Thread: National Anthem
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Old Mon Oct 24, 2005, 05:07pm
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Good, bad and ugly

Ugly: Carl Lewis was bad, but not nearly as bad as Roseanne. To this day, she is banned from the TV in our house. We even gave in and watched "Monster in law" with Hanoi Jane. We will NEVER forgive Roseanne.

Bad: Willie Nelson, who was either drunk or stoned or both.

Bad and good: Jose Feliciano, Jimi Hendrix.

Good: Whitney Houston. Statler Brothers. Mo Cheeks rescuing the girl in Portland last season. Cubs PA man. Air Force Band & Choir. Many others, but those are at the top of my mind...

Someone asked why they play it before every game...I have seen several credible accounts about how that goes back to either 1917 or 1918 World Series. Anyway, around WWI a band played it...a real band...before a World Series game.
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