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2009 Poetic Interlude #1: Bowen on the Bench

 

Or, a series of koans illustrating the mystery of the backup backstop ...

[Original lyrics here.]

Bowen on the Bench

How many Rhodes must a GM live down
Before you call yourself a fan?
Yes, 'n' how many Grieves must in white cleats fail
Before we sign Garret And'?
Yes, 'n' how many usernames must the Internet trolls try
Before they're forever bANnEd?
The catcher, AN, is Bowen on the bench,
The catcher is Bowen on the bench.

How many trades must a fan cook up
Before a free agent we buy?
Yes, 'n' how many beers must one man have
Before he forgets Slide, Jeremy, Slide?
Yes, 'n' how many DLs will it take 'til we know
That Beane to the press has lied?
The catcher, AN, is Bowen on the bench,
The catcher is Bowen on the bench.

How many years can Mount Davis exist
Before it's brought down with TNT?
Yes, 'n' how many years can Mark Ellis compile assists
Before his Gold Glove they concede?
Yes, 'n' how many times can Jack Cust take those strikes,
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The catcher, AN, is Bowen on the bench,
The catcher is Bowen on the bench.

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How many Rhodes must a GM live down before you call yourself a fan?
0
10 votes
1
14 votes
1,000
12 votes
The number of Angels who can dance on a pinhead
31 votes
The number of ears it takes to hear one hand clapping
11 votes
Trick question: if one is a fan, the number of Rhodes is limitless
100 votes

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Thanks for the image

I’m gonna go try and forget Slide Jeremy Slide now.

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by Rebuilding Season on Jan 3, 2009 2:55 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I guess I could have waited for Rob to get injured ...

… and then when he was on the verge of coming off of the DL, I could have done “Bowen on the Mend.”

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 4, 2009 7:03 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm not sure how to vote,

But very well done, MB. Very well. I can hear him singing it….wait, that’s ’cause you provided the link and he IS singing it…still, good job.

I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico

by Leopold Bloom on Jan 3, 2009 3:01 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awesome
Yes, ‘n’ how many beers must one man have
Before he forgets Slide, Jeremy, Slide?

There is no amount of beer that can erase the memory of “Slide, Jeremy, Slide”.

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Jan 3, 2009 4:04 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

that doesn't mean we should stop trying, though

I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Jan 3, 2009 5:06 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

d'accord

"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08

by doctorK on Jan 3, 2009 5:16 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

this rocks!

especially this line.

Yes, ‘n’ how many years can Mark Ellis compile assists
Before his Gold Glove they concede?

poetic interludes are awesome.

Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40

by #14fan on Jan 3, 2009 4:32 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

+1

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Jan 3, 2009 5:41 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the answer is blowin’ in the winn.

owner of a lonely tarp

by oakath on Jan 4, 2009 8:51 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I love this.

"And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic..."

by Blicks on Jan 4, 2009 9:46 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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