I think they only do it on Sundays, or maybe on day games, or something. Still ... when they did it initially I think it had real purpose and was good ... that was a long time ago now. It's time to let it go and go back to what it should be. Sing it on the Fourth and Memorial Day, leave the rest behind. Or start a TF tradition of something like singing 'Lights' in SF and 'Sweet Caroline' in Boston.
It's a phony, forced thing, though. And most of the ballplayers aren't even American. I don't think they should be forced to fake it along with the rest of us.
Sometimes it's a good lesson to be careful of what you wish for. Most wanted Nolasco gone, myself included, but this was the consequence, unfortunately.
Why? It's become a stupid tradition, imho. Go back to 'Take me out to the ballpark' and leave it at that. This forced, fake patriotism is not patriotism. I get why this was done after 9/11 ... and while I'm not suggesting we forget, I do think it's time to move on.
This was posted in the 'Albers DFA'd, Pitcher coming up' thread. At the time we didn't know who, but once we did, discussion ensued. I merged yours with that one, and changed the title to reflect the now known O'Rourke call up.
Pfft ... I'm not a huge fan of bacon, either. This has been well documented throughout the forums. And I haven't been watching the Olympucs at all so am cheering for no one.
Same-day registration is in 15 states plus DC. Those states are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
These polls make me nervous, though ... liberal voters are the most complacent. Hearing these kinds of reports they will come to the conclusion their vote won't be necessary.
I noticed that, too, and mentioned it at the time. Do you know if that just happened naturally, did one seek the other out, or was it something encouraged by management?