During the 1950's, the 3 best CF's to ever play baseball all played in NY. There has been much debate over this one with most fans split between Willy and Mickey, but some still favoring the Duke. The question is who is better?
Those who have seen "Homer at the Bat" a Simpsons episode may recall the song "Talkin' Softball". That is based on a real song, "Talkin' Baseball"
The Whiz Kids had won it , Bobby Thompson had done it,
And Yogi read the comics all the while. Rock n Roll was bein born,
Marijuana we would scorn, So down on the corner the National Pastime went on trial.
We're talkin baseball! (Kluzewski, Campanella), Talkin baseball! (The Man and Bobby Feller),
The Scooter, The Barber and the Newk, They knew em all from Boston to Dubuque,
Especially Willie, Mickey and the Duke.
Well Casey was winnin', Hank Aaron was beginnin',
One Robby goin' out, one coming in.
Kiner an' Midget Gaedel,
The Thumper an' Mel Parnell,
And Ike was the only one winnin' down in Washington!
We're talkin baseball! (Kluzewski, Campanella ), Talkin baseball! (The Man and Bobby Feller ),
The Scooter, The Barber and the Newk, They knew em all from Boston to Dubuque,
Especially Willie, Mickey and the Duke.
Now my old friend the Bachelor, Well he swore he was the Oklahoma Kid,
And Cookie played hookey, to go and see the Duke,
An' me I always loved Willie Mays , Those were the days!
Well now it's the eighties , an' Brett is the greatest.
An' Bobby Bonds can play for everyone,
Rose is at the Vet, Rusty again is a Met
An' the great Alexander is pitchin' again in Washington.
I'm talkin' baseball! (like Reggie, Quisenberry ),Talkin' baseball! (Carew and Gaylord Perry )
Seaver , Garvey, Schmidt an' Vida Blue , If Cooperstown is callin' it's no fluke,
They'll be with , Willie, Mickey an' the Duke.
There is a version of it about my White Sox that was written
http://whitesoxinteractive.com//TalkinSOXbaseball.rm
GoodThoughts
16-01-2005, 03:20
It's gotta be the say Hey Kid.