Yankees Stop Playing Kate Smith's "God Bless America" Recording Because Of Her Racist Jingles
by Patrick Redford from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4DET0)
For 18 years, the New York Yankees have played Kate Smith's 1939 recording of "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch at home games. They began the tradition after 9/11, and kept it going until this season, when they swapped it out for a different recording of the song. According to Stefan Bondy of the "