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Musical Interlude: Your 2008 Athletics: Kings of the Road

In honor of the A's 4-0 road record to start 2008...

Star-divide

 

Players for sale or rent
Team rebuilds, gets prospects
No Danny, Kots, or Nick
We sure miss ol' Scooter's hits
Ah, but three weeks in the desert groom
Some new kids who might be true
We're a team of means by no means
Kings of the road

Third boxscore, late night plane
Destination: Cleveland games
Can you hear those road fan boos?
Against CC we can't lose!
We smoke 9 runs and bat around
Then the crowd don't make a sound
We're a team of means by no means
Kings of the road

We get every clutch out in every game
All of the starters, tossing good frames
Our offense can score runs and we have found
that even Bobby Crosby is coming around

Players for sale or rent
Team rebuilds, gets prospects
No Danny, Kots, or Nick
We sure miss ol' Scooter's hits
Ah, but three weeks in the desert groom
Some new kids who might be true
We're a team of means by no means
Kings of the road

 

[In the video, this song starts at about 3:15, before that is some banter between Roger and Johnny that I found entertaining]

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that was a cool song

I hadn't heard it before, thanks!

Look out Cleveland, indeed

The glare was not practiced. I would get into the game situations, and when that happens, there comes a level of concentration that most can only imagine but can never achieve. You become what you are doing, and that is what you see on my face. -Dave Stewart

by Hegenberger Road on Apr 12, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Excellent

I think "team rebuilds, gets prospects" is a little labored, but can't think of a better alternative at the moment.
Wouldn't it be nice if two hours of pushing broom bought people a place to sleep today?

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 12, 2008 11:39 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks

the first two lines were actually the hardest for me to find a good fit for.

The glare was not practiced. I would get into the game situations, and when that happens, there comes a level of concentration that most can only imagine but can never achieve. You become what you are doing, and that is what you see on my face. -Dave Stewart

by Hegenberger Road on Apr 12, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good job!

Unfortunately, that song happens to be a serious earworm for me, but I enjoyed your lyrical adaptation... :)

"Huston, you're hot!'' said first baseman Dan Johnson, dressed as a bottle of mustard.

by Poppy on Apr 12, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I loved it!

Great job...and thanks for using a song that I actually recognized!

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 12, 2008 10:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Bravo!

This is the kind of thing that helps me connect with the new team. Thanks for the entertainment.

Brainless Automaton #439

by rubin sierra on Apr 14, 2008 6:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Enjoyed it!

But only because we won the next road game, too.

Otherwise I would have called you a jinx :)

I'm here to talk about the past.

by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 15, 2008 12:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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