tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18860233.post8773285291120312997..comments2024-01-28T23:40:29.891-05:00Comments on Steve Charing OUTspoken: "Follow the Dodgers"Steve Charinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671770309656409487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18860233.post-51524859689015215562023-04-01T15:36:15.346-04:002023-04-01T15:36:15.346-04:00Thanks. saw her playing in dept store on 42nd st m...Thanks. saw her playing in dept store on 42nd st manhattan i used to cut through as errand boy on fifth ave in late 50's heard she pLAYED 3 BLIND MICE for the umps. !!!!Carl C Larsennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18860233.post-19718858456485977922019-01-09T20:41:18.980-05:002019-01-09T20:41:18.980-05:00Thank you, Steve, this is absolute amazing. I'...Thank you, Steve, this is absolute amazing. I'm old enough to have seen the Dodgers play at Ebbets Field when I was a kid, ages six to ten. I've always remembered this song, which I recall being played after Dodger victories, and maybe when they took the field. I don't know why, but I was thinking about it today and thought I'd take a shot on finding it on the Internet. Thanks to you, I did.<br /><br />I remembered it perfectly, every note, except I though the words were "Hooray for the Dodgers" rather than "Follow the Dodgers." Anyway, it brings back great memories of a special time when an entire borough totally loved a baseball team, and no wonder: One of my friends lived in a middle class neighborhood, and Gil Hodges lived down the street! It really was OUR team, not a group of super-rich and remote superstars, and our identification with the team was complete. By the way, anyone with memories of those days should read "Wait Till Next Year," by Doris Kearns Goodwin, a wonderful evocation of that more innocent time.. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599050427530907153noreply@blogger.com