What Leonard Cohen Might Say About the 2009 Royals

by StonewallPDS on Sep 25, 2009 10:48 AM EDT

Something along these lines:

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

I'm pretty sure that's what he would say.

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by Freneau on Sep 25, 2009 2:23 PM EDT reply actions

Bob Dylan's take:

Oh, the GM shouted to me
that injuries killed the season
but I went to a wiser man
who told me the real reason
he said pay attention to the numbers
not only to the scouts
when trying to find hitters
who do more than just make outs
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Kauffman
With the Royal blues again.

We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan

by Royal Kingdom on Sep 25, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs

+1

"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell

by buddyball on Sep 25, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Also performed in sultry fashion by Concrete Blonde

by LaFLamme on Sep 25, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Great stuff. Royals Review is awesome.

"I'll take some Coco with that please"

by RoyalJHWKR on Sep 25, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions

Tom Waits Take

Well I learned the trade from Johnny Schuerholz
and Bobby Cox, and old scouts toys
God used me as a hammer, boys
To beat his weary drum today

Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!

The sun is up, the world is flat
Defensive Metrics, don’t know about that
The smell of blood, the drone of flies
You know what to do if Billy Butler cries

Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!

Hoist that rag!

Well, we stick our fingers in the ground,
heave and turn the Braves organization round
Smoke is blacking out the sun
At night I pray and clean my gun

The cracked bell rings as the ghost bird sings
and the gods do go begging here
So just open fire when you hit the K
All is fair in love and war

Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!
Hoist that rag!

by Nighthawk at the Diner on Sep 25, 2009 6:58 PM EDT reply actions

Neil Young's take

When you were young
and living large
How did it feel
to be in charge?
I was always thinking
of deals that I was making.
Trying to make
the best of my team.

But that Guillen
can break your heart
Try to be sure
right from the start
Yes, Betancourt
can break your heart
What if your team
should fall apart?

I have a friend
Who’s in The Star
He hides his head
in UZR
Someone should call him
and see if he can come out.
Try to lose
the down that he’s found.

But Betancourt
can break your heart
Try to be sure
right from the start
And that Guillen
can break your heart
What if your team
should fall apart?

by 2X2L on Sep 25, 2009 7:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs