2011-2012 Parody Contest!

[seawolf17]

CPF Parody Tourney 2011-12

In the interest of speed and time, I'll randomize the list of names and dates and post them in the next post later today.

Rules:
Each participant starts with a list of five Met-related personalities; you're matched up against one other participant, bracket-style, and you each have to pick one of those participants and write a song parody about your person.

One combatant opens a poll thread and posts his/her tune; the second post in the thread is held for the opponent. Then we vote; the winner absorbs the loser's unused players (giving them a total of eight to choose from after the first round, for example) and moves on.

For reference, our last challenge was in Spring 2009: viewforum.php?f=18

Let's do this.

[seawolf17]

Desperately wanted to rig the list to get Jose on CF's list, but alas, it was not meant to be.

(2) A Boy Named Seo
Kris Benson
Jack Aker
Bill Wakefield
Cleon Jones
Mike Bruhert

(3) JCL
Cliff Cook
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Al Leiter[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
Gene Clines
Al Jackson
Paul Gibson
George Altman
Mike Piazza
Graeme Lloyd
John Mitchell
John Christensen
Todd Pratt
Jeff Reardon

(4) soupcan
Gordie Richardson
Livan Hernandez
Brent Gaff
Jerry Dipoto
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Mike Marshall (1B)[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
Mark Bomback
Scott Strickland
Gregg Jefferies
Walt Terrell
Doug Mientkiewicz
Rickey Henderson
Ron Herbel

(5) Edgy DC
Darrell Sutherland
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]1994[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
Joe Foy
Damion Easley
1993
Daryl Boston
John Stephenson
Ken Boswell
Roger Craig
Greg McMichael
Mike Maddux
Bob Rauch

(6) metsmarathon
Guillermo Mota
Brian Schneider
Pat Mahomes
Jonathan Niese
Ray Sadecki

(7) Willets Point
Victor Zambrano
Pete Falcone
1999
Darryl Hamilton
Jerry Koosman

(8) Valadius
Nolan Ryan
Howie Rose
2008
Tommy Davis
Scott Holman

(9) seawolf17
Warren Spahn
Willard Hunter
Jason Phillips
Jeff Francoeur
Art Howe

(10) sharpie
Orlando Hernandez
Jim Beauchamp
Steve Phillips
Elmer Dessens
Bob Moorhead

(11) Transmonk
1986
Pedro Astacio
Willie Montanez
Phil Hennigan
Rick Reed

(15) attgig
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Moises Alou[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
Pat Zachry
Randy Myers
Kevin Kobel
Mike Jorgensen

(17) LWFS
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Lee Guetterman[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
1983
Ray Knight
Ken McKenzie
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Carl Everett[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
Joe Pignatano
Chuck Hiller
1969
Tony Castillo
Galen Cisco
Jose Oquendo
Sean Green
Ryan Thompson

(1) G-Fafif
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Willie Randolph[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(12) fman99
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Bob Apodaca[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(13) TheOldMole
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Josh Thole[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Tom Glavine[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(14) CF
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Paul Wilson[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(16) metirish
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Raul Gonzalez[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(18) [crossout:1lh9vkhs]Ashie62[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]/MFS62
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Sandy Alderson[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(19) Ceetar
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Wayne Hagin[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]David Wright[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(20) Vic Sage
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Vince Coleman[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

(21) TheMetFairy
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]1964[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]
[crossout:1lh9vkhs]Lastings Milledge[/crossout:1lh9vkhs]

[Edgy MD]

Good job. Northeast and Southeast look strong to me.

[Centerfield]

Double elimination?

[Edgy MD]

Didn't notice that.

With double elimination, does the winner still claim the loser's un-used stockpile? Part of it?

[seawolf17]

I posted it as double-elim and forgot to discuss that with all of y'all. I suppose I should cut that back to single-elim.

[Fman99]

I prefer single elimination -- gets me to the loser's lounge for those world famous shrimp cocktails all the quicker.

[seawolf17]

And eliminates confusion about ownership of players. I'll fix.

[seawolf17]

Fixed.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Tricky first-rounder, followed by Mr. Poet Leary-ate, over here. Thankfully, I like shrimp cocktail, too.

That Southeast is also looking pretty vicious.

[Edgy MD]

Byes for top 11 seeds.

[Guest attgig]

how did I get ranked above my opponent? I was sure I would've been the lowest ranked challenger. and the runner up to the last challenge in the second round... up hill climb, let's go!

so, once we get the list, do we have to use ALL the players? or we can pick and choose?

[Edgy MD]

You choose a player (or other subject) on your list, write some clever thing about him, and if you advance, your list expands to include all the unused players from your opponent's list. Good luck.

[seawolf17]

Before I randomize and post -- I have the Top 500 players, notable coaches/managers/broadcasters/administrators, and years. Anything I'm missing?

[Edgy MD]

That's fine. Ballparks, owners, mascots are also nice.

[seawolf17]

On there. Randomizing NOW.

[seawolf17]

Topics are now listed in the second post above.

[Edgy MD]

seawolf17 wrote: (5) Edgy DC Darrell Sutherland 1994 Joe Foy Damion Easley 1993

wOw!

[Fman99]

Second time in a row I've gotten Mike Maddux.

[Ceetar]

deadline/timeline for this?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I'm confused. Am I up against Sharpie or do I have a bye. I'm doubly confused because it looks like Sharpie has a bye as well.

[Guest sharpie]

I was wondering the same thing.

[metsmarathon]

8-9, 7-10, and 6-11 matchups are all in the second round.

[Ceetar]

You have a bye. You're playing each other in the second round. I don't imagine anything's preventing you from starting it, but some of us still have the first round to take care of.

[seawolf17]

Let's try to knock out the first-round games first:

16 metirish vs 17 LWFS
15 attgig vs 18 Ashie62
14 CF vs 19 Ceetar
13 OldMole vs 20 Vic Sage
12 fman99 vs 21 Metfairy

Then we'll pick up the round of 16.

The process: Discuss -- here, in PMs, whatever -- when you'll be ready to go. One person starts a poll thread with their lyrics and, hopefully, a link to the original song in case we don't know it. Then the other person replies with their lyrics/song. Let's try to have NO DISCUSSION until both songs are posted, just so we have songs in the first two posts.

Go!

[Guest attgig]

sorry, just one clarification. am i supposed to use only one player from my list, all the players form my list, or as many players as i want?

thanks.

[metsmarathon]

just one. in the first round, you would write a song pardoy based upon kevin kobel, for instance. and if you won, you would follow up with a parody about al jorgensen, perhaps, or one of the four subjects you inherit from your vanquished foe.

[Guest attgig]

metsmarathon wrote: just one. in the first round, you would write a song pardoy based upon kevin kobel, for instance. and if you won, you would follow up with a parody about al jorgensen, perhaps, or one of the four subjects you inherit from your vanquished foe.

ahh got it. and I'm guessing once you use one, you can't reuse the person.

[Centerfield]

(14) CF
John Christensen
Todd Pratt
Paul Wilson
Jeff Reardon
David Wright

Wow, what a draw.

[TransMonk]

attgig wrote: metsmarathon wrote: just one. in the first round, you would write a song pardoy based upon kevin kobel, for instance. and if you won, you would follow up with a parody about al jorgensen, perhaps, or one of the four subjects you inherit from your vanquished foe. ahh got it. and I'm guessing once you use one, you can't reuse the person.

Correct.