An Open Letter to Arte Moreno on the Issue of Buttercup

[Tyler]

That's not the first time people's gf's have thanked me. Anytime

[Angel Oracle]

Buttercup must go!

[Brandon]

Nothing like lighting a spliff on the Budweiser patio and listening to Bob Marley at Angel games.

[Angel Oracle]

No prob Tin, we all have different tastes. I just like how his songs keep you relaxed, and this team needs to keep their cool when trailing.

I guess I need to listen to him more when this team sucks.

[Ray McKigney]

Blame It On The Rain by Milli Vanilli would be good too.

[Chuck]

I love the idea of Good Vibrations as a replacement. 

[JessGrey]

Song with a similar mood as Buttercup but far less depressing lyrics in the context of a baseball game, lol

 

This is why I didn't got with CA Dreamin' as my pick...though living in MT I _FEEL_ the lyrics of this song about 7 months out of the year

 

There's actually a lot of good choices, I'm just kind of a big Beach Boys geek ... and Carl Wilson's voice on the lead in Good Vibrations is amazing...anything Carl sang was awesome

[AngelArcher]

Nailed-it, girl!  Nicely done...

Doubt they'll listen to the will of the people, but I'll strongly suggest it to Arte if I run into him at ST next year as well.

Whoever thought this song was a good idea, should be sacked.

Tony Reagins says hi.

[HaloRed16]

Well said, and this Halo Red has been saying BLOW UP THE BUTTERCUP over several seasons now. The ladies sing it but it's not a baseball song, it doesn't belong, even Gubby's been saying that all along.

[halobob]

I'm gonna go ahead and hop on the Bob Marley train on this one and suggest either Jamming or Stir it Up for the 7th inning stretch song.

[Chuck]

Stir it up is not bad... I like Bob Marley. 

[Dave Saltzer]

Good job Jessica! I like that you took the time to come up with a solution rather than just ranting in the piece. It's one thing to criticize, it's an entirely different thing to fix something. I like the local connection with the Beach Boys! I'm not quite sure if Good Vibrations would go over well if the team was in the middle of a bad loss. I will have to think of something along those lines for a replacement.

[Mile High Dreams]

According to Eric...Arte picked the song...so good luck getting rid of it.

[Kenny]

Are there any good songs about the marine layer?

[WhatUSaid]

Twist and Shout

[greginpsca]

the pitchers on the team also could be called "Buttercups".

[Chuck]

The Angels need to END THIS SONG like yesterday. We've been shit ever since putting this song into place for the 7th inning stretch. 

[Tank]

Centerfield by John Fogerty.

[Brent Maguire]

Such a poor choice of a song for the 7th inning. Why why why is this used?

[ukyah]

i'll put in my .02 without reading the thread. i couldn't give a shit about which song is played in the 7th inning stretch. they want to play buttercup? fine, it's a fun song. now focus on winning some ****ing games.

[DEATHRACERCHEVY]

I don't really get why it is so hated against. I mean it's actually funny because it's fitting. I don't know maybe that's just me. I might not care as much what is played during the 7th if the Angels would win more consistently.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

How about a song that is current? There are only 7 people in the stands by the time the song is played anyway. Make the team more modern and play something that is actually somewhat recent.