The Baseball Project - They Played Baseball lyrics

Cap Anson was a racist Sam McDowell, a hopeless drunk And except for one no hitter Bo Belinsky mostly stunk John Rocker was a dumb a** Ty Cobb was filled with bile Samy Sosa had his cork Joe Niekro had his file Yeah, it’s on file But someone loved them all Someone loved them all ’Cause they played baseball Dick Allen had detractors Matt Stairs, his ups and downs Ron Leflore had Jackson State St. Louis had the Browns Durocher had his lip And Bob Welch his grapey wine Piniella had his temper Mendoza had his line Oh, and it’s a fine line But someone loved them all Someone loved them all ’Cause they played baseball Yeah, we cheered for them all We cheered for them all ’Cause they played baseball Scott Spiezio when psycho Milton Bradley couldn’t take the stress LaMarr Hoyt was a coke dealer Poor Steve Howe was just a mess And Barry Bonds had a swollen head Cesar Cedeño may have k**ed When Jose Canseco reached deck 5 I admit to being thrilled Brooklyn called their own team The Bums Mantle had his bum knees The White Sox threw the Series Lou Gehrig got his own disease His own dang disease And we cheered for them all We cheered for them all ’Cause they played baseball Now Mark Reynolds has his strikeouts Delmon Young could be a boor Ryan Braun’s confessing And A-Rod, well he’s a, he thinks he’s a centaur No need to idolize them Or cut them too much slack You take the bad times with the best And keep on coming back I’ll keep coming back But someone loved them all Someone loved them all ’Cause they played baseball Yeah, we cheered for them all We cheered for them all ’Cause they played baseball