Will they have the mandatory "7th inning stretch" singing of "God Bless America" AGAIN this year?

[Ken Burch]

Look, I understand how it got started(the congresscritters sang it after the plane hit the Pentagon) but 9/11 was fourteen years ago, we're out of Iraq and Osama is dead.

Will MLB ever stop beating this dead horse?

[bvf]

1. I predict they will.

Just another business decision.

[Ken Burch]

2. I want somebody to get up there for that and play some Rage Against The Machine instead

Or at least "Talking 'bout A Revolution" by Tracy Chapman.

[bvf]

5. That would be sweet.

The idea of a guerilla soundman/woman flipping to something like that is a great thing to consider.

Wonder what the reaction in the stands would be. Some exploding heads, for sure!

[Inkfreak]

3. My wife hates the voice of the woman singing it during Yankee games.

I must admit, it's a bit irritating.

[Ken Burch]

4. It wouldn't be so bad if they could bring in Zombie Kate Smith to sing it

(granted, she'd change most of the lyrics to "brains...brains...brains..." but still...)

[NightWatcher]

6. It's a Thing now. If you're not a fan, you must hate Murica

[Drale]

7. We sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame at Wrigley

and that will never change

[CanSocDem]

8. I gotta say...

...that, in the last few games of spring, playing the recording of Kate Smith, with everybody trying to look their most patriotic, seems out of place.



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[Novara]

9. "Will MLB ever stop beating this dead horse?"

Nope, lest someone question their patriotism. Never mind that baseball, mom, and apple pie are stalwarts of good old American "patriotism" - we all have to be lockstep uber-christians to be patriotic, don'tchaknow.