A response to the Tribute to Mark Teixeira…..
You Gotta Believe
by Jeffrey Felshman
For M. Donald Grant and Omar Minaya
So now, with Willie out of the way,
the Mets will really start to play.
If Willie hadn’t been standing in the way,
the Mets would be in first place today.
Since they’ve pushed Willie out of the way,
Mets management’s turned night into day.
Finally, with Willie out of the way,
the Mets are going all the way,
and Mets homers will fill Flushing Bay.
and a championship team will reign in Shea.
Now Beltran, Delgado, and Jose Ray
and Mets players too numerous to name,
will take their places in the Hall of Fame.
Because Willie Randolph is out of their way.
Posted 6/25/08Â
Willie, McLaren, and John
By Stuart Shea
Has anybody seen my old pal Willie?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
The Mets are playing badly, and that surely was not planned.
I turned around and he’s canned.
Anybody here seen John McLaren?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
Even the rats are deserting Seattle’s ship.
And hiring Jim Riggleman ain’t that hip.
Can anybody here find my friend John Gibbons?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
His GM is a lunatic, and the Jays look awfully tired.
He might be happy to be fired.
Anybody here know who’ll be next dismissed?
Open season on the skippers.
Is it Buddy Black, or Eric Wedge, or maybe Cecil Cooper
Whose career’s going down the pooper?
Posted 6/20/08Â
A Mets Lament in Three Parts
By Stuart Shea
Winter 2007-08
Contention required,
A pennant desired.
Santana, admired,
For a fortune is hired.
Spring 2007-08
The team, uninspired,
At .500 is mired.
Carlos Beltran is tired,
But the sports talk hosts wired.
June 17
Willie Randolph is fired.
Posted 6/17/08
NL East Limerick
by Mac Thomason
There once was a manager named Willie,
Who drove all the tabloid writers silly.
But what’s really funny
Is that with all their money
The Mets finished after Atlanta and Philly.
You can see more of Mac Thomason’s writing at his blog, Bravesjournal.com.
Posted 5/22/08Â