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Battle Frank Howard: 17 Fman99 vs 1 JLunchbucket (2008)

Winner?

Fman99	7 votes
Johnny Lunchbucket	17 votes

seawolf17 Jan 14 2008 12:10 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 15 2008 10:12 AM

Let's get it on!

Elster88 Jan 14 2008 10:43 PM

Did I miss the play-in game?

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 11:00 PM

Yup. Battle royale. http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8047&start=0

Fman99 Jan 15 2008 10:12 AM

Here is my entry. Original lyrics can be found [url=http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blacksabbath/ironman.html]here.[/url] “Howard Man” Came up with L.A. Mashing homers night and day Then off to D.C. Hondo was what they called me Back then talk was cheap In ’64 took ol’ Whitey deep But that was way back there Why should Mets fans even care? Ask the forum that CPF drew names from a hat I don’t know shit about this guy But I’ll still give a college try Then he’s a Mets coach He just stares at the game Planning his vengeance Against his own team, so lame Bamby’s out on his ass Give old Hondo one last pass But it’s ’83 and we’re not great Kingman hit .198! But nobody wants me They just turn their heads Turning to Davey Maybe ’84 will be better instead Hondo full of lead Managerial career is dead Coaching for the MFY’s Nostalgic Mets fans want to cry…

metirish Jan 15 2008 10:19 AM

Fman99, that is brilliant.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 10:38 AM

'Bucket is yella.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 15 2008 11:00 AM

You thought that George Bamberger would lead the Mets forever, But you came to be the skipper when old George said he was done. And the weakness of the team blinds your eyes like wilting flowers As you touch the younger players with tales of Big Frank Howard: How the horsehide sphere was tortured by Hondo’s mighty swinging, And the struggling Mets have called on you to teach them all your tricks. And you see George Foster’s body lounging through the outfield, And Dave Kingman blows and swallows like porno on TV. Oquendo, Hodges, Giles, will drown the Mets in shoddy Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. A skinny young rightfielder comes dashing from Tidewater, And you want to take him with you to stop the nightly slaughter. His name is D Strawberry and his game is a bombshell, And you know you cannot leave him till you’re sure he understands The tales of Big Frank Howard; how his mighty swing would torture All the suckas meatly pitching. A skinny young rightfielder comes dashing from Tidewater, And you want to take him with you to stop the nightly slaughter.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 11:06 AM

Not so yella, after all, coming at Fman with acid rock.

seawolf17 Jan 15 2008 11:08 AM

I'm going to delete unnecessary posts here so the parodies are up top.

Fman99 Jan 15 2008 11:10 AM

Can someone post JCL's song artist/title? Youtube is blocked at my workplace. Thanks.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 15 2008 11:13 AM

Here ya go... and nice job. This is probably the heavyest battle in parody history. [url]http://www.eric-clapton.co.uk/ecla/lyrics/tales-of-brave-ulysses.html[/url]

seawolf17 Jan 15 2008 11:14 AM

That's doing your homework and making it happen. Nice job, fellas.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 11:28 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This is probably the heavyest battle in parody history. Probably? I can't imagine another contender. I've already set my desk on fire and scored an ounce in the break room.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 15 2008 11:40 AM

Loved 'em both. JD dropped the lyrical hammer hard, though. I gave him the edge.

soupcan Jan 15 2008 12:20 PM

Liked Fman's first rounder much more although including 'don’t know shit about this guy But I’ll still give a college try' in the song, gets major kudos from me. Johnny always surprises and never disappoints. I was gonna go with guitar-heavy rock in my first round but thought better of it. Mr. Lunchbucket pulls it out though. Went with Cream in this one.

G-Fafif Jan 15 2008 12:46 PM

Not that I was looking ahead, but my working "Ghostbusters" parody began as such: When Bambi's bored And you haven't scored Who ya gonna call? Frank Howard! So I'm only heavy in the literal sense. Anyway, for someone who didn't know Frank Howard from Frank Stallone, Fman gave us a nice biographical sketch of the interim manager and his times, but I thought the 'Bucket captured the essence of his tenure, so I had to go with the returning champ.

themetfairy Jan 15 2008 02:02 PM

Another great matchup. Kudos gentlemen!

Fman99 Jan 15 2008 08:33 PM

Thanks all. I am conceding this one. Time for some shrimp. This was a tougher one for me than the play-in. I was just 10 in 1983 and while I remember the players of those years the managers between Yogi and Davey just don't stand out much in my memory.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 15 2008 08:37 PM

Well that's older than you look in that picture. Good game (shakes)

sharpie Jan 16 2008 02:34 PM

This one should be unstickied.