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Piece Description
Baseball is a game filled with tradition – like singing along when the organ plays “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” But in many major league ballparks, technology has replaced tradition - the organist is gone, and fans sing to a recording.
At Atlanta’s Turner Field - home of the Braves - live organ music is making a comeback - with a 21st Century twist.
This piece won 2011 "Best Sports Feature" from GA AP Broadcasters Association and a Region 13 Edward R. Murrow Award.
Broadcast History
Similar versions broadcast on:
WABE, Atlanta: July 1, 2010
Weekend Edition (Saturday): July 10, 2010
Transcript
SLUG: Twittering a New Baseball Tradition
Philip L. Graitcer
Baseball is a game filled with tradition – like singing along when the organ plays “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” But in many major league ballparks, technology has replaced that tradition - the organist is gone, and fans sing to a recording.
At Turner Field - home of the Atlanta Braves - live organ music is making a comeback - with a 21st Century twist.
Philip Graitcer has this story.
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[Amb: crowd sounds…..runs through the piece]
It’s the top of the fifth inning, and the Braves are playing the Phillies at Turner Field. Phillies right fielder, Ben Francisco, is coming up to bat and the organist is playing Rice-A-Roni.
[Amb: announcer “Right fielder Ben Francisco” ]
[Amb: music – “Rice a Roni, the San Francisco treat”]
That’s a musical joke – a not-so-subtle play on Francisco’s last name.
The guy pla...
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