Mac Miller performs on the Camp Stage during day 1 of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 at Exposition Park on Oct. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. Rich Fury/Getty Images
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Baseball is America’s pastime, and the MLB is celebrating the U.S.’s 250th anniversary with a For the People campaign surrounding the country’s birthday, which will find all 30 teams in action on Saturday (July 4) and Sunday (July 5).
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As part of the campaign, MLB released a clip on Wednesday (June 24) set to Mac Miller’s “The Spins,” which appeared on the late rapper’s 2010 K.I.D.S. mixtape. Actor and diehard Philadelphia Phillies fan Miles Teller voices the patriotic spot.
“There’s no better way to celebrate July 4 than with nine innings,” Teller says in the video. “Baseball, for the people.”
“We wanted a song that feels like summer in America. The kind of track that’s playing at a Fourth of July barbecue, a neighborhood block party or a ballpark before first pitch. ‘The Spins’ captures that feeling perfectly,” Steven Tyler, who serves as the MLB’s senior director of global brand management, tells Billboard. “For so many fans, Mac Miller’s music carries a sense of nostalgia, optimism and togetherness that mirrors what baseball means to communities across the country.
Tyler continues: “When you pair that with the voice of Miles Teller, a true baseball die-hard, it captures the spirit at the heart of the campaign: There’s no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than with baseball.”
Miller’s Pittsburgh Pirates kick off the July 4 slate against the Washington Nationals at 11:05 a.m. ET, which is followed by the New York Yankees taking on the Minnesota Twins at 1:35 p.m. ET.
Rivalry matchups fill the holiday slate, with the New York Mets battling the division-leading Atlanta Braves, and a nightcap finds the Los Angeles Dodgers colliding with the San Diego Padres.
In 2015, Mac Miller celebrated 412 Day in Pittsburgh by throwing out the first pitch at a Pirates game. The rapper passed away from an accidental drug overdose in September 2018.
The Pirates honored the Pittsburgh native by hosting Mac Miller night in July 2025, which featured a limited-edition Mac Miller bobblehead giveaway for fans, with the rapper’s mother, Karen Meyers, throwing out the first pitch.
Watch the MLB’s For the People video below.
