Baseball Miscellany

I think that is what it was.

If you missed the trainwreck

Ouch, my ears!

Our incessant fluff patriotism produces this.
Don’t get me started on God Bless America in the 7th inning.

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4xGrammy winner?
Jesus titty-fucking Christ, modern country music is just that bad.

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I wish I knew how to make them to stop it, but I haven’t a clue on how to go about it. So instead of being bothered by the nationalism, I mostly just listen to the song to properly critique the performance.

Cant wait to see your scorecards, bud.

I hope that Adolis Garcia’s bombing out of the HR Derby is just the start of a summer full of disappointments for Rangers fans.

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I keep score in my head. That gal just topped out Fergie for worst all time on a national stage.

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That was horrific.

I found this from wiki:

Andress attended Berklee College of Music and majored in songwriting and performance, although she was frustrated with the school’s emphasis on theory and dropped out.

That’s all the explanation I needed…

Who needs music theory, or singing in key and in rhythm for that matter? Also she must have cut class in performance 101.

I teach music at the collegiate level. I’ve seen this bullshit excuse enough times. If you can’t cut college level theory, then there are severe problems with either your work ethic or you’re tone deaf. It’s not that difficult.

However, singing in a stadium isn’t as easy as you might think. The echo from the PA system can really be disruptive… if you lack proper training.

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I’m quite aware of singing in a stadium, arena, theater, night club, backyard and the various issues running a P.A. and sound board in such a variety of venues. I also know that modern ear bud monitors have virtually eliminated the issue.

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4x Grammy nominee, not that that makes it any better.

At first I genuinely wanted to believe that she’s not really that bad, and that she was either not given an IEM to hear herself or that it wasn’t working. Halfway through, though, I was recognizing too many vocal techniques that bad country singers employ, so I’m guessing she is who we thought she was. Whoever masters her albums doesn’t get paid enough.

I used this opportunity to show my son Carl Lewis’s national anthem. Despite Carl decidedly Not Making Up For Itā„¢, he at least had a good voice and simply started on too high a note, which is easy to do on the Star Spangled Banner without accompaniment or a pitch pipe. This chick is nowhere close to Carl’s talent.

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I for sure wasn’t implying that you were being too harsh. That was more of a general comment, not directed at you.

Carl sure ran with his rendition.

I knew that. I just wanted to bloviate unnecessarily.

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If he’d just started one whole step lower he would never be remembered for it.

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The horrible anthem performance was just a precursor to a fairly boring home run derby.

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It’s a high bar to hurdle if you start that song off wrong.

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His favorite genre is Seoul

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