2007 Poetic Interlude #16: Cust in the Win

by monkeyball on Aug 11, 2007 10:14 AM PDT in News

With apologies to Kerry Livgren (and to baseballgirl for a Poetic Interlude that basically rehashes her game wrap from last night), here's Poetic Interlude #16: "Cust in the Win."

Cust in the Win

(Original lyrics here.)

I closed my eyes
Only for an inning
And the A's scored 8 runs
Was it a dream?
I just can't figure out this curious A's team
Cust in the win
Balls hit far by Cust in the win

Joe Blanton
Allowed the comeback Tigers
In the fourth and fifth
He pitched like poo
Cupcakes on the mound
Though we refused to lose
Cust in the win
Balls hit far by Cust in the win

Now, don't give up
Nothing lasts forever
Like an 8-1 lead
It slipped away

And just for monkey
To another poem write

Cust in the win
Balls hit far by Cust in the win
(Balls hit far by Cust in the win)
Cust in the win
(Every swing by Cust in the win)
Every swing by Cust in the win

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A contemporary sonnet..

with video? So very 21st century...or at least 20th. I like it. Probably because I remember when it was top 40. Nice work!

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Aug 11, 2007 10:19 AM PDT reply actions

Dylan goes electric and now this?

flashy videos? I am outraged! I am outraged like a Russian during Stravinsky's Rite of Spring!

Curse you Monkeyball...curse you!!!

DiNardo: Hey Kurt, do you eat babies? Suzuki: Yes.

by Amnesiac727 on Aug 11, 2007 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions

premiered in Paris. Ballets Russes toured other western nations, but not Russia. I don't even know when Rite of Spring was first performed in Russia. Some time after the War, surely. By then they might not have been so outraged.

But I suppose there were some Russians at the Paris premiere. Maybe they were outraged, too.

"Ten times thy self were better than ten Hattebergs" -- Monkeyball, channeling Shakespeare

by iglew on Aug 11, 2007 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions

I figured someone would be savvy enough

to catch my mistake. Damn you people who read! ...Damn you all!!

DiNardo: Hey Kurt, do you eat babies? Suzuki: Yes.

by Amnesiac727 on Aug 11, 2007 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Although, in all fairness to Stravinsky

Maybe the the French weren't outraged at his music, but at the sudden realization that they where....French.

Mankind will never know.

DiNardo: Hey Kurt, do you eat babies? Suzuki: Yes.

by Amnesiac727 on Aug 11, 2007 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

LOL

You should post videos to every poetic interlude, it's easier to follow because I never know the original song.

plz kthx lol omg wtf rofl

by AsFan4mFrisco on Aug 11, 2007 10:51 AM PDT reply actions

Nice work.

I keep reading over and over again that Cust has 18HR and 59RBI in 245 bats. I think we found our replacement for Frank Thomas; now we need to replace Kotsay, Crosby, Chavez (because he's going to have back surgery), and DJ, and we'll be all set.

So it goes.

by jeepers on Aug 11, 2007 10:52 AM PDT reply actions

Chavy's back problem certainly explains

his power outage. Hard to swing a bat and twist your back with a bulging disc. I wonder if he will skirt around the issue for as long as possible and delay getting the surgery he's going to require. That leaves us without a third baseman for next season. I trust that Beane will aquire a one year replacement ala the DH route of the last couple of years. With Barton waiting in the wings maybe DJ gets dealt in the off season for a 3B fill in? I think we may be stuck with Kotsay for the last year of his contract, but he still plays a solid CF. If he can improve his offensive numbers marginally, perhaps Barton and whoever is at third can pick up the slack. Crosby on the other hand is going to be a problem. If Murphy continues to tear it up, I can't imagine Beane will run Crosby out there over him. How to dump him? I imagine that it will be a lot easier to get rid of him with his replacement already in place.

For Grover and the other trade minded novice GM's out there....how far off am I?

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Aug 11, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions