This is a classic nostalgic look at the game of baseball. The reason I believe it is so popular is not so much for the catchy tune but because it reaches back in time to the pure art of baseball. It isn’t wonder to me that the video clip that is usually played with this song is solely pre 60’s baseball. This song tries & successfully rekindles the essence and purity of the game that is a cornerstone of the American culture.
Let's call it for what it really is. Today the game is lost to spoiled young men with idiotic, absurd paychecks. Contracts that dictate everything about their life and how & what position they are to play. Sure in the past you had the marquise players that made loads of money for their time BUT that was far and away the exception.
Truly, I want to thank John for this song because when I am in the stadium (which is rare now) and hear that song come on the loud speakers it allows me to forget, momentarily, the $100 + I spent to bring my son to a game to support my local franchise owner and their slaves and focus on the really important thing – the game itself!
This is a classic nostalgic look at the game of baseball. The reason I believe it is so popular is not so much for the catchy tune but because it reaches back in time to the pure art of baseball. It isn’t wonder to me that the video clip that is usually played with this song is solely pre 60’s baseball. This song tries & successfully rekindles the essence and purity of the game that is a cornerstone of the American culture.
Let's call it for what it really is. Today the game is lost to spoiled young men with idiotic, absurd paychecks. Contracts that dictate everything about their life and how & what position they are to play. Sure in the past you had the marquise players that made loads of money for their time BUT that was far and away the exception.
Truly, I want to thank John for this song because when I am in the stadium (which is rare now) and hear that song come on the loud speakers it allows me to forget, momentarily, the $100 + I spent to bring my son to a game to support my local franchise owner and their slaves and focus on the really important thing – the game itself!