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<p><strong>“There used to be a ballpark” Recorded by Frank Sinatra. In this song from his comeback album&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong><em>"Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back",&nbsp;</em>Sinatra took a sentimental journey to the Golden Age of baseball when the </strong></p><p><strong>Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants were still part of the baseball landscape in the Big Apple.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://dutchbaseballhangout.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/259d2-1476691287822.jpg?w=283&amp;h=253" alt="Afbeeldingsresultaat voor Frank Sinatra Brooklyn Dodgers" height="253" width="283"></p><p> The song was written by&nbsp;Joe Raposo, a Portuguese-American songwriter, composer,&nbsp;pianist and TV-writer </p><p>and&nbsp;lyricist who is best known from the theme song of Sesame Street.</p><p>The song “There used to be a ballpark” expresses the sadness of&nbsp;the loss of a baseball team and its ballpark, </p><p>which once gave its fans and players joy, along with other childhood delights such as “rock candy&nbsp;and a great </p><p>big&nbsp;Fourth of July”.</p><p> Many believe the song refers to the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers and especially the New York Giants</p><p>(of which Sinatra was a big fan) and their successor, the New York Mets as the following phrase is referring </p><p>to two different teams:&nbsp;“Cause the old team just isn’t playing And the new team hardly tries.”</p>