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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 07:35 PM
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Poll question: Seventh Inning Stretch Song
My own never-quite-humble opinion is that it's been OVER TWO FUCKIN' YEARS - we should get back to the real seventh inning stretch song, and not this fucktarded "pity us, we got attacked" nonsense. Slippery Jeebus on a stick! How long must we have this assinine nationalistic hoohah shoved in our faces?!? Can't baseball just fucking be BASEBALL again?

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smallprint Donating Member (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 07:38 PM
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1. Cubs fans got over it a long time ago

We always sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". Wouldn't be a Cubs game without it.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 06:43 AM
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12. Only on Sunday at Fenway until...
Now it seems it's "God Bless America" as well as "Take Me Out..." at every game. I have a feeling it's MLB calling those shots.

I'm curious, is "GBA" not played now during the NLCS? Television doesn't cover it at the ALCS but they play it every game.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 07:39 PM
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2. I am SOOOO Sick of 'God Bless America'
Especially the recorded Kate Smith version played during the regular season.

:puke:

I prefer 'America The Beautiful' or 'Star-Spangled Banner'. But I would rather get back to the game of baseball!
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 08:43 PM
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9. Really, recorded?
Edited on Mon Oct-13-03 08:44 PM by HuckleB
At Fenway? Dang. Maybe I'm not so sad that I didn't get to town this year. It was always live in Seattle, and even here in Portland during the AAA Beavers games.

I, too, prefer America The Beautiful or This Land is Our Land, but Take Me Out is the way to go!
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 07:33 AM
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17. Recorded at Yankee Stadium
We sing the Star Spangled Banner at Fenway.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 07:40 PM
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3. the fascists corrupted baseball?
i haven't followed baseball in years, so this is the first i'm hearing this.

what song are they making you sing in lieu of 'take me out'??
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 07:46 PM
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4. God Bless America (n/t)
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 07:59 PM
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5. I propose we move forward and replace "Take me out to the ball game"
with Terrance and Phillip's "Unclefucker"
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 08:05 PM
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6. Does The Song Differ Between Boston And Chicago?
Or is it the beer and the attitudes of the fans?

I'm stuck in Chicago right now and have been a Cubs fan for most of my midwest life.

What the heck: the only things I hate are the current administration, carrots and asparagus, terminal stupidity and insane traffic.

If I can't get a ticket to the Cub's game, then I will be out at Wrigleyville with a beer in hand celebrating.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 08:31 PM
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7. I liked Ozzy doing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" a while back
during the seventh inning stretch. I don't recall what game/city it was, but it was a riot!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 08:32 PM
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8. Take Me Out To The Ballgame - or NOTHING!
Dammit!

:D
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 09:00 PM
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11. You've got a big amen on that one!
:kick:
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 07:31 AM
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16. take me out to the ballgame, in 4/4 time....
...so you can rock out!
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George_Bonanza Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-13-03 08:58 PM
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10. I love "God Bless America", but
I get uncomfortable when they play that song, because the past is the past, and with Iraq going on... It just reeks of egocentrism.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 06:44 AM
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13. I detest the false patriotism
What gets me is when people put their hands over their hearts like it's an anthem.

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks...
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AmericanErrorist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 06:52 AM
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14. Ozzy sang that
at a Cubs game.
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Braden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 07:04 AM
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15. so sick of cops singing GBA
that song is beautiful when you hear it live once or twice a year. Now that I have heard it some 114 times in the last two years it wears on my nerves.

Forced Patriotism moment is brought to you by verizon.....
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 03:43 PM
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18. Hmmm, the Mariners games I went to this year
they played Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Louie, Louie, just like always.
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 04:43 PM
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21. Yep
Same as usual. I didn't go in 2002, so I don't know if they ever changed from it.
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Loyal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 04:07 PM
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19. U DAMNED MURKA HATERS
HOW DARE YOU NOT LOVE OUR BRILLIANT PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH? HE IS A TRUE AWOLL HERO AND HE RESTORED HONOR AnD DIGNITY TO OURR WHITE HOUSE.

/sarcasm off
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Rich Hunt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 04:39 PM
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20. FYI
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_stmo.shtml
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