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Backstory:

My grandfather listened to Detroit Tiger baseball on the radio all of his life. I would sit with him on his back porch and listen with him.                                         

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Grandpa’s Radio

“Message one…Hello Jim. Ernie Harwell. I just got back from my work on the playoffs. I had a chance to listen to your song. Thanks so much. I enjoyed it and appreciate you sending it to me. Good luck to you. You don’t have to call back as I just wanted to thank you for your thoughtfulness. The best of everything to you. Bye-bye…5:13 p.m. Friday. End of message.”

Gramps would sit on his ol’ back porch, 
And tune in the Detroit Tigers,
He heard the play by play from his own grandstand,
Left field tomatoes and in the right field flowers.
	
The cricket’s chirped and the crowds would cheer,
When Colavito came to bat.
The owls would whooo and the fans would too,
When he hit a home-run just like that,
Gramps sat with George Kell and Ernie Harwell,
Behind home plate in front row,
The best way to watch a baseball game,
Was on my grandpa’s radio.

Gramp’s listened on a Friday night,
With a wood cane in his hand,
Chewing Copenhagen like the players did,
‘Cept he spit in a coffee can.
		
You know the cricket’s chirped and the crowds would cheer,
When ol’ Al Kaline came to bat.
The owls would whooo and the fans would too,
When he whacked a home-run just like that,
Gramps sat with George Kell and Ernie Harwell,
Behind home plate in front row,
The best way to watch a baseball game,
Was on my grandpa’s radio.

As a boy I’d come outside and sit with the old man,
Not a finer seat in the house for two avid horsehide fans.

Yeah the cricket’s chirped and the crowds would cheer,
When ol’ Norm Cash came to bat.
The owls would whooo and the fans would too,
When he cracked a home-run just like that,
We sat with George Kell and Ernie Harwell,
Behind home plate in front row,
The best way to watch a baseball game,
Was on my grandpa’s radio.

Nothin’ better than a baseball game,
On my grandpa’s radio.

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