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No Cardinals-Tigers World Series is complete without this
2006-10-23 18:23
by Bob Timmermann

David Davis of SoCal Sports Observed, one of the foremost authorities on National Anthems sung before big sporting events in addition to be a great writer and an acquaintance of mine, recaps the controversy from 1968 when Jose Feliciano sang the National Anthem before Game 5 of the 1968 World Series.

You can listen to an MP3 of Feliciano's rendition at this link.

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2006-10-23 18:51:24
1.   Bluebleeder87
Felicano? or Feliciano? make up your mind Bob.

ps for the record what he did was wrong in my book

2006-10-23 18:54:48
2.   Bluebleeder87
alot of players hated Feliciano's version because it was too long
2006-10-23 18:59:46
3.   Bob Timmermann
The song is 1 minute and 47 seconds long.
2006-10-23 20:12:13
4.   Bluebleeder87
HBO's documentary special sports of the 20th century maid it seem that way
2006-10-23 20:44:43
5.   Greg Brock
America the Beautiful is a way better song anyway.

And Feliciano was brilliant.

2006-10-23 21:01:27
6.   Daniel Zappala
Bob, that's a great blog entry and a fantastic rendition. Thank you for pointing me to it.
2006-10-23 21:25:53
7.   jmoney
It's pretty funny what could cause controversy 40 years ago. The best word to describe Feliciano's version is, I think, "pleasant". It's hardly Hendrix.

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