So my slightly inebriated seat mate and I sang the National Anthem (aka the Star Spangled Banner) together, chuckling occasionally at our inability to hit some of the high notes, caps in hand over our hearts. The fans generally were respectful but moderately impatient for the game to begin.
Cut to: Ronan Tynan, the Irish fecking Tenor, trotting out to home plate in the 7th to sing the song I'm assuming was just elevated through act of Congress to anthem status - God Bless America? You would have thought Kate Smith herself had just died what with the reverence and drama the stadium crowd brought to their collective, full-throated choral performance of this song urging the good fortune of the almighty on the richest, more privileged nation the world has EVER seen. Tears were streaming...flags aflutter...Wixted stood astew.
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