At the beginning of the last decade, a tradition began to develop at Oracle Park in San Francisco. Every time the MLB team the San Francisco Giants played a home game, Journey's classic Don't Stop Believin' would be played during the eighth inning stretch. And every time Journey frontman Steve Perry attended a game, he'd lead the crowd in a singalong.
Don't Stop Believin's relationship with baseball is a complex one. It was originally adopted as an anthem by the Chicago White Sox in 2005, and Perry led a singalong at the championship parade after the Sox beat the Astros in the World Series the same year. The Detroit Tigers began to use it. So too the Kansas City Royals. But if any team can claim ownership of the song, it's the Giants. And no more so than when Perry is in his seat in section 219.
