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Simon and Garfunkel on the A's winter moves

Time, time, time. Gee what's Beane done with thee?
Well he looked around
Soared by possibilities
Who were so hard to please
Beane looked around, left off Brown
Got one guy in a crazy trade this winter

Can our salvation be at hand?
Down with the Rivercats, bound to be some better bats
Than what FA's you've got planned
Jerry's last cup wasn't bland
A's looked around yeah, left of Brown wow!
Got one guy in a crazy trade this winter

Hang on to your hope my friend
That another comes to play, but if those dopes decline our pay
We won't contend
We'll rebuild them again
Looking down, the brass will sigh
Not much to hype, it's a springtime full of strife

Ahhh, seasons spent in new scenery
There's still time to get Giambi,
Swap short stop for Ryan Sweeney
Many have been past their prime
Funny how bad backs and hips, put all the A's on DL lists
A bundle of times
Thinking Furcal's out of line

They look around, leave our town, ow!
Got one guy in a crazy trade this winter
Look around, left to frown
There's a patchwork staff on the mound
Look around, we'll sink down
There's a patchwork staff on the mound
Look around, achieve that crown?
There's a patchwork staff on the mound

 

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I find it amazing that someone as uninspiring as Ginter

was the inspiration for so much. I still laugh my arse off at the discount tent.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Jan 6, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Someone should do one with The Boxer
I am just a poor boy and my storys seldom told
Ive squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Li la li…

Asking only workmans wages, I come lookin for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than Ill be, thats not unusual
No it isnt strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same

Li la li…

And Im laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, goin home
Where the new york city winters arent bleedin me, leadin me to go home

In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains

Li la li…

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Jan 6, 2009 2:57 PM PST reply actions  

Are "we" goin' to the Series this year?

Chavez, Matt, Gi-am-bi and Cust?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Jan 6, 2009 4:03 PM PST reply actions  

Baisley, Raj, Not-Corey, Devine

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

by monkeyball on Jan 6, 2009 5:19 PM PST up reply actions  

Casilla, you’re breakin’ your arm
You’re shakin’ my confidence daily

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

by monkeyball on Jan 6, 2009 5:23 PM PST reply actions  

and more

“So Long, Frank Menechino”

“For Holliday, Whenever I May Trade Him”

“Keep the Cust Infielders on the Right Side”

… and, of course: “Monkey’s Dilemma”

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

by monkeyball on Jan 6, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions  

Gee but its great to be back home
Home is where I want to be.
Ive been on the road so long my friend,
And if you came along
I know you couldnt disagree.

Chorus
Its the same old story
Everywhere I go,
I get slandered,
Libeled,
I hear words I never heard
In the bible
And Im on step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,
Satisfied.

Deputy sheriff said to me
Tell me what you come here for, boy.
You better get your bags and flee.
Youre in trouble boy,
And youre heading into more.

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by Zonis on Jan 6, 2009 10:44 PM PST up reply actions  

yeah, but there's a line you just DON'T want to sing here

Makin’ love in the afternoon with casilla
up in my bedroom
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed, someone (Crosby?)’s taken my place

wrong on oh so many levels.

it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you

by eastcoasta'sfan on Jan 6, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions  

He signed with West Covina?

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

by monkeyball on Jan 6, 2009 11:25 PM PST up reply actions  

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