Enough with God Bless America

[IMADreamer]

Seriously, the song sucks and no one is that patriotic. Let's just end this charade now. 9/11 was 12 years ago, it's time to get over it.

[StL Dan]

I too think that the song should stop being played during the 7th inning. However, not for the reasons you have given.

To me, doing anything repetitivley cheapens it.

[tlombard]

I'm in agreement that it needs to go but then how are teams going to sell huge blocks of tickets that would normally go unsold to the families of school children to see their kids sing the song during the 7th inning stretch?

I always laugh at friends with kids who think that the Cards are actually having a special day for their respective athletic associations just to be nice. Some of them actually think that it is because the athletic association is doing something right or being honored which is absolutely not true. The team does it because they know that they will sell a ton of extra tickets and then concessions in exchange for letting a bunch of kids walk around the warning track before the game and putting their name on the board.

[a_smith]

Can we also get rid of the national anthem as well as it has been 70 years since it was inserted in baseball games to make the public more patriotic?

I don't understand why we play patriotic songs during sporting events that are not country vs country.

[Socnorb11]

It all seems harmless enough to me.

[Adrian Wapcaplet]

Seriously, the song sucks and no one is that patriotic. Let's just end this charade now. 9/11 was 12 years ago, it's time to get over it.

Couldn't agree more.

[TGantz]

This is America's game, you commies.

[thrill]

It's easy to ignore, but yes, I would get rid of it. Anthems too. We all love America. We don't need to prove it via song before a game.

It would make doing it on the 4th, D Day anniversary, VE Day, VJ Day or Memorial Day even more meaningful.

[jim]

I agree with removing God Bless America, stand up for cancer, and every other thing once the game gets going. But the National Anthem? That stays.

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... lit=anthem

[Sutter'sBeard]

Agreed. The fact that 40,000 people are crammed into a ball game eating, drinking, and spending tons of disposable income to watch a ball game shows how F'n Great America is.