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Deathmatch 2005 Sharpie - Marathon

Whose cuisine reigns supreme?

Sharpie	16 votes
metsmarathon	7 votes

metsmarathon Nov 10 2005 09:44 AM

Sharpie versus metsmarathon, Part Deux, sudden death overtime round one contest extravaganza. what, too much marketing?

metsmarathon Nov 10 2005 09:46 AM

About As Tall I think he’s six-foot ten (I do) With a curve that bends (I do) Think he made me blue (I do) Back in ninety-two His big advantage, height He throws just eighty-five But why can’t he throw ninety-nine for me? …I do Why try and understand (I do) Miss him as a fan (I do) Winning his first two (I do) Fourteen he would lose His big advantage, height He throws just eighty-five But why can’t he throw ninety-nine for me? …I do I think he’s six-foot ten (I do) With a curve that bends (I do) Think he made me blue (I do) Back in ninety-two His big advantage, height He throws just eighty-five But why can’t he throw ninety-nine, No why can’t he throw ninety-nine… For me I do… I do… I doooooooo… (About a Girl, by the inimitible Nirvana)

sharpie Nov 10 2005 09:48 AM

LIFE DURING '93-TIME I see a fan laden with hotdogs, Pumped up and ready to go Heard of a southpaw, just up from Norfolk, A name that nobody knows. “Star Spangled Banner” sung by a schoolgirl, I’m getting used to it now Sat in a fieldbox, sat in the nosebleeds I’ve sat all over this ground. This ain’t no Philly, this ain’t no Frisco, This ain’t no second string town No time for next year, no no rebuilding We ain’t got time for that now. Now we’ve got Hillman, I’m a believer Hope for a Cy Young some day He’s got three pitches, an offspeed changeup Don’t even know his real game Up on the rubber, the game is starting Everything’s ready to roll Then he gets killed in the daytime, slammed in the nighttime, All batters end up at home. He ain’t no Seaver, he ain’t no Koosman, He’s only fooling around He makes me upchuck, gives heebee-jeebies I ain’t got time for him now. What about Houston? What about Detroit? What about Pittsburgh, P.A.? They oughta have some good young prospect We could get for him in a trade We’ve got an offday, no doubleheaders We’ll last a couple of days But we ain’t got no pitchers, ain’t got no Batters, ain’t got no players to play. Why go to Norfolk? Why pitch in New York? It won’t be different next time Can’t throw a curveball, can’t throw a changeup He can’t throw nothing at all He ain’t no Carlton, he ain’t no Unit He’s only fooling around I’d like to trade him, I’d like to cut him I ain’t got time for him now. Thing about Hillman, he’s such a tall guy He can’t blend in with the crowd He got slow fastballs, flat curveballs You know that that ain’t allowed They field like students, they throw like housewives Or else they give up and die Changed their lineup so many times now I don’t know what it looks like They make me shiver, I feel so tender Not even a pretty good team I’m so exhausted, I’ll change the channel I oughta get me some sleep Burned all my scorecards, what good are scorecards? They won’t help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace These Mets won’t keep me alive.

Johnny Dickshot Nov 10 2005 10:00 AM

Here's hoping they all end up in ties. Holy smoke!

metirish Nov 10 2005 10:03 AM

Super stuff, went with sharpie, great use of a great song.

Elster88 Nov 10 2005 10:18 AM

Great parodies.

Edgy DC Nov 10 2005 10:18 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 10 2005 12:41 PM

Both awesome. Both good choices. Two songs I was thinking of using this year --- "Rock the Casbah" and "Life During Wartime" --- have now been gobbled up by other enterprising young men. I'm not telling you which way I voted, but here was my top chuckle: Burned all my scorecards, what good are scorecards? They won’t help me survive This matchup validates the whole contest.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 10 2005 10:20 AM

Wow. Just wow!

Yancy Street Gang Nov 10 2005 10:21 AM

Is there a rule that says songs can't be parodied more than once during a competition? A song I had been considering (but probably wasn't going to use anyway) was used by somebody else. Is that tune now off-limits for everybody else?

Johnny Dickshot Nov 10 2005 10:25 AM

No rule against it, but the voters might hold it against you. I was won over by the same passage as edc.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 10 2005 10:26 AM

I don't think it's technically off limits. But it's not generally a recommended strategy. You lose a lot of the surprise value that way.

Willets Point Nov 10 2005 12:19 PM

Actually, in practice the song "Thriller" was used my someone in a loss and a few days later it was used again by Sal Q against me and won, so empirical evidence is that it's neither frowned upon nor poor strategy. Whoever wins this round is going to whoop my hiney in the quarters.

Edgy DC Nov 10 2005 01:44 PM

Sharpie is pulling away. Pattern developing: more words tends to equal more votes. I had two other songs, both by the same artist, I thought were Hillman-worthy.

TheOldMole Nov 10 2005 01:53 PM

Sharpie, that's brilliant.

Centerfield Nov 10 2005 01:59 PM

I love extra innings. Free Parody Contest Time!

sharpie Nov 11 2005 09:59 AM

I'm claiming victory. Good show, 'thon.

Willets Point Nov 11 2005 03:44 PM

Good show sharpie. I'll let you pick the date for when you get to make mincemeat out of me.

sharpie Nov 11 2005 03:45 PM

Next week sometime I guess. I got nothin' right now.