So, slightly slowing on the watching/writing about new movies this week, since all my evenings are devoted to the World Series. I’m not much of a Cubs fan, more as a kind of family tradition (4th generation! On both sides!) than as a thing I enjoy. But I do make a point of watching/listening to every game if they make it to post-season. Which has only happened 4 times in my lifetime, so it’s not a real big commitment.
I wanted to do a songs post themed with baseball, but turns out there are no Hindi songs about Baseball! Even the Hindi version of High School Musical 2, which I thought was a lock, just removed that whole sequence! So we have to make do with Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin, and Frank Sinatra in a song based on the Cubbies’ Tinkers to Evers to Chance line-up in the 1900s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPy8kkrw0p0
And that High School Musical 2 song, unfortunately in the English not the Hindi version.
And back to Gene and Frank for the classic song.
If there’s some other baseball themed movie song I’m missing, let me know! Especially if there is an actual Hindi song! Remember, baseball, NOT cricket.
(and I am NOT posting any of the specific Cubs songs, because it is TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW!)
dontcallitbollywood 
Johnny Evers, not Evans (Tinker to Evers to Chance):
Baseball’s Sad Lexicon by Franklin Pierce Adams
These are the saddest of possible words:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double –
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
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Important correction! I’ll fix it 🙂
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Congratulations! I’m rooting for the Cubs this year, but I haven’t been following baseball much since the past 3 years.
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I am trying to relax and just enjoy that they actually made it to the World Series and not hope for anything more, but I’m still super stressed. On the other hand, it’s kind of a nice distraction from the election stress!
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I would be super excited but then again my favorite teams have never been in such a long drought. It’s only been 20 years since the Cowboys have won the Super Bowl. I hope you enjoy the world series 🙂
By the way, I just saw this and I felt that it may excite you. http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/don-3-ritesh-sidhwani-hints-third-film-featuring-shah-rukh-khan/
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OH MY GOSH SO EXCITED!!!! Although I am trying not to get my hopes up, since it seems like they just enjoy getting us excited and then breaking our hearts again. Really, the Don franchise and the Cubs baseball team have a lot in common.
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