Modern Baseball was an emo band from Philadelphia. The band was founded in Maryland by Jake Ewald and Brendan Lukens. When the duo moved to Philadelphia to attend Drexel University, the group’s lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Huber and bassist Ian Farmer. The band’s name came from a book in Jake Ewald’s basement that his dad owned called Modern Baseball Techniques.

After the release of their first full-length, Sports, the members took a hiatus from college to focus fully on the band. They have since released two more full-length records, 2014’s You’re Gonna Miss It All and 2016’s Holy Ghost.

Modern Baseball is notable for lacking a single songwriter/band leader: instead, founders Jake Ewald and Brendan Lukens split the songwriting duties roughly evenly; each sings the songs that he writes.

Modern Baseball has toured with Knuckle Puck, Crying, Somos, and Foxing.