# Songs at the ballpark **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486 "2007-04-17T16:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/21 "2007-04-18T22:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] I’m Just a Country Boy J,Denver [/QUOTE] I think you mean, Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”, which the Orioles used to play during the 7th inning stretch. ---
**Author:** ![CJJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/22 "2007-04-18T22:13:40Z")
Is this thread more about the music you often hear at the ballgame, or general songs about the game? **Y.M.C.A** is appropriate to the first category, and may fit well with the theme of the play. I’d recommend **It’s a Beautiful Day for a Ballgame** by the Harry Simeone Songsters in either category, though it may seem a little smaltzy today. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/23 "2007-04-18T22:46:02Z")
Either, CJJ. As I said in the OP, there are a great many songs with key baseball words or phrases that are often played by the home team: “Walk Like A Man” by the Four Seasons when a base is awarded on 4 pitched balls, or “It Takes Two” during a mound conference, or “Three Blind Mice” when the umpires confer. I’m just trying to capture that ballpark flavor, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/24 "2007-04-19T01:33:02Z")
I have to vote for the RBI Baseball theme. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/25 "2007-04-19T02:03:54Z")
I’ve seen _Walk of Life_ by **Dire Straits** used for baseball ads many times. It’s pretty upbeat and has an organ bit at the beginning. I always think of baseball when I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/26 "2007-04-19T02:42:10Z")
The “Walk of Life” video is all sports footage, with an emphasis on baseball, for what it’s worth ([link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrjBddCTCmk)). I was at the ballpark this last Sunday and heard a very funny song usage: After the umpteenth visit to the mound by various people to counsel the visiting club’s struggling pitcher, the PA blared “Getting to Know You” from _The King and I._ Heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486/27 "2007-04-19T05:19:52Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I was at the ballpark this last Sunday and heard a very funny song usage: After the umpteenth visit to the mound by various people to counsel the visiting club’s struggling pitcher, the PA blared “Getting to Know You” from _The King and I._ Heh heh. [/QUOTE] _Any_ time the opposition has a mound conference that lasts more than a few seconds Bobby Feeeman, the Diamondbacks’ organist, plays _Jive Talkin’_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-at-the-ballpark/400486.md?page=1)