“Ray. People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. “Of course, we won’t mind if you look around”, you’ll say, “It’s only $20 per person”. They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they’ll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. 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. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh…people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.”
“Iowa Stubborn” from “The Music Man” by Meredith Wilson
Oh, there’s nothing halfwayAbout the Iowa way to treat youWhen we treat youWhich we may not do at allThere’s an Iowa kind of specialChip-on-the-shoulder attitudeWe’ve never been withoutThat we recallWe can be coldAs a falling thermometer in DecemberIf you ask about our weather in JulyAnd we’re so by God stubbornWe could stand touchin’ nosesFor a week at a timeAnd never see eye-to-eyeBut what the heck, you’re welcomeJoin us at the picnicYou can eat your fillOf all the food you bring yourself ….
kaffekup almost 5 years ago
Man, look at all that ethanol!
Phrosty 12Oaks almost 5 years ago
Could have made it more on relevant by labeling it ethanol corn to kowtow to the green lobby and the corporate farm welfare lobby.
RobinHood almost 5 years ago
Shoeless Joe, is that you?
RobinHood almost 5 years ago
“Ray. People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. “Of course, we won’t mind if you look around”, you’ll say, “It’s only $20 per person”. They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it is money they have and peace they lack. And they’ll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ray. 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. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh…people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.”
HamSalad almost 5 years ago
The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye!
ZBicyclist Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“Iowa Stubborn” from “The Music Man” by Meredith Wilson
Oh, there’s nothing halfwayAbout the Iowa way to treat youWhen we treat youWhich we may not do at allThere’s an Iowa kind of specialChip-on-the-shoulder attitudeWe’ve never been withoutThat we recallWe can be coldAs a falling thermometer in DecemberIf you ask about our weather in JulyAnd we’re so by God stubbornWe could stand touchin’ nosesFor a week at a timeAnd never see eye-to-eyeBut what the heck, you’re welcomeJoin us at the picnicYou can eat your fillOf all the food you bring yourself ….
ms-ss almost 5 years ago
That reminds me of detasseling back in the late ’50’s.
Jim Kerner almost 5 years ago
Boy, talk about corny jokes!