re bob vesterman s plan to generate fan interest in article rd interlan com tonyf rm interlan com tony fernandez writes the marlins tried something like this and was a complete failure on opening day instead of having a th inning stretch with the singing of take me out to the ballgame they had some young women on the field lead the crowd into doing aerobics while the pa was playing gloria estefan s get on your feet the fans actually booed and started singing take me out on their own i actually kind of felt sorry for the girls are you kidding i m stuck with the toronto skydome where their idea of a th inning stretch is that blue jays song where everyone gets to yell okay okay blue jays blue jays let s play ball wow what genius did it take to compose that one to outshine the old classic and there are women on the field to lead the crowd then again this is the same crowd who is more entertained by the grounds crew and the word ground is used loosely than it is by the outstanding plays by the opponents fielders
