Cheap Seats by Alabama

The Writer's Edge wrote that Cheap Seats by Alabama was "another triumphant smash to add to the long list of recordings which this popular band has accumulated over the years."

We here at Baseball Almanac believe the title track is a true baseball classic. A song that talks about the cheap seats at a Triple-A ballpark and reminds us that baseball is far more than a win-loss record.

"We don't worry about the pennant much, We just like to see the boys hit it deep." - Alabama's Cheap Seats (1993)
Cheap Seats

by Alabama (1993)

Cheap Seats

This town ain't big, this town ain't small
It's a little of both they say
Our ball club may be minor league but at least it's Triple-A

We sit below the Marlboro man, above the right field wall
We do the wave all by ourself
Hang ump, a blind man could've made that call

We like beer flat as can be
We like our dogs with mustard and relish
We got a great pitcher what's his name
Well, we can't even spell it
We don't worry about the pennant much
We just like to see the boys hit it deep
There's nothing like the view from the cheap seats

The game was close, we'll call it a win
Go off to toast the boys again
That local band is back in town
They got a kinda minor league sound

They're not that bad, they're not that good
But all in all it's understood
We wanna dance, they wanna play
We wouldn't have it any other way

We like beer flat as can be
We like our dogs with mustard and relish
We got a great pitcher what's his name
Well, we can't even spell it
We don't worry about the pennant much
We just like to see the boys hit it deep
There's nothing like the view from the cheap seats

Cheap seats

Now the majors called up, oh, what's his name
And one more buildin' rises tall
And suddenly we're all grown up
And this old town's not quite so small
But I'll always miss the middle size town
In the middle of the middle-west
With no name pitchers and local bands,
And mustard and relish and all the rest

We like beer flat as can be
We like our dogs with mustard and relish
We got a great pitcher what's his name
Well, we can't even spell it
We don't worry about the pennant much
We just like to see the boys hit it deep
There's nothing like the view from the cheap seats

Cheap seats

Cheap Seats



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Did you know that ANY seats from legendary ballparks of the past can sell for several thousand dollars a piece — even in the poorest condition? The seats below came from Crosley Field and had an estimated value of $1,000.00:

Crosley Field Seats

Crosley Field Seats

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