Opening Day

11 thoughts on “Opening Day”

1. The Red Sox haven’t won a game all year!!! ARGHHHH!!!Report

2. Alright, let’s do this:

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   1. DO WHAT?! Don’t leave me hangin’ again, Jonathan!

      This is the only baseball song I know. The vocal gets real wobbly at the end, but I still think it’s lovely:

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      1. Sadly, embedding didn’t work:

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE6hKlicTR0Report

      2. There’s also this:

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3. You know, you never handle your luggage in the Show. Somebody else carries your bags. It’s great. You hit white balls for batting practice. Ballparks are like cathedrals. The hotels all have room service. The women all have long legs and brains.

   As for the music, I’ve always been charmed by that Fogerty song. As optimistic as the starting lineup in April.Report

   1. Great song qua song, but way overproduced.Report

4. “Shut up,” he explained.Report

   1. “The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.”Report

      1. That was Damon Runyon.Report

      2. But a web page said it was Lardner. Are you saying that we can’t trust the internet?

         OK, how about (in tribute to the Black Sox)

         I’m forever blowing ballgames, Pretty ballgames in the air.
         I come from Chi, I hardly try,
         Just go to bat and fade and die.

         Fortune’s coming my way,
         That’s why I hardly care.
         I’m forever blowing ballgames,
         And the gamblers treat us fair.Report

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