They Played Baseball Songtext
von The Baseball Project

Cap Benson was a racist
Sam Maddow, a hopeless drunk
And except for one no-hitter
Bo Belinski mostly stunk

John Rocker was a dumbass
Ty Cobb was filled with bile
Sammy Sosa had his cork
Joe Niekro had his fire
Yeah, it′s on fire

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 went psycho
Milton Bradley couldn′t take the stress
Lamar Hoyt was a coke dealer
Poor Steve Howe was just a mess

Barry Bonds had a swollen head
Cesar Cedeno may have killed
When Jose Canseco reached deck five
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 can be a bore
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 loves them all
Someone loves them all
'Cause they played baseball
Yeah, we cheered for them all
We cheered for them all
′Cause they played baseball