LINES N' LYRIX
BASEBALL OPENING DAY SONGS
It’s springtime. How do we know? It’s not the weather, it’s not flowers, it’s not even the calendar. It’s Baseball, Ray. Official Opening Day-March 28, 2024 As Terrence Mann said in the 1989 movie version of W.P. Kinsella’s Field of Dreams, “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.” So does Lines n’ Lyrix. Name the songs that take you out to the ballgame. Who sang them. Click on the videos after you guess to appreciate the music and the crack of the bat. Stop each video and go to NEXT BASEBALL OPENING DAY SONG. Shoot for all 13, as if you’re watching a game, the bases are loaded and Casey’s at bat. Use this list. You can’t tell the players without a scorecard. 1. Little Boy, in a baseball hat Stands in the field with his ball and bat [stay for the end] https://www.doppeltlines.com/country-line-103.html 2. Put me in, coach I'm ready to play today https://www.doppeltlines.com/1980s-line-22.html 3. Thank God for all I missed 'Cause it led me here to this [best walkup song ever] https://www.doppeltlines.com/2010s-line-14.html 4. In the wink of a young girl's eye, glory days https://www.doppeltlines.com/1980s-line-83.html 5. In the bottom of the eighth When the pitcher died https://www.doppeltlines.com/simon-line-74.html 6. Crush 'em like so many paper beer cups Year after year, after year, after year https://www.doppeltlines.com/1980s-line-18.html 7. We know someday we'll go all the way https://www.doppeltlines.com/2000s-line-89.html 8. Some folks thought Big Joe was done Some just figured Joe was gone https://www.doppeltlines.com/2000s-line-90.html 9. Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you https://www.doppeltlines.com/simon-line-71.html 10. Did he hit it boy, and that ain't all. He stole home https://www.doppeltlines.com/jazz-line-136.html 11. Lazy stadium night Catfish on the mound https://www.doppeltlines.com/dylan-line-59.html 12. Ichiro, you're unbelievable https://www.doppeltlines.com/pop-line-131.html 13. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack https://www.doppeltlines.com/vintage-line-119.html Bonus: It’s Baseball, Ray https://jackdoppelt.blogspot.com/2021/03/baseball-ray.html ----------------- CLASS OF ‘74 - 50TH REUNION EDITION As LINES N' LYRIX continues to toast the Class of 1974, our magic carpet ride back to 1969, when they ruminated over going to college, forges on with another five tunes, adding up to 22. If you’ve been playing along, we left off at 17, so start the list below at 18. Guess the song from the hint and from the lyrics in the url. Name the songs and who sang them. Click on the videos to stay in the mood, hear the songs and sing along. Stop the video and go to NEXT CLASS OF ‘74 - 50TH REUNION EDITION SONG 1. Seem peculiar? https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-5.html 2. Can you guess my name? https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-12.html 3. Can you hear me? https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-18.html 4. Who won your war? https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-19.html 5. Time to meet folks different from you https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-20.html 6. Come on, people, come on, children https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-38.html 7. Burn slowly https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-31.html 8. Different strokes for different folks https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-100.html 9. Are we too blind to see? https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-35.html 10. No time left for you https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-83.html 11. Café or crowded street https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-93.html 12. Where I'm gonna go when I die https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-97.html 13. Got a revolution Got to revolution https://www.doppeltlines.com/rock-line-64.html 14. He was just 18, proud and brave But a Yankee laid him in his grave https://www.doppeltlines.com/songs-line-14.html 15. I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday https://www.doppeltlines.com/rock-line-19.html 16. Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces https://www.doppeltlines.com/beatles-line-3.html 17. Hands, touching hands Reaching out, touching me, touching you https://www.doppeltlines.com/pop-line-70.html 18. Ain't got no distractions Can't hear no buzzers and bells https://www.doppeltlines.com/show-line-36.html 19. You've got me runnin' and hidin' all over town https://www.doppeltlines.com/songs-line-65.html 20. So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that you'll wait for me https://www.doppeltlines.com/folk-line-62.html 21. Once there was a way To get back homeward https://www.doppeltlines.com/beatles-line-48.html 22. Billy Ray was the preacher's son https://www.doppeltlines.com/1960s-line-145.html --------- Or CLICK HERE OR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO PLAY FROM OUR CATALOG OF EDITIONS When you finish 5 songs per genre, return to the EDITION MONTAGE LIST and choose another edition. You can play all genres or pick from those with which you’re most familiar. If you get two or more of the five right in a round, you win. All you do when you play is guess the SONG NAME and WHO SANG IT. --------- On the screen, you see song lyrics. You are to answer: 1. What’s the name of the song? 2. Who's known for singing it? One point for each correct answer for a total of two points for each Q. [The game is self-scoring. Be flexible, but not a pushover on the answers. Keep track. The person or team with the most points wins.] After each FIVE Qs, that’s when the countin’s done. Compare your scores across the editions. With each Q&A, you are treated immediately to a video of the song, cued to the lines you guessed. The fun is in singing along and reminiscing. Periodically the question will offer a DOUBLE FEATURE, a popular alternative cover version of the song, which allows you to enjoy the game even more and accumulate extra points. If you suggest a song or song lyric that we incorporate into future games, you'll be credited on the Question screen for the Line. Email us at doppeltjack@gmail.com Ready? OK then, join us for a stroll down Memory LINES N' LYRIX |