Sure, I have a long-standing affection for Pearl Jam, but Eddie Vedder just sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during this afternoon's Mets-Cubs game at Wrigley Field, and he somehow managed to turn the song into a freaking dirge. (Also, he somehow turned the song's final four words into "at the home ballgame.") Classy of him to wear a Kerry Wood jersey, though! [cubs.com]
Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the junket yesterday:
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Now that the World Series is set to be an all-Midwestern affair (sigh), it's time to prepare for new inductees to our "Hey, It's Enrico Palazzo!" Hall of Fame. Major League Baseball announced yesterday that the Detroit-raised Bob Seger and Anita Baker would be performing prior to Games 1 and 2 (although Seger will sing "America the Beautiful," not the national anthem), and to further increase this year's Midwestern bona fides, Indiana's own John Mellencamp will sing his craptastic Chevrolet song before Game 2. We're waiting to see which St. Louis-area native will be the featured entertainment before Game 3, and we have a few ideas. Alas, only one of them has the potential to be truly great:
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We were at Shea for Game 1 of the NLCS last night, and right before the seventh-inning stretch we were treated to a rendition of "God Bless America" by none other than American Idol also-ran Constantine Maroulis. Unfortunately, our field operatives reported that Maroulis' warble wasn't shown on TV, so you'll just have to take our word that it was positively Stappian—especially once we realized that Maroulis had probably blow-dried his chest hair before taking the slightly drizzly stage. Talk about really killing a patriotic mood.
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Ah, October baseball; we love its crispness and high stakes, especially when the right teams are fighting their way to the top. But a good game can be tainted by its attendant musical performances—those requisite patriotism-stoking warbles of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America"—if the wrong singer is asked to step in.
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