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Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

He Said, He Said - Bobby Bonilla - She Said She Said

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A Shea In the Life (September 27, 2008) - Johan Santana - A Day In the Life

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batmagadanleadoff Apr 09 2014 12:29 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Apr 11 2014 03:13 PM

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batmagadanleadoff Apr 09 2014 12:30 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

HE SAID, HE SAID He said "I know that I’ll like being a Met I know that I’ll never be sad" And he's promised to give us a tour of the Bronx We said "Why’d you put those plugs in your ears Plugs so you can drown out the boos And we’re still waiting on that tour of the Bronx" He said "You won’t wipe the smile from my face" We said "No, no, no, you're wrong When you were a boy We smeared Tommy Seaver We smeared Cleon Jones" We said "Even though you know what you know Pittsburgh ain’t like playing at Shea And we’re making you feel like Kitty Genovese" He said "You don't understand what I said" We said "No, no, no, you're wrong When you botched that play Way out there in right You called up and cried" We said "Even though you know what you know We’ll make sure you’re ready to leave 'Cause you're pissing us off and you’re not very good." He said "I know thatI I’ll like being a Met I know that I’ll never be sad I know that I’ll like being a Met..." [youtube:aprcdk6l]b00VTswskFI[/youtube:aprcdk6l]

batmagadanleadoff Apr 09 2014 12:31 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Player: Johan Santana Song: A Day In The Life A Shea in the Life (September 27, 2008) I went to Shea today once more Stadium near the Fair since Sixty-Four And under skies quite overcast Johan just had to last Given our pitching staff They blew big leads both left and right There was no confidence they’d save a game From far above I watched the pen Praying the gate stayed shut Everyone was really sure they couldn’t handle Heilman I hoped at Shea today once more The slumping Mets could defeat Florida Up in my Deck I found it nice That old Scott Scheoeneweis Had not warmed up twice They must not Touuuuu-uuuuch Jooooo-oooo Haaaaa-aaaan Short rest He didn’t care Gave Ayala such a stare Admonished Joe Smith and Brian Stokes “Go and take a seat with those other blokes” Achy knee But he threw fine Strode the mound for the full nine Limited the Fish to scattered hits Jerry kept his wits and didn’t make a switch Aahhhh... Aahhhh-aahhhh Aahhhh... Aahhhh-aahhhh Aahhhh... Aahhhh... Aahhhh-aahhhh Aahhhh... Aahhhhhhhhh! I cheered at Shea today once more Santana kept our playoff hopes alive And though our hopes are rather small The Mets are not yet done Now there’s good reason to be back at Shea tomorrow at one They did not Touuuuuu-uuuch Jooooo-oooo Haaaaaa-aaan [youtube]P-Q9D4dcYng[/youtube]

Ceetar Apr 09 2014 07:07 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Jerry kept his wits and didn’t make a switch the clincher

sharpie Apr 09 2014 07:27 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

That She Said She Said/Good Day Sunshine photo is one I've never seen.

d'Kong76 Apr 09 2014 09:03 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Both very good! Tough to pick. Went with Shea.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 09 2014 11:25 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

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Zvon Apr 09 2014 01:12 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Great job by both. We said "Even though you know what you know Pittsburgh ain’t like playing at Shea And we’re making you feel like Kitty Genovese" This was the lolest line but Shea gets my vote. Writing about Bobby Bonehead is a thankless task.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 09 2014 06:13 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

I liked the Kitty Genovese line, too. But the old-timey, Casey-at-the-Batness woven throughout the "A Day in the Life" one-- "Short rest/He didn't care/Gave Ayala such a stare"-- won me over a little more. One more time-- as always-- Johan carries the day.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 11 2014 11:38 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

I don't know if y'all know this, but there was a song parody contest going on here this week. Congratulation to this year's Liverpool to Crane Pool champion, G-Fafif and runner-up sharpie. Here are your updated world class song parody rankings: (old rank in parentheses where change) 1 TransMonk 2 G-Fafif (6) 3T sharpie 3T Edgy MD (2) 5 John Cougar Lunchbucket 6 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr (4) 7 Zvon (9) 8 Lefty Specialist (7) 9 Kong76 (8) 10 Fman99 10 metirish 12 A Boy Named Seo 13 Ceetar 13 seawolf17 15 metsmarathon 16 Trachsel My Tears

themetfairy Apr 11 2014 11:46 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Congrats G-Fafif! Good job to all - there were some inspired entries here written within quite limiting constraints.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 11 2014 11:50 AM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

themetfairy wrote: Congrats G-Fafif! Good job to all - there were some inspired entries here written within quite limiting constraints. What was so limiting? In the old school contests, you'd start with three, four or five players, and if you were lucky, you'd get one star or one player with a rich or colorful history. Here you had like a dozen or so players to choose from in the first round and an open category in the second round. I think a few others said that there weren't enough categories in the first round, which I didn't understand. What am I missing?

themetfairy Apr 11 2014 12:38 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

I think it's difficult having both a limited number of subjects and a limited number of available tunes. Obviously G-Fafif and sharpie rose to the challenge; I'm tipping my cap to them.

sharpie Apr 11 2014 12:46 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

I had actually thought about using "A Day in the Life" (about Pat Zachry, though) but then reverted to my original thought that I would only use less familiar songs for this particular challenge. Grats to the G-Man.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 11 2014 01:20 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Not to criticize as I truly lurve Liverpool to Cranepool a lot, but with a finite set of tunes to select from having a fininite set of topics caused a little bit of a creative issue, I think that was all pointed out above. Also, scheduling it so soon after the other tourney may have increased the burnout rate. In retrospect we should have gone right into the Scrabble Invitational or something.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 11 2014 01:34 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not to criticize.... Criticize all you want. What would be the point of having this forum if you couldn't criticize anything? John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Also, scheduling it so soon after the other tourney may have increased the burnout rate. Totally agree. People barely even voted, let alone competed. John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ... but with a finite set of tunes to select from having a fininite set of topics caused a little bit of a creative issue, I think that was all pointed out above. I see your point (and TMF's), but I'm not so sure that I agree. I thought it would've been mainly the available topics, both in number and in type that would've determined difficulty. I thought that it would've been just as easy to choose from a few dozen songs as from an unlimited amount, especially when the few dozen songs are as well known as the Beatles catalog.

d'Kong76 Apr 11 2014 01:46 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

Congratulation to this year's Liverpool to Crane Pool champion, G-Fafif and runner-up sharpie. Well played, both of you.

Zvon Apr 11 2014 02:14 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

d'Kong76 wrote: Congratulation to this year's Liverpool to Crane Pool champion, G-Fafif and runner-up sharpie. Well played, both of you. Yes, gratz G and Sharpie. Thank you for the entertainment. batmagadanleadoff wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Also, scheduling it so soon after the other tourney may have increased the burnout rate. Totally agree. People barely even voted, let alone competed. The selection business, even with limitations, were not a problem for me (easy to say since I bowed out of the last one, I guess). But the one-two punch got me in the gut.

G-Fafif Apr 11 2014 02:15 PM Re: Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

[youtube]Xwy-CPaXgOc[/youtube] Thanks all. Fab work from sharpie (whose talents are worthy of more Grammys than his namesakes the B Sharps collected in their heyday) and those who were on hand in the first round. Novel and appropriate concept from batmags, whose execution of this and the previous parodistic contest deserves its own round of applause. Happy 50th, Lads and Shea, wherever you are!