t ▁playing ▁/ ▁And ▁the ▁new ▁team ▁hardly ▁tries ." ▁In ▁his ▁Joe ▁Rap oso ▁Song book ▁writes ▁that ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁Brook lyn ▁with ▁P ete ▁H amil ▁to ▁gather ▁material ▁for ▁a ▁Bar bra ▁Stre is and ▁TV ▁special . ▁ ▁First ▁stop ▁- ▁E bb ets ▁Field ▁housing ▁project ▁with ▁sign ▁" No ▁Ball ▁Play ing ▁All owed . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁met ap hor ▁for ▁any ▁kind ▁of ▁loss , ▁as ▁suggested ▁by ▁the ▁next - to - last ▁line ▁in ▁the ▁song , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁necessarily ▁connected ▁with ▁baseball : ▁" And ▁the ▁sky ▁has ▁got ▁so ▁cloud y , ▁when ▁it ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁so ▁clear ..." ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁H BO ▁document ary ▁Brook lyn ▁D od gers : ▁G hosts ▁of ▁Fl at b ush . ▁ ▁Terry ▁C ash man ▁sang ▁the ▁song ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁on ▁the ▁Pass in ' ▁It ▁On ▁LP . ▁In ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁C ash man ▁lists ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁stad iums ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁professional ▁teams ▁use ▁to ▁play , ▁including ▁the ▁Pol o ▁Gr ounds , ▁and ▁E bb ets ▁Field , ▁which ▁were ▁all ▁demol ished . ▁ ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁played ▁over ▁the ▁PA ▁at ▁the ▁conclusion ▁of ▁post - game ▁cer emon ies ▁following ▁the ▁final ▁Atlanta ▁Bra ves ▁baseball