Who would have ever guessed that the biggest talking point of the Mariners' season so far would be a novelty song with largely unintelligible lyrics that was written in 1955?
Granted, this is not one of the burning issues of our time. Yet it seems to have touched a strong chord — A, D and E minor, I'm told — with fans who poured into T-Mobile Park for the first weekend of home games, and beyond.
When it came to the seventh-inning stretch on opening night, many fans were stunned when "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ended and "Louie Louie" did not come next, as it had for the previous 32 seasons. That was the case Saturday and Sunday, as well. As I tweeted last month during a spring-training game, unaware of the hornet's nest that would be stirred up a few weeks later, "After two decades at Safeco Field/T-Mobile Park, my brain subliminally anticipates 'Louie Louie' the moment 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame' ends."
