The big problem was the anthem is about two minutes long. I might have been serious too if I had spent four long years in Europe or the Pacific, fighting fascists. He handled it with care, instructing me not to let it hit the ground and to raise it slowly, so that it peaked as the anthem ended. A man from the local VFW would accompany me, carrying the flag. When I was a pup, I used to raise the flag prior to the local American Legion games. It gives us a chance to honor our country and those who have fought for our freedom. To me, it signals to the players, coaches, and fans that the game is about to begin. But I canвЂ™t tell you why we play it at the beginning of sporting events. I love the song and I stand and place my hand over my heart when itвЂ™s played. All games start with the National Anthem. That said, here are the four main categories weвЂ™ll look at today: Baseball staples. ItвЂ™d be a boring world if we all liked the same things. A song that I might find shallow and irritating, like say Glory days or Centerfield, might be beautiful music to anotherвЂ™s ears. Music, like a lot of things, is not a zero-sum game. Understand, this is not a definitive list of all baseball songs or even a ranking of what might be the best. It also gave me a good opportunity to listen to some songs I hadnвЂ™t heard before. My storyline quickly went from the ten best baseball-inspired songs to four different categories of baseball songs. How many songs could there be about baseball? Doing a quick internet search, I was shocked to find that the remaining 10% of music seems to have been written about the national pastime. Seems like a niche genre, right? After all, probably 90% of all music is written about love, drugs and sex or some combination of those three. The other day I got to thinking about music that was written about baseball. I was fortunate to come of age in the вЂ60s and вЂ™70s, which were arguably two of the greatest decades for music.

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