Liver/Crane: I'm Not Half the Championship I Used to Be

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Edited April 9, 2014 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

HE SAID, HE SAID

He said "I know that I�ll like being a Met
I know that I�ll never be sad"
And he's promised to give us a tour of the Bronx

We said "Why�d you put those plugs in your ears
Plugs so you can drown out the boos
And we�re still waiting on that tour of the Bronx"

He said "You won�t wipe the smile from my face"
We said "No, no, no, you're wrong
When you were a boy
We smeared Tommy Seaver
We smeared Cleon Jones"

We said "Even though you know what you know
Pittsburgh ain�t like playing at Shea
And we�re making you feel like Kitty Genovese"

He said "You don't understand what I said"
We said "No, no, no, you're wrong
When you botched that play
Way out there in right
You called up and cried"

We said "Even though you know what you know
We�ll make sure you�re ready to leave
'Cause you're pissing us off and you�re not very good."

He said "I know thatI I�ll like being a Met
I know that I�ll never be sad
I know that I�ll like being a Met..."

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Player: Johan Santana
Song: A Day In The Life

A Shea in the Life (September 27, 2008)

I went to Shea today once more
Stadium near the Fair since Sixty-Four
And under skies quite overcast
Johan just had to last
Given our pitching staff

They blew big leads both left and right
There was no confidence they�d save a game
From far above I watched the pen
Praying the gate stayed shut
Everyone was really sure they couldn�t handle Heilman

I hoped at Shea today once more
The slumping Mets could defeat Florida
Up in my Deck I found it nice
That old Scott Scheoeneweis
Had not warmed up twice

They must not
Touuuuu-uuuuch
Jooooo-oooo
Haaaaa-aaaan

Short rest
He didn�t care
Gave Ayala such a stare
Admonished Joe Smith and Brian Stokes
�Go and take a seat with those other blokes�

Achy knee
But he threw fine
Strode the mound for the full nine
Limited the Fish to scattered hits
Jerry kept his wits and didn�t make a switch

Aahhhh...
Aahhhh-aahhhh

Aahhhh...
Aahhhh-aahhhh

Aahhhh...

Aahhhh...
Aahhhh-aahhhh

Aahhhh...
Aahhhhhhhhh!

I cheered at Shea today once more
Santana kept our playoff hopes alive
And though our hopes are rather small
The Mets are not yet done
Now there�s good reason to be back at Shea tomorrow at one

They did not
Touuuuuu-uuuch
Jooooo-oooo
Haaaaaa-aaan

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[Ceetar]

Jerry kept his wits and didn�t make a switch

the clincher

[Guest sharpie]

That She Said She Said/Good Day Sunshine photo is one I've never seen.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Both very good! Tough to pick. Went with Shea.

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[Zvon]

Great job by both.

We said "Even though you know what you know Pittsburgh ain�t like playing at Shea And we�re making you feel like Kitty Genovese"

This was the lolest line but Shea gets my vote. Writing about Bobby Bonehead is a thankless task.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I liked the Kitty Genovese line, too. But the old-timey, Casey-at-the-Batness woven throughout the "A Day in the Life" one-- "Short rest/He didn't care/Gave Ayala such a stare"-- won me over a little more.

One more time-- as always-- Johan carries the day.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I don't know if y'all know this, but there was a song parody contest going on here this week. Congratulation to this year's Liverpool to Crane Pool champion, G-Fafif and runner-up sharpie.

Here are your updated world class song parody rankings: (old rank in parentheses where change)

1 TransMonk
2 G-Fafif (6)
3T sharpie
3T Edgy MD (2)
5 John Cougar Lunchbucket
6 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr (4)
7 Zvon (9)
8 Lefty Specialist (7)
9 Kong76 (8)
10 Fman99
10 metirish
12 A Boy Named Seo
13 Ceetar
13 seawolf17
15 metsmarathon
16 Trachsel My Tears

[Guest themetfairy]

Congrats G-Fafif!

Good job to all - there were some inspired entries here written within quite limiting constraints.

[batmagadanleadoff]

themetfairy wrote: Congrats G-Fafif! Good job to all - there were some inspired entries here written within quite limiting constraints.

What was so limiting? In the old school contests, you'd start with three, four or five players, and if you were lucky, you'd get one star or one player with a rich or colorful history. Here you had like a dozen or so players to choose from in the first round and an open category in the second round. I think a few others said that there weren't enough categories in the first round, which I didn't understand.

What am I missing?

[Guest themetfairy]

I think it's difficult having both a limited number of subjects and a limited number of available tunes.

Obviously G-Fafif and sharpie rose to the challenge; I'm tipping my cap to them.

[Guest sharpie]

I had actually thought about using "A Day in the Life" (about Pat Zachry, though) but then reverted to my original thought that I would only use less familiar songs for this particular challenge.

Grats to the G-Man.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not to criticize as I truly lurve Liverpool to Cranepool a lot, but with a finite set of tunes to select from having a fininite set of topics caused a little bit of a creative issue, I think that was all pointed out above.

Also, scheduling it so soon after the other tourney may have increased the burnout rate. In retrospect we should have gone right into the Scrabble Invitational or something.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not to criticize....

Criticize all you want. What would be the point of having this forum if you couldn't criticize anything?

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Also, scheduling it so soon after the other tourney may have increased the burnout rate.

Totally agree. People barely even voted, let alone competed.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ... but with a finite set of tunes to select from having a fininite set of topics caused a little bit of a creative issue, I think that was all pointed out above.

I see your point (and TMF's), but I'm not so sure that I agree. I thought it would've been mainly the available topics, both in number and in type that would've determined difficulty. I thought that it would've been just as easy to choose from a few dozen songs as from an unlimited amount, especially when the few dozen songs are as well known as the Beatles catalog.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Congratulation to this year's Liverpool to Crane Pool champion, G-Fafif and runner-up sharpie.

Well played, both of you.

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: Congratulation to this year's Liverpool to Crane Pool champion, G-Fafif and runner-up sharpie. Well played, both of you.

Yes, gratz G and Sharpie. Thank you for the entertainment.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Also, scheduling it so soon after the other tourney may have increased the burnout rate. Totally agree. People barely even voted, let alone competed.

The selection business, even with limitations, were not a problem for me (easy to say since I bowed out of the last one, I guess). But the one-two punch got me in the gut.

[G-Fafif]

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Thanks all. Fab work from sharpie (whose talents are worthy of more Grammys than his namesakes the

collected in their heyday) and those who were on hand in the first round. Novel and appropriate concept from batmags, whose execution of this and the previous parodistic contest deserves its own round of applause.

Happy 50th, Lads and Shea, wherever you are!