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Who needs first class anyway?

(Posted by BNJ)

My wife and I were driving around yesterday and I was playing a John Fogerty CD. After hearing the song "Centerfield," Mrs. Cynical confessed that it was the first time she'd ever understood the lyrics. She's always heard "Put me in, coach!" as "Put me in coach." As in "No thank you, Mrs. Flight Attendant. There's no need to upgrade me to first class. I'm perfectly happy to be seated in economy."

So is this a boy/girl thing? A red state/blue state thing? What?

Posted by BNJ on October 3, 2005 09:12 AM | |Discuss

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I always knew what it meant. I love that song. It always reminds me of early spring training games during the Mets heyday of the mid 1980's, when scrappy players like Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman made it fun to be a Mets fan.

Posted by: Jill | October 3, 2005 12:55 PM

I'm guessing your wife never played little league.

Posted by: OTTami | October 3, 2005 02:55 PM

No worries, it's just one of those "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" moments

Posted by: That Guy | October 3, 2005 05:45 PM

It always reminds me of early spring training games during the Mets heyday of the mid 1980's, when scrappy players like Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman made it fun to be a Mets fan.
Or indeed, a pro baseball fan, period. Back when you could watch movies like The Natural and believe that's the way things really were, not the way they USED to be before the sport got utterly corrupted by overpaid crybabies.

Of course, I live in Kansas City, so I have a dim view of baseball in general.

Damn Royals.

Posted by: apotheosis | October 4, 2005 10:11 AM

How did she then explain the line that came next: "I'm ready to play"?

Posted by: Doug | October 4, 2005 10:19 AM

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