Mike Piazza is a catcher for the New York Mets. New York papers suggested that he was gay, causing him to have a press conference announcing that he wasn't. His career batting average is .319, but I suppose it may have been .318 when the song was written. The pitcher is probably Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest southpaws of all time, who refused to pitch on Yum Kippur. The Giants would be the San Francisco Giants, the statue is probably the giant Willie Mays statue in front of SBC Park. Mays is regarded by many as the greatest living ballplayer.
Thank you for the answers about the baseball references. Is it possible that the song is about two people having an affair? They seem to spend borrowed time in hotels and wandering around town talking and enjoying what time they have together. Baseball seems to be something they share that they can talk about as well as a metaphor for life and repression. The fact that he addresses Miss Private makes me think that the song is about a man and a woman, and perhaps the suggested homosexuality of Mike Piazza at a time when it was not accepted is...
Thank you for the answers about the baseball references. Is it possible that the song is about two people having an affair? They seem to spend borrowed time in hotels and wandering around town talking and enjoying what time they have together. Baseball seems to be something they share that they can talk about as well as a metaphor for life and repression. The fact that he addresses Miss Private makes me think that the song is about a man and a woman, and perhaps the suggested homosexuality of Mike Piazza at a time when it was not accepted is just a metaphor for romantic repression.
The part "and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
Come wave upon me from the wider family net absurd"
"You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job
Maybe, but not what she deserves"
suggests to me that he is pressured from her family to stay away from her, and he is forced to leave her with someone who will take better care of her, but won't love her the way the narrator does.
It seems that in the last section of the song, she does not seem to be willing to abandon her realism and run away with him like the heroine in a romantic fantasy and is willing to settle for what they have now. However they continue to be drawn to each other and can't help but meet up again.
Mike Piazza is a catcher for the New York Mets. New York papers suggested that he was gay, causing him to have a press conference announcing that he wasn't. His career batting average is .319, but I suppose it may have been .318 when the song was written. The pitcher is probably Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest southpaws of all time, who refused to pitch on Yum Kippur. The Giants would be the San Francisco Giants, the statue is probably the giant Willie Mays statue in front of SBC Park. Mays is regarded by many as the greatest living ballplayer.
Thank you for the answers about the baseball references. Is it possible that the song is about two people having an affair? They seem to spend borrowed time in hotels and wandering around town talking and enjoying what time they have together. Baseball seems to be something they share that they can talk about as well as a metaphor for life and repression. The fact that he addresses Miss Private makes me think that the song is about a man and a woman, and perhaps the suggested homosexuality of Mike Piazza at a time when it was not accepted is...
Thank you for the answers about the baseball references. Is it possible that the song is about two people having an affair? They seem to spend borrowed time in hotels and wandering around town talking and enjoying what time they have together. Baseball seems to be something they share that they can talk about as well as a metaphor for life and repression. The fact that he addresses Miss Private makes me think that the song is about a man and a woman, and perhaps the suggested homosexuality of Mike Piazza at a time when it was not accepted is just a metaphor for romantic repression. The part "and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words Come wave upon me from the wider family net absurd" "You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job Maybe, but not what she deserves" suggests to me that he is pressured from her family to stay away from her, and he is forced to leave her with someone who will take better care of her, but won't love her the way the narrator does. It seems that in the last section of the song, she does not seem to be willing to abandon her realism and run away with him like the heroine in a romantic fantasy and is willing to settle for what they have now. However they continue to be drawn to each other and can't help but meet up again.
it's "Yom Kippur"-- not "Yum Kippur."
it's "Yom Kippur"-- not "Yum Kippur."