Friday, January 20, 2023

Twilight of the gods: The David Crosby Yankees Song Book

Sing along, campers...


Three runners and Rothschild’s coming!
This save has been finally blown!
Altuvi hears trash cans drumming,
Four runs off El Chapo!


There is a season, Boone, Boone,
Never a reason, Boone, Boone, Boone...
And a time for every pitcher
Signed by Cashman.


Now Scott Proctor’s bombed and bagged,
And he's hanging in the air,
Won’t you trade him to Chicago
For a buck.
On a bullpen run by Torre,
How can he still be out there?
Won’t you trade him to Chicago
For a fucking rubber duck!


Almost cut my hair...
Happened just the other day.
Heard I was gettin' dealt
To New York for Sonny Gray.


Teach your prospects well,
For they'll know hell,
Four years in Scranton...


Wooden mitts, on the catcher,
Gary's so uneasy.
Striking out the way
It's supposed to be, so breezy... 

16 comments:

  1. Unfortunately, only one of those songs was a Crosby song. Although he did play on the others.

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  2. The reason why
    Ain't hard to say
    Listen up, Cash
    Please go away

    After what you did
    You can't stay on
    And we'll all feel a whole lot better
    When you're gone

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  3. (A McGuinn tune, I think, but the Croz contributed)

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  4. If Cashman had ever been here before
    He would probably know just what to do
    Don't you?
    If Boonie had ever been here before
    On another time around the wheel
    He would probably know just how to deal
    With all of his players.

    It’s 2023 And I feel
    Like I've been here before
    Feel
    Like I've been here before
    And you know
    It makes me wonder
    What's going on
    In the Yankees Bloated Front Office



    There is a stadium in south Bronx, oh no
    With Southern Comfort in my cup, not much to spare
    In my mind, I still think Cole has one more pitch to throw
    All Boone’s pitching changes are never quite there.
    Blue, blue pinstripes on the Yankee stars
    A fastball from Chad Green over the fence and on the rise
    Boo birds crying across the stadium sky
    Throwing beer drops on our eyes
    Leave us
    Helpless, helpless, helpless

    Boonie can you hear me now? (Helpless, helpless, helpless)
    The chains are locked and tied across his managerial door
    Blog, sing with me now (helpless, helpless, helpless)




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  5. Our team
    Is a very, very, very fine team
    With no one in left field
    Or an bullpen left to wield
    Life used to be so easy
    With the Stick...

    I know, I know. Graham Nash. Still...



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  6. Duque - Genuinely funny. Laughed several times.

    "Altuvi hears trash cans drumming,
    Four runs off El Chapo!"

    Doesn't get better than that.

    The Scott Proctor song is extraordinarily good.


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  7. In other Yankeeish news...

    The Mariners DFA'd Justus Sheffield.

    And the Pirates DFA'd Miguel AnDUjar.

    Who want's to get the band back together? :)

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  8. and in non Yankee News from NBCnews.com

    "A chatbot that lets you talk with Jesus and Hitler is the latest controversy in the AI gold rush"

    So... Customer Service?

    "Look, Jesus we're not getting anywhere. I'm going to need to talk to Hitler."

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  9. This is Gold, Duque, Gold!

    I really loved it!

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  10. Jesus, if you can’t stick with the Pirates on a minimal salary
    , who can you stick with?

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  11. Hilarious parodies! Over the past two years that I have discovered and followed this blog I've wondered what the main contributors did/do in their real" lives. How about a series of "What's my line"? Pay to play! Or maybe a mini-bio. Fictitious names, natch'.

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  12. Hilarious, Doug K.! The Jesus/Hitler bit, I mean.

    Andujar and Sheffield were released? I'm smelling a big year...for Scranton!

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