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are no lyrics that the Farmhands intended to be clearly discernable
for this song. Instead, fungo directed his fellow Farmhands to each
write stream of consciousness parts evoking a deep sense of pain
and anger about to erupt into fury. The vocals were performed in
spoken word and then mixed just below the surface of the stormy
indie rock track, reminiscent of Unwound. While there is no specific
reference to the KC team nor their greatest player, Fungo was satisfied
with the song as a portrayal of one of the most infamous moments
in baseball history.
The band agreed that a truly defining moment for the Royals was
the 1980 tantrum thrown by George Brett when the Yankees challenged
his would-be winning homerun citing an antiquated technicality which
ruled that no bat could have the adhesive gripping agent, pine tar,
beyond a certain point of its length. Then obsolete and since revoked,
the rule had been instituted during the Great Depression to save
baseballs from being blackened and ruined by the tar. When outspoken
Yankees outfielder Lou Pinella prompted the infamously tempermental
Yankees manager Billy Martin to invoke the challenge, and the umpire
upheld it, Brett snapped.
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