I Love This Team (my apologies to Toby Keith)

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 25, 2008 12:35 PM CDT

We got winners, we got losers

8th inning chokers and boozers

And we got Hughes, we got Santo

We got Goodman's "Go Cubs, Go!"

And the girls in the bleachers are hot, if you know what I mean

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

We got catchers, we got pitchers

We even got some belly itchers

And we got hustlers, sometimes loafers

A brand new field, so no gophers

And the veterans aren't as old as they may seem

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

[Chorus:]

I love this team

They're my kind of guys

I love watchin' them play baseball

Brings a tear right to my eyes

It ain't a dream, the best I've seen

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

I've seen shortstops, we got highlights

Our Beanballs can start fights

And we got power, lot's of homers

And "The Wonder Hamster" is a misnomer

Cause he looks benign but deep down he's really mean

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

Yes I do

I like Big Z (I like Big Z)

I like Rich Harden (I like Rich Harden)

I like Ted Lilly tagging up

to take a catcher out now and then

I love this team

They're my kind of guys

I love watchin' them play baseball

Brings a tear right to my eyes

It ain't a dream, the best I've seen

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

We got Derrek and a big Wood man

An old manager and real good fans

We got Aramis and he hits big flys

And Dempster is a wise-guy

If you win the game he'll get ya with shaving cream

Reason number 672 why

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

Play it on out boys

Octobers almost here

Got to take it on home

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this team

I just love it

Al's recap today gave me just enough inspiration to whip this up...call me stupid.

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Stupid!

But it’s still cool, very cool. Nice job man…

Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.

by blackhawk24 on Sep 25, 2008 12:43 PM CDT reply actions

Pfft..."how do you like me now"

So much better and so much more fitting right now.

by Arbusto on Sep 25, 2008 12:49 PM CDT reply actions

Thank's Alice.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 25, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Nicely done.

Brings back memories of college, it does.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Bill Potter on Sep 25, 2008 12:50 PM CDT reply actions

Excellent

“I love this bar” is one of my favorite Toby Keith songs and your lyrics are just perfect.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 25, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply actions

Nice job!

Perhaps the first rhyme of homer-misnomer in the history of poetry

Reed Ballgame - best CF in the MLB

by californiachicagoan on Sep 25, 2008 12:59 PM CDT reply actions

'scuse you while you whip this up.

Do you have the musical talent to record it? Just askin, I know I don’t.

Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...

by N Oakley on Sep 25, 2008 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

I could play all the instruments...but I couldn't pull off the Keith-like vocals.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 25, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Give Toby a call

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 25, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you have his #? Is he a Cubs fan? I kinda doubt he would give a damn.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 25, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey...that rhymes!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 25, 2008 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions

You're a poet and you didn't know it.

The Chicago Cubs: 2008 Central Division Champions

by daver on Sep 25, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't have his number

but he does like baseball. He was at AAA game here in Tucson to see the Tucson Toros play at Hi Corbett Field. This is the same field that “Major League” was filmed at.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 25, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions