Reply #36: The Yankees use it to prevent the opposing team's pitcher from warming up properly, allegedly [View All]

[MADem]

My personal view is that even on Sunday, that's one day too many. I've come to despise the song, though I never minded it before the "Nahn Wun Wun Changed Ever-thang" crowd overused it to the point of abject absurdity.

Since the attacks, "God Bless America" has commonly been sung during the seventh-inning stretch in Sunday Major League Baseball games, except for the Toronto Blue Jays (and prior to 2005, the Montreal Expos. Yankee Stadium is the only Major League ballpark to play "God Bless America" every game during the seventh-inning stretch. The team's YES Network televises its performance during each game before going to commercial. Interestingly, some claim this offers a competitive advantage to the Yankees. This is due to the fact that at Yankee Stadium, Ronan Tynan sings an especially long version of the song at select games, during which time the opposing pitcher is unable to warm up. Some pitchers have complained that this affects their rhythm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_America