As the Marlins get Huizengaed again, I'm thinking wow, Lee and maybe Pudge..could fate bring those who stole the pennant... possibly...Naw.
But the reference to Kieth Moreland in the other thread [who I believe did serve as an emergency catcher once or twice] made me think of Steve Goodman's last song written just before he died. For those of you who have never heard it...
A Dying Cub Fans Last Request [1983]
By the shores of old Lake Michigan
Where the "hawk wind" blows so cold
An old Cub fan lay dying
In his midnight hour that tolled
Round his bed, his friends had all gathered
Thet knew his time was short
And on his head they put this bright blue cap
From his all-time favorite sport
He told them, "its late and its getting dark in here"
And I know its time to go But before I leave the line-up
Boys, there's just one thing I'd like to know
Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away away
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the land of the free
And the doormats of the National League
Told his friends "You know the law of averages says:
Anything will happen that can"
That's what it says
"But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant
Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan"
The Cubs made me a criminal
Sent me down a wayward path
They stole my youth from me
[that's the truth]
I'd forsake my teachers
To go and sit in the bleachers
In flagrant truancy
and then one thing led to another
and soon I discovered alcohol, gambling, dope
football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis
But what do you expect
When you raise up a young boys hopes
And then just crush'em like so many paper beer cups
Year after year after year
after year, after year, after year, after year, after year,
"Til those hopes are just so much popcorn
for the pidgeons beneath the "L" tracks to eat
He said, "You know I'll never see Wrigley Field, anymore before my eternal rest
So have your pencils and scorecards ready,
and I'll read you my last request
He said, "Give me a double header funeral in Wrigley Field
On some sunny weekend day [no lights]
Have the organ play the "National Anthem"
and then a little 'na, na, na, na, hey hey, hey, Goodbye'
Make six bullpen pitchers, carry my coffin
and six groundskeepers clear my path
Have the umpires bark me out at every base
In there holy wrath
Its a beautiful day for a funeral, Hey Ernie lets play two!
Somebody go get jack Brickhouse to come back, and conduct just one more interview
Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field,
Have Kieth Moreland drop a routine fly
Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt
And I'll be ready to die
Build a big fire on home plate out of your Louisville Slugger baseball bats
And toss my coffin in
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow
From the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall
Will bid the bleacher bums adieu
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue
And the dying fans friends told him to cut it out
They said stop it thats's an awful shame
He whispered, "Don't cry, we'll meet by and by near the Heavenly Hall of Fame
He said, "I've got season tickets to watch the Angels now,
So its just what I'm going to do
He said, "but you the living, you're stuck here with the Cubs,
So its me that feels sorry for you!"
And he said, "ahh Play, play that lonesome losers tune,
That's the one I like the best"
And he closed his eyes, and slipped away
What we got is the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
And here it is
Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away, Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormats of the National League.
GET PUDGE PLEASE!!!!
But the reference to Kieth Moreland in the other thread [who I believe did serve as an emergency catcher once or twice] made me think of Steve Goodman's last song written just before he died. For those of you who have never heard it...
A Dying Cub Fans Last Request [1983]
By the shores of old Lake Michigan
Where the "hawk wind" blows so cold
An old Cub fan lay dying
In his midnight hour that tolled
Round his bed, his friends had all gathered
Thet knew his time was short
And on his head they put this bright blue cap
From his all-time favorite sport
He told them, "its late and its getting dark in here"
And I know its time to go But before I leave the line-up
Boys, there's just one thing I'd like to know
Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away away
Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground
When I was a boy they were my pride and joy
But now they only bring fatigue
To the land of the free
And the doormats of the National League
Told his friends "You know the law of averages says:
Anything will happen that can"
That's what it says
"But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant
Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan"
The Cubs made me a criminal
Sent me down a wayward path
They stole my youth from me
[that's the truth]
I'd forsake my teachers
To go and sit in the bleachers
In flagrant truancy
and then one thing led to another
and soon I discovered alcohol, gambling, dope
football, hockey, lacrosse, tennis
But what do you expect
When you raise up a young boys hopes
And then just crush'em like so many paper beer cups
Year after year after year
after year, after year, after year, after year, after year,
"Til those hopes are just so much popcorn
for the pidgeons beneath the "L" tracks to eat
He said, "You know I'll never see Wrigley Field, anymore before my eternal rest
So have your pencils and scorecards ready,
and I'll read you my last request
He said, "Give me a double header funeral in Wrigley Field
On some sunny weekend day [no lights]
Have the organ play the "National Anthem"
and then a little 'na, na, na, na, hey hey, hey, Goodbye'
Make six bullpen pitchers, carry my coffin
and six groundskeepers clear my path
Have the umpires bark me out at every base
In there holy wrath
Its a beautiful day for a funeral, Hey Ernie lets play two!
Somebody go get jack Brickhouse to come back, and conduct just one more interview
Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field,
Have Kieth Moreland drop a routine fly
Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt
And I'll be ready to die
Build a big fire on home plate out of your Louisville Slugger baseball bats
And toss my coffin in
Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow
From the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall
Will bid the bleacher bums adieu
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue
And the dying fans friends told him to cut it out
They said stop it thats's an awful shame
He whispered, "Don't cry, we'll meet by and by near the Heavenly Hall of Fame
He said, "I've got season tickets to watch the Angels now,
So its just what I'm going to do
He said, "but you the living, you're stuck here with the Cubs,
So its me that feels sorry for you!"
And he said, "ahh Play, play that lonesome losers tune,
That's the one I like the best"
And he closed his eyes, and slipped away
What we got is the Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
And here it is
Do they still play the blues in Chicago
When baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away, Do the Cubbies still play
In their ivy-covered burial ground
But now they only bring fatigue
To the home of the brave
The land of the free
And the doormats of the National League.
GET PUDGE PLEASE!!!!
