Where I have seen this team before?
They win a few but lose many more.
Their pitching looks solid
but turns suddenly squalid
If the starters are hot
the bullpen gets shot
If the starter is on a teeeter totter
too soon it becomes a laughable slaughter
Where I have seen this team before?
They win a few but lose many more.
A pattern to this club is revealed
when the lineup is examined, slowly unpeeled
There is rarely an inning where an announcer could shout
that an Angel player is on base with no outs
The truth to the structure of the LA of A Nine
Is that there is never a baserunner to hit behind
Where I have seen this team before?
They win a few but lose many more.
At first it appears unlike Mike's winning blueprint
The one with a baserunner breaking into a sprint
The halos of 2010 are stuck too tight
on bases so stiff or on the bench half the night
But this memory's recent, and I'm kinda lazy,
a sad franchise chapter that is not so hazy
Where I have seen this team before?
They win a few but lose many more.
So where did this same team appear on the scene
A stalled Lamborghini without gasoline?
High hopes from fans with bias west coast
left sobbing and shocked with little to toast
This team is an October Oh-Nine repeat
Without a sparkplug on base, it is set for defeat
Where I have seen this team before?
They win a few but lose many more.
Seven months ago our ice cold Figgy meant doom
Today it is the same, as no sprakplug's been groomed
Instead of a dogpile on the mound of Fenway
We have a hit with an out and then a quick double play
If we'd build up a cushion by grabbing free bases
Our Pitchers wouldn't nibble and might look like aces
Where I have seen this team before?
They win a few but lose many more.
The solution is simple, I'm not a stat geek
we just need a leadoff with On Base percentage mystique
Someone to mess with a good pitcher's head
and go first to third when the pitch is dead red
Angel titles aren't won 90 feet at a time
They are fleeced on the basepaths with throws long behind.
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Yep - it's all in the math......
Last year Figgy walked 100 times, and Abreu had 103 RBI.
This year Aybar is on track for 67 walks (and even then will not steal the bases Figgy did or go first to third as many times), while Abreu is on track for 73 RBI, which would be a 30% decline from his AVERAGE production over the last 7 years
SocalAngelFaninOC - May 6, 2010
A month ago I was wondering what we would do if Aybar sucked leading off
Fred Fredrix - May 6, 2010
Thank God our division still sucks and we are still close...
for now. Don’t give up. We have one of the greatest managers of all time. If anyone’s gonna do it, it’s Sosh….Rrrrright?
Dono Romantico - May 6, 2010
Casey Stengel was a great manager too
He managed the Yankees to 10 pennants and 7 (SEVEN) World Series Titles.
He then managed the Mets to 4 consecutive 10th place finishes.
The manager only has a significant impact on strategy and lineup. If the players are not producing, the manager cannot help.
SocalAngelFaninOC - May 6, 2010
Oh Maicer Where Art Thou?
Commander_Nate - May 6, 2010
Ok, Rev, I'm putting this to music
I see it as a standard blues progression: E-A-D—BB King-ish
Or do you have music in mind as well as the lyrics
Raaddad - May 6, 2010
no tune in mind
knock yourself out!
Rev Halofan - May 6, 2010
Damn...
I just rapped that entire diddy thinking I was Dr Dre … that was dope!
Downing Rules - May 6, 2010
Whoa...
then I just sang it with drawl and a half-hearted “yeehaw” as a country-western heart-break ballad … (cries) … “dadgum!”
Downing Rules - May 6, 2010
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