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Battle Todd Pratt: 9 Metsmarathon vs 8 Edgy DC (2008)

Winner?

metsmarathon	6 votes
Edgy DC	20 votes

seawolf17 Jan 14 2008 12:12 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 17 2008 08:29 AM

Let's get it on!

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 10:59 PM

I got half a Pratt.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 12:11 PM

Looks like 'thon and me are going tonight.

AG/DC Jan 16 2008 07:09 AM

Looks like not. Today, 'thon?

metsmarathon Jan 16 2008 05:04 PM

i hope. i'm tripping over, like, three lines that'll either break my song, or be immaterial to making it. i'm at 90-95% right now, and should hopefully get those lines done tonight. also, i'm stuck in meetings all week, and had hoped to devote taxpayer dollars to the completion of my parody, but i'm much more involved than i had expected. my parodying is suffering. i need to work on my priorities, i know...

metsmarathon Jan 16 2008 06:46 PM

Don't turn around Ace of (3rd) Base (spoken)I would have scored without you… don't tell me that we won the game… Whoa whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa whoa so we got a lead now its painful to say I got a grand s'lami off of mcglinchy that day I shoulda been strong I shoulda been fine Not sure that my shout was heard in time (spoken) look at that ball sail through the air run round to home, but don’t turn around cause you gotta get around second don’t turn around I don't want you getting me out just play it straight its tearing me apart that we're leading the winning run scored but I wanted to score I wanted to score Whoa whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa whoa I don't want your arms around me holding me tight (holding me tight) and when you started coming towards me I should have started a fight (started a fight) I shoulda been strong I shoulda been fine Not sure that my shout was heard in time (spoken) I always have lied when interviewed I say I didn’t care to score too don’t turn around cause you gotta get around second don’t turn around I don't want you getting me out just play it straight its tearing me apart that we're leading the winning run scored but I wanted to score I wish I could scream out loud that I'm happy I wish I had scored like cedeno… (spoken)as you watched game five you felt the day getting long innings reached one-five ventura hit a home run todd pratt then turned around they'd won! don’t turn around cause you gotta get around second don’t turn around I don't want you getting me out just play it straight its tearing me apart that we're leading the winning run scored baby, don’t turn around Whoa whoa whoa whoa don't turn around Whoa whoa whoa whoa just play it straight Whoa whoa whoa whoa its tearing me apart that we're leading the winning run scored don't turn around Whoa whoa whoa whoa don't turn around Whoa whoa whoa whoa just play it straight Whoa whoa whoa whoa

AG/DC Jan 16 2008 07:01 PM

Mitchell List Does he hit? Does he catch? Does he back up Mike? My drinking buddy catcher On the Met team I most like He was tough like iron They even called him Tank No one could ever tell me Todd Pratt would be a Yank As years go by, I’m flippin’ through A baseball ‘roid report And there’s my favorite catcher And he’s sullying the sport! I bang my fist! I loved the guy but now I’m pissed! My catcher’s on the Mitchell list! (Catcher’s on the Mitchell list!) I bang my fist! These two thoughts can not co-exist! (Twang, twang, t-twang, twang, twang) My catcher’s on the Mitchell list! Flashin’ back to ‘ninety-nine When Todd did something quite divine Series-winning walk-off shot Off of Matt Mantei He flipped pizzas through the strike Harass those scabs, Todd, all you like No one knew when Finley leaped How Pratt would make us high That sweet and tender mem'ry Too magical and dear I’ve got to find an argument To put it in the clear! I bang my fist! The ‘roids came later, I insist! My catcher’s on the Mitchell list! (Catcher’s on the Mitchell list!) I bang my fist! Perhaps he had to heal a cyst! (Twang, twang, t-twang, twang, twang) My catcher’s on the Mitchell list Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na! It's okay, I’ll get a grip Grow to accept your moral slip I hope that when this witch hunt’s gone You’ll re-sign here with Jeff Wilpon Take your car; yes, we will We'll take your car and drive it We'll take it to a motel room Inject your butt in private A part of me has just been bought A compromise you’d not have thought Need a dealer? I’ll supply it! Shut up, Rogers! I’ll deny it! I bang my fist! I’ve seen the facts, they’ve been dismissed! My catcher’s on the Mitchell list! (Catcher’s on the Mitchell list!) I bang my fist! You give me truth and I’ll resist! (Twang, twang, t-twang, twang, twang) My catcher’s on the Mitchell list! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na…. All right! All right! One, two, three, bend! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na! Naa, naa, na-naa, na, naa! Na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na!

metsmarathon Jan 16 2008 07:09 PM

]Shut up, Rogers! I’ll deny it! if i weren't obligated to self-vote, i'd give it to you for that line alone! excellent work, aggy, excellent work.

DocTee Jan 16 2008 07:10 PM

DC: You got the perfect gift-- glad you didn't put it back on the rack.

SteveJRogers Jan 16 2008 07:13 PM

Both great, nod to Edgy only because mm's could also be used as a Ventura song rather than a Pratt song.

metsmarathon Jan 16 2008 07:17 PM

yabbut... edgy's is also an edgy song.

AG/DC Jan 16 2008 07:30 PM

Thanks. You always go into some dusty places for your songs and I'm a lover of that. Anybody who wants to sing along with mine in their homes, play the karaoke version.

themetfairy Jan 16 2008 07:55 PM

Two great efforts, but Edgy's is an instant classic!

seawolf17 Jan 16 2008 08:25 PM

I really liked marathon's, but Edgy knocked this one over Steve Finley's glove. Bonus points for the gratuitous Martha Quinn sighting.

Rockin' Doc Jan 16 2008 08:49 PM

Good job by marathon, but he ran into a freakin' buzzsaw in this match. Great job by Edgy, if he would jhave parodied to an AC/DC, it would have been perfect.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 16 2008 08:54 PM

The whole Ripped from the Headlines! aspect shows a parodist on top of his game.

TransMonk Jan 16 2008 08:59 PM

Damn fine effort by both of you.

metsmarathon Jan 16 2008 09:34 PM

i'm thinking that the better angle would've been to write the song not from the perspective of an annoyed (and clearly fictional version of) robin ventura, but rather that of an unlucky soul who had bet the over for the game. i think that almost every word in the song would still work, but it would've been more novel, and more clearly about todd pratt. it still would be getting killed right now, as i expected the very instant i clicked on edgy's youtube embed, but maybe the voting'd be closer by a smidge...

metirish Jan 16 2008 10:20 PM

WOW is all I can say.

MFS62 Jan 17 2008 06:28 AM

I put aside my dislike for nonsense lyrics filling up space in a parody and voted for Edgy's. (Some prior winners have been made up of over 30% of such stuff and I consider them non-creative space fillers.) In this case it was unavoidable. Two good entries. Later

Fman99 Jan 17 2008 06:41 AM

Those are both great, I concur. I am voting for AG.

seawolf17 Jan 17 2008 08:29 AM

And this baby's kicked.

sharpie Jan 17 2008 08:34 AM

This one's only been up for 12 hours. Should still be stickied (though a comeback by Marathon seems kind of unlikely at this point).

Willets Point Jan 17 2008 08:51 AM

Definitely have to go with marathon on this one. On edit: Apparently I'm in the minority.

AG/DC Jan 17 2008 07:49 PM

Looks like I took it. Thanks for the fight, Thon. On to South Carolina!

Centerfield Jan 17 2008 08:27 PM

Good fight 'thon, but sometimes you run into the Bulls when Jordan's got it going. Wow AG. What a song.