Got to thinking with Spring Training right around the corner, am I really going to be the fan I once was? After all, the Phillies won the series!
I watched them all on Comcast. What new admissions will come? What will kids really have to look up to? Where have you gone Joe diMaggio? Thank God he is dead. He would not have liked what has been brewing for years now coming to full boil.
I wrote a little parody of American Pie with baseball at the center....after all, we LOVE baseball, hots dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet, well, at least the pie and dogs still taste good!
A long long time ago
I can still remember
How baseball made me smile
And I knew if I had my way
I could play in the bigs someday....
And maybe would be happy for awhile
Bad news today makes me shiver
With every paper that's deliver....
Bad news in the game of baseball...
Another star takes the big fall
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about all they did hide
But something touched me deep inside
The day that Baseball lied.
So bye bye, its the American lie,
Drove my Hyundai on a Sunday
to the ballpark, oh why?
And big ole boys hittin' deep fly after fly
Sayin', this is what some money can buy
This is what my money can buy....?
Did Jose write the book of wrongs,
While Madonna was singin girly songs,
If the body tells you so....
Do you believe in DiMaggio,
Can past-times cleanse today's sorry soul
And can you teach me how to grow so slow?
Well, I know you saw his rookie card,
when his forearms weren't so very hard...
You know, he kicked off his career
Man, without any remorse or fear....!
I was a die hard teenage Phillies fan
With Bowa, Schmidt, and Yes We Can....
Didn't know a Rose had thorns...OH MAN!
The day that baseball lied.
I started singin....
My oh My, its the American lie...
Drove in ten runs with my guns,
I'm a really strong guy...
I'm a steroid boy, can hit em way bye bye,
Singin' pressure to perform is why
Pressure to perform is why.
Now for ten years we've been big and juiced,
Ruled the record books with a little boost....
(but that's not how it used to be)
When McGwire choked to congress and court
Disputed what was in that Mitchell report....
It was a voice that came from uncertainty...
And while the Commish was looking down,
A-Rod admitted word gets around....
The courtroom is all full now,
The Home Runs are all foul!
And while Jose wrote a Vindicated book,
He was finally left off the proverbial hook.
And players were all now in the dark
The day that baseball lied.
We were singin'
Why? Why? ...it's the American Lie....
Drove my Hyundai on a Sunday
To the ballpark, but cry.....
'Cause big ole boys will be reachin the sky,
But this'll be the day that I'll sigh.....
This'll be the day to ask.... why?
Oh, and there we'll be in one place
A generation, with a blown up face,
With no time left to turn back now
So Miguel be faster, Giambi be thick,
Sammy sure did swing a big corked stick..
'Cause HGH is the players only friend....
Oh, and as I watched from the jam packed stands
With hopeful, dreaming, die hard fans,
No Angels born in hell
Could break that Balco spell...
And as the balls flew out, into the night,
It seems baseball has lost its plight
I saw Conte laughing with delight
the Day that baseball lied.
I met a guy who told the truths
Said life's just a game of bad sad news,
And I just smiled, and turned away
And I walked down to Ashburn alley,
The Phillies were in a ninth big rally,
And I just began to pray.
And in the stands, the fans did cheer,
Booed sometimes, and drank some beer
But not a word was spoken
About baseball being broken....
And the three men I trusted most....
Have faded away like a tainted ghost
No longer numbers to boast....
The day that baseball lied.
They were singin'.....
My, My its the American Lie,
Hit the ball out of the park,
I'm your hero, your guy....
We're big ole boys,
We're what money can buy,
Singin.....
when will come the day when games die?
