The Liverpool to Crane Pool Song Parody Contest

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It's coming.

Edited February 17, 2014 by Guest

[Guest themetfairy]

Eric Idle should judge the competition.

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Edited February 17, 2014 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[Zvon]

Did you see what Beatles Rock Band did to our scoreboard?

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50 years ago, this month:



50 years ago, in about a month,


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[Zvon]

That last one looks to be waaaaaay up there. The first banner was in last row at Shea.

[MFS62]

Zvon wrote: That last one looks to be waaaaaay up there. The first banner was in last row at Shea.

When banners first appeared at the Polo Grounds, fans who hung them over the railing of the upper deck were asked to remove them. IIRC, safety and/or blocking the view of people in the lower deck were given as the reason. Maybe that's why these fans went to the last row of the upper deck.
Or, they got their tickets from Bob Uecker.

Later

[Zvon]

I read George Weiss, a former Yank GM, thought it was undignified.

From The Team By Team Encyclopedia Of ML Baseball:

" As an expression of their enthusiasm, [Mets fans] began to bring posters and banners to the ballpark, some made out of bedsheets. At first, ballpark security quickly removed the banners under direction of George Weiss whose Yankee sensibilities were stunned by this undignified behavior. However, under pressure from the press, Weiss relented, and eventually the practice of displaying banners at the ballpark became encouraged. The Mets even initiated MLB's first ever Banner Day."

This book also says the 73 Mets were world champs, so......

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Beatle scores point for vegetarians Paul McCartney has won an 18-month battle against McDonald's and points from vegetarians everywhere. The long-time herbivore was angered that the chain was displaying pictures of The Beatles at one of its Liverpool, England, locations, according to the British newspaper Daily Star. Managers have since removed the offending photographs. "Paul's famous (for) saying, 'If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian,' " PETA's president, Ingrid Newkirk, said to TODAYshow.com in an e-mail. "PETA alerted Paul to the photos of himself in the McDonald's restaurant, and he objected to the photos being put up in a place that sells the remains of slaughtered animals between two halves of a bun." Newkirk added that McCartney has been extremely involved with PETA, starring in one of PETA's first "veg testimonial" public service announcements and narrating a video this year called "Glass Walls" for the group. McCartney became a vegetarian with his late wife Linda decades ago. He continues to only serve vegetarian meals to his touring staff and ensures there is a vegetarian option for fans at every concert venue he plays.

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50 years ago this month

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metsmarathon wrote: The Current World Universe Coaches Poll Song Parody Rankings: 1 TransMonk 2 Edgy MD 3 sharpie 4 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 5 John Cougar Lunchbucket 6 G-Fafif 7 Lefty Specialist 8 Kong76 9 Zvon 10T Fman99 10T metirish 12 A Boy Named Seo 13T Ceetar 13T seawolf17 15 metsmarathon 16 Trachsel My Tears damn, that hurts. i'm ranked only ahead of the new guy.

Then sign up for the Liverpool to Crane Pool. It's coming. Improve your ranking. And for those unranked shirkers, join the ranks of the ranked. This year's Liverpool will be hosted by New York Met Ambassador, Rickey Henderson, who will bring his third eye from the planet Mercury, all the better to identify John Olerud with. That's right -- one of the Hendersons will all be there. And of course, Doctor K will challenge the world. Sign up now. Details to follow. It's a condensed matchup free, free for all, two rounder. Just two rounds. Just two songs. Goo goo guh joob.

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[Edgy MD]

Well, if that's the case, I guess that I'll be writing more in a week or two. Count me in.

[Ceetar]

I guess I'm in.

[Fman99]

I'm all done. Too clinical and too anonymous. I want to post my own results and lobby for them. Who cares otherwise.

[G-Fafif]

In lieu of a 40th-anniversary Paper Lace-driven parody contest in which all entries relate to Met victories over the Cubs, this sounds OK.

[seawolf17]

Yeah, sure.

[Zvon]

I thought I said I was in already but I don't see it so allow me to officially say I'm in.

[Guest sharpie]

I'll be in but I don't know what it is.

[metsmarathon]

sign me up, even though apparently i suck moose balls at writing song parodies.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I don't get it, guess you guys have a new code or
something. I'll play along, if able.

[Edgy MD]

I think asking for commitments before anybody gets it is sort of part of the game.

Get you in and then announce the rules, and WHATDOYOUMEANLOSERHASTOTATTOOHISPRIVATES?!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lettuce be, lettuce be
Lettuce be, lettuce be

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

All you gotta do is call and I'll be there

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd love to turn you on.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

Here's a sneak peek at some of the Liverpool to Crane Pool rules:

It's a two round tournament, with no head to head matchups. In each of the two rounds, all of the song parodies will be placed in one thread. There will be one poll per round. The first round parodies receiving the most votes will advance to the second and final round. Almost half of the contestants will advance to the second and final round. The tournament championship will be awarded to the contestant whose second round parody receives the most votes.

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[Edgy MD]

How many votes do voters get each round?

[batmagadanleadoff]

How many votes do voters get each round?

More than one. I'll have a better idea of how many first round votes each contestant gets when I know how many people entered the contest, and thus, how many contestants will advance to the next round.


Get Beatley.

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[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Open subject pool?