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Songs You'd Rather Hear During the 7th Inning Stretch

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I don't know where these people that are complaining about the song are, but almost everyone at OPACY sings and dances to Thank God I'm a Country Boy.

Also, anyone saying that TGIACB is a Baltimore tradition obviously doesn't know that the Atlanta Braves play it during their 7th inning stretch too. And it makes a hell of a lot more sense for them.

And....wouldn't Atlanta be a city too? Since when can they be country boys but not us?

Thank God I'm a Country Boy is now my ringtone in honour of this thread.

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No need to change it, it's great. As a country boy myself, I enjoy hearing it at the park.

Problem is, most people in baltimore arent "country boys" I think it makes us look like po-dunk hicks to the rest of the country when they visit our park or watch one of our games on TV. Ill take just about anything over it.

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Problem is, most people in baltimore arent "country boys" I think it makes us look like po-dunk hicks to the rest of the country when they visit our park or watch one of our games on TV. Ill take just about anything over it.

That is your perception based on your own bias. It's not the perception of everyone else, although I'm sure some would agree with you. Just because someone enjoys a song doesn't make them an ignorant hick. If the rest of the world has a problem with it, then it is their problem and prejudice.

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It's a pretty terrible song, but it is the only song that should ever be played at Camden Yards during the seventh inning stretch.

It's tradition. It's funny. It's something everyone knows and expects when they come to the ballpark. We should have more traditions like this. Baltimore is quirky city, embrace it.

FrankPembleton wins this thread. Thank you.

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Problem is, most people in baltimore arent "country boys" I think it makes us look like po-dunk hicks to the rest of the country when they visit our park or watch one of our games on TV. Ill take just about anything over it.

I didn't know we were 12 year old, preppy girls trying to impress other people and thinking about what they'll think of us....:rolleyes:

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Caroline Kennedy inspired Neil Diamond to write "Sweet Caroline". Caroline is the daughter of John F Kennedy (Boston native).

That may be the case, but that's certainly not why they started playing it at their games and that little tidbit wasn't even revealed until a 2007 interview with The Diamond himself. That's a full 10 years after it was first played at a Red Sox game.

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That is your perception based on your own bias. It's not the perception of everyone else, although I'm sure some would agree with you. Just because someone enjoys a song doesn't make them an ignorant hick. If the rest of the world has a problem with it, then it is their problem and prejudice.

Yeah...I mean, Nick Markakis and many other O's enjoy country music...do we want to be calling them "ignorant hicks" because they happen to like a certain kind of music?

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That may be the case, but that's certainly not why they started playing it at their games and that little tidbit wasn't even revealed until a 2007 interview with The Diamond himself. That's a full 10 years after it was first played at a Red Sox game.

You see, that's the irony of it all. Most of the "Red Sox Nation" fans jumped on the bandwagon when the Red Sox won the World Series, and then claimed that they had been fans a full 10 years before that.

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Problem is, most people in baltimore arent "country boys" I think it makes us look like po-dunk hicks to the rest of the country when they visit our park or watch one of our games on TV. Ill take just about anything over it.

Have you been outside the Baltimore City limits, ever? Because it doesn't take long to get into some serious country out there...in whatever direction you head.

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