# I \_say\_ I'm not a sentimental guy but...

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**Created:** [October 28, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_say_-im-not-a-sentimental-guy-but/90036 "2001-10-28T00:57:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_say_-im-not-a-sentimental-guy-but/90036/1 "2001-10-28T00:57:44Z")

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I’m in Costco and happen by the TV sets as the national anthem is playing at the ballpark downtown. I couldn’t score tickets like Jdailey so I have to watch on the tube. Jewel is doing a very good job on _The Star Spangled Banner_ and then they cut to the New York firmen pulling the flag up the angled pole. I’m not sure if they brought the pole from the WTC or made a recreation but still. Then a formation of jets flying over, probably F-16s from Luke, not a demonstration team AFAIK. Those jets are there to defend the people in the ball park. Not in the abstract, but in the most literal sense of the term. I just about lost it.

Gotta run. Womack is on second and Gonzo is at the plate.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_say_-im-not-a-sentimental-guy-but/90036/2 "2001-10-28T00:59:25Z")

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And Gonzo knocks in a two run homer!!! God I love this country.

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**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_say_-im-not-a-sentimental-guy-but/90036/3 "2001-10-28T01:12:47Z")

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Those F-16’s flew over my apartment complex on their way to BOB.

Poor Mussina ☹ — Hmmm, I wonder if he’ll need _consolation_ after the game. :: lusty sigh ::

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**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_say_-im-not-a-sentimental-guy-but/90036/4 "2001-10-28T02:48:40Z")

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It looked to me like the army guys were reconstructing the Iwo Jima flag deal and the firemen were reconstructing the WTC flag deal.

Didn’t cry until I heard “God Bless America”. Geez.

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**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-_say_-im-not-a-sentimental-guy-but/90036/5 "2001-10-28T03:15:03Z")

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Was right there with ya, man. I gotta stop watching pre-game stuff.

And I don’t like Jewel, but she did a nice job. Looked awfully cute too.