![]() A central element in countless television shows and popular movies – including the eponymous 1949 musical starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, the song has been recorded by artists as diverse as Carly Simon, Bing Crosbie, and Dr John. There can’t be a North American child who doesn’t know that chorus from the 1908 Tin Pan Alley song Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Let me root, root, root for the home team,įor it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, In a nation built on immigrants, Norichika Aoki (playing here for the Seattle Mariners) is one of over 25% of pro-baseball players who were born outside the USA. The ‘ American Dream‘ and baseball’s ‘Field of Dreams’ are tightly interwoven, in myth and in reality. Nori Aoki at Bat for the Seattle Mariners
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