The Great Cy Young
For Dallas Keuchel and Justin Verlander, the presence of each other as Astros teammates may spur one or the other into Cy Young mode the rest of the way. If both are great, rack ’em. If one is great and the other is only good, the Astros should still prevail, even against the vaulted Dodgers. For the Astros to fail, both these guys will have to fail – and we don’t see that happening. – But, again, what do we know? This is baseball. The sport that spends your lifetime trying to get all of us to learn that there are no experts in baseball. Unless you believe in reincarnation, no one can learn everything they need to know about baseball in a single lifetime – especially if our main view of the sport has been limited to what fans and writers see.
At any rate, I cannot keep myself from writing parodies as they occur. It’s been happening since I was a kid. And this one, based upon this subject, awakened me this morning about four o’clock AM. As noted, it’s based upon the melody of that old 1954 song, “Young at Heart”.
Series Tales Can Come True for the Orange and Blue
(a parody based upon the song, “Young at Heart”)
By Bill McCurdy
Series tales – can come true
For the Orange and Blue – with two “Youngs” to start
For it’s hard – you will find
To be caught in a bind – with two “Youngs” to start
Hinch can go – to extremes – with impossible schemes
As we laugh – when our dreams – fall apart at the seams
But life gets more exciting – with each passing day
The championship – that’s in our hearts – is on it’s way
Don’t you know – that it’s worth
Every treasure on earth – two “Cy” men to start
But as rich as we are – we can still travel far
If one does – his part
Let our mem’ry survive – from the year nineteen five
Christy buried the A’s – in all goose egg filets
And here is the best part – we have a head start
‘Cause we have – two “Cy Young” guys to – push the cart
The Pecan Park Eagle 
September 2, 2017 at 10:50 am |
Brilliant!