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

d*** 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 c**e dealer
Poor Steve Howe was just a mess

And Barry Bonds had a swollen head
Cesar Cedeño may have killed
When Jose Canseco reached deck 5
I admit to being thrilled

Brooklyn called their own team The b**s
Mantle had his b** 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