We note the start of another season with a song by Ring Lardner that celebrates the heroes of the deadball era: Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Nap Lajoie, Frank Chance, and Ty Cobb. It’s funny and a bit sarcastic, but heartfelt all the same.
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The Red Sox haven’t won a game all year!!! ARGHHHH!!!Report
Alright, let’s do this:
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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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Sadly, embedding didn’t work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE6hKlicTR0Report
There’s also this:
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As for the music, I’ve always been charmed by that Fogerty song. As optimistic as the starting lineup in April.Report
Great song qua song, but way overproduced.Report
“Shut up,” he explained.Report
“The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.”Report
That was Damon Runyon.Report
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