If Trent Reznor Wrote A Baseball Song

Seattle Dan wrote a review of the book Cooperstown Confidential (by Zev Chafets). I read the review while Johnny Cash was singing Trent Reznor's "Hurt" inside my head (a command performance!). Anyway, the following lyrics crawled their way up the Green Monster of my mind before vanishing in the sky like silent birds in Autumn...

i made it up the hill
to see where heroes play
i climbed into the stands
trembling and afraid
something had been lost
bright colors, they do fade
the dreams a boy can dream
can one day be unmade

take me out to the ballgame
the place i can be loud
i'll root and shout and holler
one among the crowd
my heroes are all bleeding
broken but unbowed

the devil's on the mound
looking for a sign
the sun is burning down
it is the end of time

i will cross my fingers
i will pay the fine
a ball of fire's coming
sacred and divine
sacred and divine

the bases are all loaded
the umpires are blind
there is no joy in mudville
just blood upon the vine

i made it up the hill
to see where heroes play
i climbed into the stands
trembling and afraid
something had been lost
bright colors, they do fade
the dreams a boy can dream
can one day be unmade

take me out to the ballgame
the place i can be loud
i'll root and shout and holler
one among the crowd
my heroes are all bleeding
broken but unbowed

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