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MFS62 Dec 06 2005 08:55 AM

In last year's contest, Switch Hitter (then Astro Annie) lost some votes because voters said her song was about one game only (I think her song was about Doc Gooden) rather than a song about the player's career. Funny, but this year, many of the parodies are about one game. And I'd bet that many of the voters who cast their ballot against Annie have voted for some of them this year. Where's the consistency? So, in honor of Annie, I have voted against any song describing just one game. You go, girl. Later

Willets Point Dec 06 2005 09:46 AM

I thought the objections were that the song was more about Mike Scott as an Astro than Doc Gooden as a Met.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 06 2005 10:13 AM

IMO, factors like that are tiebreakers in close contests as opposed to hard and fast rules. The better parody should always win, be it about one game or a career.

Yancy Street Gang Dec 06 2005 10:22 AM

I don't think Annie was too scarred by that; she did another single-game song this year, a fun one about Marlon Anderson's four-base-hit. She lost to my Mookie/Spooky parody, which was also about a single at bat. I think such songs are legitimate. That one game was Marlon's highlight as a Met, and Mookie's at bat in Game 6 is the stuff of legend, and it should be celebrated in song. I can think of a few other one-game songs from this year, about Koo, and Estes, and Kenny Rogers. Again, for each of these players, the most memorable thing about their Mets careers is a single game or moment. I'd question a song about the time Ed Kranepool went 1 for 5 against Atlanta in 1975, for example, but how can you sing about Mr. Koo without it being about that improbable game against the Yankees?

Rockin' Doc Dec 06 2005 01:41 PM

I would agree that in many cases, the single game or moment is indeed the most memorable aspect of their career as a Met. It would be tough to write a parody about the careers of some of these players since their careers are largely forgetable. I think Yancy's most recent parody points this out quite well. Who really remembers much about the careers of Ed Bressoud, Rod Gaspar, Pumpsie Green, or Bill Hepler?

MFS62 Dec 06 2005 02:38 PM

Y'all made good sense. Thanks, Later