![]() We speak, of course, of the replacement of “Louie Louie” during the seventh-inning stretch with Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us.” The Mariners have some other traditions too, sure. So it’s devastating to discover that one of the only uniquely Mariners traditions has been broken. It reminds us of all that once was good and could be again. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. ![]() The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. There’s a reason that the platonic ideal of (if far from the best of) baseball movies stages its crescendo on this speech: It’s been passed down from parents to children for generations. You knew this post would start like this, but that’s because it’s true. Traditions are important, especially in baseball.
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