by Mario Alejandro
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Posted 6/26/2009
Baseball Song, by Andy Holm
Crosstown Classic: Ozzie and Lou
by James Finn Garner
The White Sox and the Cubbies
Determined to have a battle.
Then Ozzie said that Wrigley Field
Wasn’t fit for cattle.
“It makes me puke,” he told the press,
Though he meant no disrespect.
His mouth is like a leaky faucet,
So what could you expect?
The Chicago skippers aren’t like the twins
From Lewis Carroll’s book of yore.
Ozzie yips like a hyper spaniel
While Lou just shrugs and snores.
Posted 6/16/2009
Near Cutdown Day
By Stuart Shea
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
You’re 36
You’ve got one bad knee
And your last two-year contract
Ended in 2003.
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
You’re not at home
While your children grow
Your wife’s been waiting
And she deserves to know.
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
If you’re the last cut,
Have you had your fill?
Or will you take that deal
In Louisville?
Whatcha gonna do
If you don’t make the team?
Published 6/8/2009
Baseball Waltz (Let’s Go To The Ball Park)
Words and music by Tom Rinaldi
(Scroll down to play the MP3)
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There’s something about looking out on a big field of green
A diamond, four bases, and ninety feet in-between
The players go ‘round with their pant legs rolled up to their knees
The smell of fresh peanuts ‘a roasting is caught in the breeze
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Let’s go to the ball park
I haven’t been in a while
I used to watch my favorite slugger
Knock that baseball a mile
Let’s go to the ball park
Let’s be kids again
Hot dogs with mustard
And frozen custard
Just like it was back then
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The magic allure of the game is as pure as the snow
With nicknames like Lefty and Dizzy and Murderer’s Row
And nothing’s as pretty as watching the infield “get two”
Or watching a pop up fall out of a big sky of blue
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Repeat Chorus
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Where else can you go
Where they stop the show
Two-thirds of the way
Just to stretch and sing a song
Before they continue to play?
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[audio:http://bardball.com/audio/01 Track 1.mp3]Repeat Chorus
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Posted 6/5/2009