All-Star Break Tribute w/JoJo

[fflo]

Well, I'm a-gonna tell you if you don't know
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About a great ballplayer from a long time ago
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Who's a hero to me---I ain't puttin' ya on, son---
Cuz I'm not gonna tell the story of baseball's great Walter John-son.

CHORUS:
And all through baseball he was loved and respected
Bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well, it was never detected.

Well, now---
When pitchers throw their pitch to scare
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They actually try to almost hit that opposin' player
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Walter Johnson wouldn't do dat, not even just a little
He always made sure he threw the baseball right down the middle

And all through baseball he was loved and respected.
Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected.

Now
(He pitched for the Washington Senators back in about 1924) Now (1906)
Now look:
When the Washington nine was a-gwain to win
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This Walter Johnson would actually ease up a little on the opposition. (That's right.)
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Now the other teammates, they simply didn't get it;
They said "Walter, how come you let 'em hit it?"
Now Walter just told him with his gentle smile,
"Boys, this game isn't any fun if you don't get a hit once in a while."

Now, all through baseball he was loved and respected.
Was there bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected.

Now
A record's just a record and a book is just a book
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This Walter Johnson I speak of never so much as gave the opposing team a dirty look
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And a season's just a season in a game that was supposed to be just a game
Walter Johnson cared about people more than he cared about fame.

So all through baseball he was loved and respected.
Ah, bitterness in Walter Johnson? Well it was never detected.

Oooo...

--Jonathan Richman

Comments

[fflo.livejournal.com]

You didn't tell me! That's tres kewl. Wish I could get WRNR over the 'net. Maybe I'll try for WPFW.

Radio

[groovesinorbit]

Yeah, I was disappointed to find out that WRNR didn't have a live feed online. I guess most of the commercial stations don't now. The River (our fave station--WRSI) doesn't either. Have you checked out WFMU (www.wfmu.org)? They're a freeform station down in NJ that the former curator at Arrowhead told me about. They're pretty good. Not only can you listen live, but you can listen to any of their archived programs, as well. I like to use the random archive generator.

The River also plays a lot of nrbq, which pleases me to no end (and they play Little Feat and the Dregs, so Roy's happy, too). And Rachel's awesome. Not only is she out, but she's rather political about it, too. Today she was talking about the pending Mass Supreme Court gay marriage decision. It's looking to be the first one since the sodomy decision. Unfortunately, the court's delayed releasing its decision, and nobody knows when it's coming out (so to speak).

Re: Radio

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I shall check it out!