Make "High Hopes" the 7th inning stretch song for the rest of 2009?

by WholeCamels on Apr 14, 2009 6:41 PM EDT

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Yes! I don’t really know how the song goes, but that can be remedied.

by taco pal on Apr 14, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions

I have no real attachment to that song, but if it makes GBA go away forever, I’m all for it.

by phatj on Apr 14, 2009 11:53 PM EDT reply actions

well, my only attachment to the song is via Harry, so if they want to do that as a tribute for the rest of the season, I’m all for it.

I’d prefer they confine it to this season, however…

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Apr 15, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m definitely for this.

"It was almost like if Harry didn't call it, it wasn't real." - Jayson Stark

by Chris Haines on Apr 15, 2009 9:44 AM EDT reply actions

great idea, something original. really should submit this to phillies management and see how they’d react, i’m sure the fans would be all for it.

by kolparty on Apr 15, 2009 10:03 AM EDT reply actions

Great idea.

"In a couple of weeks or a month, I'll be excited about this team," Dawkins said. "I've got to get used to saying that -- I'm a Bronco." Then he paused. "I'll tell you one thing -- I'll always be an Eagle."

by exitfare on Apr 15, 2009 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

I like the idea. I am sure they will name something after him at CBP as well like they did Ashburn Alley.

by LAPhillyPhan on Apr 15, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions

He already has the restaurant. Maybe they should name the luxury box level after him…he did spend a lot of time on that level.

by FuquaManuel on Apr 15, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

tribute details

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Sounds like it’s going to be a great tribute Friday night.

by dajafi on Apr 15, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

Devil's advocate

Folks, I liked Harry and all, but…

Hearing “High Hopes” that many times would make me want to kill things. Especially multi-cellular things with spines, hair, that give birth to live young, and which suckle at breasts. I’d want to climb clock towers so I could look for little billy goats.

Nice for a few games, sure. Nice all the time for a whole freaking year? No. Pretty much the opposite of nice. Pretty much float-over-the-bed, 360 degree head-rotating, projectile vomiting, and crucifix…hiding awful.

In fact, it might be enough to push me over the edge, though admittedly that isn’t too far to go to begin with.

Did I say yet that I think it’s an awful idea? How about a nice bronze statue instead?

Remember the Phitans

by RememberthePhitans on Apr 15, 2009 7:59 PM EDT reply actions

confine to this season, prior to bottom of the 8th/9th inning, when we’re tied or behind. It will rally fans and be more home-grown than the cookie cutter “psych up” video montage that everyone, I mean everyone else plays. I’m all for anything that will make the experience localized/distinctive.

by Wet Luzinski on Apr 21, 2009 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

After wins

The song is a victory song. How nice would it be if after each win the song is played? I know I would always stay after and sing

"Can you feel that, that thing that's beatin' in your doggone chest right now, man? Can you feel that? Can you feel what's about to happen on this field, man?"
Brian Dawkins... Eagle for Life

by section118 on Apr 21, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions

Better idea than mine. The song is too pokily paced to go anywhere else. Was played tonight during 7th inning stretch, dunno if this is just this homestand or for the rest of the year.

by Wet Luzinski on Apr 22, 2009 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions