1993 - Rookie of the Year
May 1994 - Player of the Month
Aug 1995 - Player of the Month
1996 - Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
Jun 1997 - Player of the Month
Aug 1997 - Player of the Month
I've been going to a few baseball games, can you believe how expensive beer is? I sometime think people don't really go out to watch the game, but to drink (before, during, and after the game!).
I've already used "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (which includes Eddie Vedder singing "buy some peanuts and crack"), so I'm going to use Belle & Sebastian's "Piazza, New York Catcher" this time.
The song is not really about Mike Piazza, but more or less a love song. If you follow the lyrics, Stuart Murdoch, is reminiscencing about the time he shared his love of baseball and how they hung around the Giants' Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The lyrics are very colorful and descriptive.
Incidentally, towards the end of the song:
A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day
You'd settle for an epitaph like "Walk Away, Renee"
This is a reference to the Left Banke's hit song "Walk Away Renee".
Anyroad, I've seen B&S twice now, and a year apart, and everytime Murdoch sings this song, he consistently cannot remember the lyrics. He even pulls out the written lyrics, but still manages to mix up his lyrics. I suppose, it's part of the charm of live performances.
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July 01, 2007 3:52 PM vu [email protected] belleandsebastian.com baseball-reference.com
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