Fans sing"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch at Fenway Stadium on April 5, 2018.
But then came the last two games in 1967 against the Twins, where the Sox won the American League pennant. I was 11 when I saw shortstop Rico Petrocelli catch the pop-up that would ultimately clinch the pennant. I ran onto the field, joining the throng jumping about in celebration and collected infield grass and dirt from the pitching mound in my mom’s cellophane cigarette pack lining. The success of ’67 ushered in an era of hope. Hey, we thought, maybe we can be winners every year.
“As a kid I wanted to be a rock star, but then I think by the time I was 20 I had sort of figured that wasn’t in the cards, which is maybe ironic given that while I’m not a rock star, I’ve played with a lot of rock stars for the last 15 years or so and that’s been fun.” Indeed, Kantor has accompanied the Jon Langford’s The Waco Brothers and played with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Mike Mills in the Baseball Project.
The old songs take me back, but Kantor’s renditions of newer rock and pop selections bring me fully into the 21st century. And I don’t think I’m alone there. Sometimes, Kantor will try and link the song to what has happened or is about to happen in the game.
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