Something Silly: Those Were The Plays In honor of the 2010 Minnesota Twins, inspired by...

Something Silly: Those Were The Plays

In honor of the 2010 Minnesota Twins, inspired by yesterday's game thread... "Cue Archie Bunker." Except he wasn't available, so I had to do it. (I may have taken this joke too far.) Apologies to Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton for my horrendous impressions.

11 months ago ColossusOfRhode 16 comments 11 recs |

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Amazingly awesome.

You did this? Great work.

by Jesse on Jul 11, 2011 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

Holy hell that was awesome.

I am sooo not this talented. How do people do this stuff?

"It happened in the moment, and it happened." - Carlos Gomez

by myjah on Jul 11, 2011 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

89 cent karaoke track from Amazon.com, Audacity to record the audio, Google images + my photo collection, and iMovie to put it all together and make it look old

And thanks!

After I wrote the lyrics in the comment thread, it got stuck in my head and after a few hours of singing it to myself I decided it needed to be shared.

by ColossusOfRhode on Jul 11, 2011 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I you didn't share it

I would have.

I'm a proud fan of the Minnesota Twins and Dallas Cowboys!
"Life is precious and time is a key element. Let’s make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own." – Harmon Killebrew

by Jessy S on Jul 11, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

LOVE this! So clever and well done!

by dctwin on Jul 11, 2011 11:41 AM EDT reply actions

excellent, awesome, wonderful little video.

THIS MORNING I POURED MY CEREAL BUT IZ OUT OF MILKS!
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! - natetheskate

by montanatwinsfan on Jul 11, 2011 11:42 AM EDT reply actions

Ah, 2010

We still had Nick Punto back then…
//wavy lines //harp music //dream sequence

"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
"God grab your neck but never choke" -Ozzie Guillen

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Jul 11, 2011 11:54 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I miss JJ Hardy.

by Brady Eyestone on Jul 11, 2011 12:30 PM EDT reply actions

Lyrics

Seriously, she thought of this at the top of her head.

Boy, the way Nick Punto played,
Balls that made the hit parade,
Guys like them they had it made,
Those were the plays!
And you know where you were then,
Joe was Joe and Span was Span,
Mister, we could use a man like J.J. Hardy again,
Didn’t need no DL list,
Everybody got the hits,
Gee, our old Morneau ran great,
Those were the plays!

by ColossusOfRhode on Jul 10, 2011 2:12 PM CDT

by Jessy S on Jul 11, 2011 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

I actually changed a line for this

“Balls that made the hit parade” → “Dives that made the hit parade” to avoid the obvious TWSS.

And in hindsight, I should have changed “Gee, our old Morneau ran great” to “Gee, our old Morneau was fit” to match the rhyme of the rest of the stanza. Plus, DL list is a redundant acronym (like ATM machine and PIN number) and I shouldn’t have used it. Ah well.. I’ll just pretend it’s something Archie Bunker would have said.

by ColossusOfRhode on Jul 11, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions