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no_hypocrisy

(46,603 posts) Mon May 13, 2024, 10:21 AM May 13

God Bless America by Kate Smith

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Saturday night, Curtis Sliwa (WABC) was blathering about how he no longer is interested in the Yankees when they're in their home because they stopped playing God Bless America by Kate Smith during the Seventh Inning Stretch.

There's overkill. The Star Spangled Banner is played/sung at the beginning of the game b/c it's the National Anthem. Seventh Inning Stretch is redundant with patriotism.

And if the Yankees were to have a patriotic song during the Seventh Inning Stretch, why not Marian Anderson singing My Country, Tis of Thee?

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God Bless America by Kate Smith (Original Post) no_hypocrisy May 13 OP

Why not? Because it's another god song. Don't need god at a baseball game. NoRethugFriends May 13 #1

Have never Rebl2 May 13 #2

Even the Star Spangled Banner wasn't Wednesdays May 13 #3

The Yankees play Robert Merrill's rendition of God Bless America Jersey Devil May 13 #4

I believe the tradition of playing GBA started after 9/11 Fiendish Thingy May 13 #5

Nice! thucythucy May 13 #6

I would prefer Green Day's "American Idiot" maxrandb May 13 #7

Bring back "Take me out to the ballgame" SocialDemocrat61 May 13 #8

NoRethugFriends

(2,418 posts)

1. Why not? Because it's another god song. Don't need god at a baseball game.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 10:55 AM

May 13

Don't need the warlike national anthem either

Rebl2

(13,756 posts)

2. Have never

Reply to NoRethugFriends (Reply #1)

Mon May 13, 2024, 10:59 AM

May 13

understood singing the national anthem at any sporting game.

Wednesdays

(17,678 posts)

3. Even the Star Spangled Banner wasn't

Reply to NoRethugFriends (Reply #1)

Mon May 13, 2024, 11:00 AM

May 13

played regularly at baseball games until World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

Jersey Devil

(9,883 posts)

4. The Yankees play Robert Merrill's rendition of God Bless America

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 11:09 AM

May 13

at every home game during the 7th inning stretch and started playing the song just after 9/11. Originally it was the Kate Smith version, but the controversy over Smith aside, Bob Merrill had a long time association with the Yankees and even had his own Yankee jersey with the number 1 1/2.

Sliwas is just another right wing jerk.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,817 posts)

5. I believe the tradition of playing GBA started after 9/11

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 11:29 AM

May 13

I think they should replace it with this song:

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thucythucy

(8,212 posts)

6. Nice!

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #5)

Mon May 13, 2024, 11:42 AM

May 13

Fun fact: Woody Guthrie hated "God Bless America" and wrote "This Land is Your Land" in response.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land

maxrandb

(15,529 posts)

7. I would prefer Green Day's "American Idiot"

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 11:46 AM

May 13

or, how about, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

SocialDemocrat61

(803 posts)

8. Bring back "Take me out to the ballgame"

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2024, 11:47 AM

May 13

That's what they use to play during the 7th inning stretch.

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