsbad, NM, Potashers. It was documented at a staggering 733’ from home plate, thanks to reporters finding the peach it knocked out of a tree two blocks from the stadium. No replays, no videos, just documented by a single peach.
Bassist Carolyn Sills of Poi Rogers shares, “what I love about this story is the humbleness of it all... even with that colossal home run, his team lost the game that day, and he never made it to the Majors. He retired to Topeka with that legendary ball and bat; folks would visit like a pilgrimage just to see them and hear the story. He was inducted into the National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame just after he passed in 2015. It's one of the most impressive moments in baseball that hardly anyone saw or speaks of. I felt compelled to write a song about it.”