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August 24, 2014
"I BELIEVE I CAN FLY ... I BELIEVE I CAN TOUCH THE SKY ..." - MICHAEL McCROSKEY.

“I BELIEVE I CAN FLY …
I BELIEVE I CAN TOUCH THE SKY …”
– MICHAEL McCROSKEY.

Thanks to a delightful, if unexpectedly submitted in the  guise of an e-mail to this editor, the following account from surprise guest columnist Greg Lucas supplies The Pecan Park Eagle with the heartwarming story of our own SABR brother, Mike McCroskey, and his National Anthem singing debut last night before a real professional baseball game at a real baseball venue, courtesy of Ira Liebman and the Sugar Land Skeeters at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. Prior to last night, the deserving Mr. McCroskey has only sung The Star Spangled Banner at vintage baseball games of the Houston Babies before crowds of, perhaps,  35 to 40 fans, tops.

Way to go, Michael – and thank you, Greg Lucas, for penning your own name to this small, but important  piece of Houston area baseball history!

 

MIKE McCROSKEY SINGS PRE-GAME NATIONAL ANTHEM AT CONSTELLATION FIELD PRIOR TO A SUGAR LAND SKEETERS GAME

By Greg Lucas, Guest Columnist of The Pecan Park Eagle

Spread the word… Mike McCroskey is available for more of those high paying national anthem singing gigs.  He wowed the crowd at Constellation Field Saturday–and gave his discoverer, Ira Liebman, a great sigh of relief–when he showed up and whipped out all the right notes and words.

"ONCE UPON A VERY LONG TIE AGO, MIKE MCCROSKEY WAS BORN. ..."

Said Liebman, “Mike underwent a grueling audition process and, in my judgement, he was ready for the big stage.  We had him sing some of Julie Andrews parts from “The Sound of Music” to gauge his range. He knocked it out of the park, excuse the pun, with “The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music.”  We knew he could handle the high parts in the Anthem.”
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Dressed in a Larry Dierker-like Hawaiian shirt, McCroskey confidently tore the microphone from the hands of the Skeeter intern who was helping him and strode confidently in front of home plate. When his rendition of Francis Scott Key’s song ended, McCroskey had to work his way through a crowd of admirers holding autograph books and pleading to have him pose for photos.  “I can’t handle all this now folks,” McCroskey was heard to say,”These folks have a game to play.”
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So, the legend begins. …

"Hey! We need a little help back here" That blonde-headed feller just blew out one of the light towers with his high notes!"

“Hey! We need a little help back here” That blonde-headed feller just blew out one of the light towers with his high notes!”

"He didn't really blow out all the lights with his singing, but he did just about explode both my ear drums!"

“He didn’t really blow out all the lights with his singing, but he did just about explode both my ear drums!”

"Wish I'd have been there to have seen that arch light blow out!"

“Wish I’d have been there to have seen that arch light blow out!”

"IT DON'T MATTER WHAT YOU DID, OR DIDN'T DO, McCROSKEY! - I'M COMING FOR YA! - YOU GOTTA BE A BETTER PICK THAN TOM ARNOLD!"

“IT DON’T MATTER WHAT YOU DID, OR DIDN’T DO, McCROSKEY! – I’M COMING FOR YA! – YOU GOTTA BE A BETTER PICK THAN TOM ARNOLD!”

 

"AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO, MIKE McCROSKEY! ~ OUR LITTLE GROUP AT THE HALL OF FAME REGRETS WE CANNOT BE THERE IN PERSON THIS SUNDAY, 8/24/14, TO WISH YOU THAT SPECIAL SALUTATION, BUT WE ARE ALSO SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE OUR COMMON REASON FOR NOT BEING PRESENT LAST NIGHT FOR YOUR BALLPARK SINGING DEBUT!"

“AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO, MIKE McCROSKEY!
~ OUR LITTLE GROUP AT THE HALL OF FAME REGRETS WE CANNOT BE THERE IN PERSON THIS SUNDAY, 8/24/14, TO WISH YOU THAT SPECIAL SALUTATION, BUT WE ARE ALSO SURE YOU UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE OUR COMMON REASON FOR NOT BEING PRESENT LAST NIGHT FOR YOUR BALLPARK SINGING DEBUT!”

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