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Thanks! 
My grandmother had a pair of baseball earrings that she wore to Brewer games when we would go back in the 70s. Time goes by too quickly doesn't it? My mom wasn't even a baseball fan, but enjoyed the tune. She used to have a singalong with us in the car when we were commuting from CT to upstate NY during the late 60's. She was also a big Peter, Paul and Mary fan. My sister and I used to give the peace sign out the window of the car to all passing traffic. I remember being ecstatic when the hippies and bikers would give us the sign back. My mom thought it was hilarious! I recall being frightened by the angry yell from a car window by the occasional con on the road. Usually they just looked at us disgustedly. We were amused
time sure speeds up with age.
Thanks for sharing it.
It always has been played. Obl had nothing to fo eith it. 
It's been played at Yankee Stadium and several other parks since 9-11
Wrigley (and several other parks) do "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"
Miller Park (Milwaukee) plays "The Beer Barrel Polka" (a.k.a. "Roll Out The Barrel"
They didn't used to play it at County Stadium or at Tigers Stadium for that matter. The problem I have is how many people demand that other people remove their hats for "our nation's song." It is not, nor has it ever been, anything more than a song. Hats do not need to be taken off for it as they do for the SSB. (and the seats in right field at Comerica are pretty much sunburn alley, so a hat is a necessity)
.... he starts with America the Beautiful then morphed it into the Star Spangled Banner, IIRC.
It was actually very well done & nobody ever said the 2 songs need to stay separate.
Could it be that a certain team is undefeated in Big 12 Conference play?
It was bullshit added to the game during the George Bush era. That era is long over, and everything associated with it needs to go away! 
I appreciate it. 
because he won't join in on the attack of people exercising their first amendment rights.
I've been to more NBA games than baseball. I never stand 
don't mention the hail mary. 
But at least at Fenway we keep "Sweet Caroline" 
.... it IS a song about the Flag, not the "bombs bursting in air".
"Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
The question I always ponder is ... does the flag fly over the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, or have we become something else ... as opposed to people who interpret it to ask whether or not the flag is still flying "by the dawn's early light" or the ones who just turn it into a mindless "hoo-rah our military is best" anthem & don't actually ponder the words ...
... that nearly everyone who sings it thinks there is a pause at the end of each line.
Just like any other poem, because there's empty space doesn't mean it's the end of a sentence or thought.
And there's nothing in the "instructions" that calls for certain words toooooo beeeeeee drawnn OOOUUUUUTTTTTTT to infinity.
now that song is the cheesiest piece of crap ever written 
I've not seen it for the Blackhawks or at the college/junior/minor pro level 
I imagine our concern for A rarely denies our concern for B, C, and D...
Hence, the OP may in fact hold greater concerns. Quite possible you could ask that person... or simply continue to pretend that your premise is valid if that's easier.
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It is listed on the fucking calendar now! Look at 9-11 - it says "Patriot day" 
9-11 put such bull shit nationalism into this country, all the sheep can rally around our precious flag! 
