Re: (BB) "Talkin' Baseball - St. Louis Cardinals" song by Terry Cashman
peri...@eudoramail.com
That was a great post.
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http://www.americanoriginalscds.com/tcnl.html
"Talkin' Baseball: National League"
by Terry Cashman (2001)
14 NL teams songs
"St. Louis Cardinals"
"Talking Baseball"
(Baseball in St. Lou)
[older 1982 version not on Terry Cashman's later CD version on the
above
link]
by Terry Cashman
"With a Flash out of Fordham [1],
They knocked in runs and scored 'em.
The Gashouse Gang was full of fight and nerve.
The Redbirds were the rage,
The Wild Horse of the Osage [2],
And Paul and Dizzy were keeping 'em busy with heat and curves!
I'm Talkin' Baseball.
Hornsby, Haines [3], and Ripper [4].
Cardinal baseball!
Leo was the Lipper.
Ducky [5], Country, Red, Kurowski, too.
Slats [6], he had that Golden Glove of glue.
I'm Talkin' Baseball.
Baseball in St. Lou.
With that Man, no one could match him.
Mort pitchin', Walker catchin',
St. Louis was another Cooperstown.
Rookies of the year,
Bill and Wally started here.
Brock on the run,
The Cardinals won, and were pennant-bound!
I'm Talkin' Baseball!
Javier and Carlton.
Cardinal baseball!
Billy White and Washburn.
Boyer, Groat, and Curt, McCarver [7], too.
Cepeda was an MVP [8], it's true.
I'm Talkin' Baseball! Baseball in St. Lou!
Now, this town on the Mississippi!
Is Handy with the Blues.
And the King of Beers is right at home,
Where Gibson made the hitters moan.
Seventeen went down in just one Fall [9].
Now, Gibby's in the Hall!
The Cardinals have tradition,
Each year they have a mission.
To end up in the Classic in the Fall.
New names join the old, another team unfolds.
The Cards look mighty, they're managed by Whitey.
So, let's Play Ball!
I'm Talkin' Baseball.
Hendrick, Keith Hernandez.
Cardinal baseball!
Oberkfell and Sanchez.
Darrell, Forsch, and Tommy, Sutter, too.
When Ozzie fields, the Cards are comin' through.
Talkin' Baseball. Baseball in St. Lou!
Talkin' Baseball. Baseball in St. Lou!
The Man! The Man! The Man!
Cardinal baseball!
Baseball in St. Lou.
The Man! The Man! The Man!
Well, Stanley Frank, he was in the bank.
The Donora Greyhound, Talkin' Baseball!
Baseball in St. Lou.
The Man! The Man! The Man!
Yeah, Gibby would call: 'Hey, just gimme the ball'!
The Man! The Man! The Man!
I'm Talkin' Baseball..."
[1] Player-Manager Hall of Famer, Frankie Frisch, graduated from
Fordham Univ.
[2] John Leonard "Pepper" Martin, MVP of the 1931 World Series with his
great hitting (12-for-24, .500) and wild baserunning with 5 stolen
bases,
decimated the Philadelphia A's.
[3] Jesse "Pop" Haines, the only other Cardinals pitcher to win 200
games (210-158) before Bob Gibson; pitched until he was 44 (1918,
1920-1937).
[4] James "Ripper" Collins, 1b-man (1931-1936), led NL in HRs (35) in
1934.
[5] Joe "Muscles" ('Ducky') Medwick (1932-1940, 1947-1948 with the
Birds); call him "Ducky" to his face, and chances were good he'd bop
you one. Last NL Triple Crown winner (1937) with .374 31 HR, 154 RBI
and the MVP winner. Hall of Fame, 1968
[6] Marty "Slats" ('The Octopus') Marion (1940-1959 with the Birds),
the fabulous fielding shortstop, and the 1944 NL MVP winner with a mere
.267 batting average, because he saved so many runs with his glove.
[7] James Timothy 'Tim' McCarver (1959-1961, 1963-1969 with the Birds),
the runner-up in the 1967 MVP voting [8]; a 1-2 feat rarely seen in any
baseball year; a splendid .295 hitter that championship year with 14
HRs and 69 RBIs. Led the entire NL (1966) in TRIPLES (13), a rare, rare
feat for any catcher. Singled and later scored the winning run in the
*hot* 1966 All-Star Game at the new Busch Stadium in the 10th inning,
the only All-Star Game enjoyed in that now-late stadium (Jul. 12, 1966;
A-49,936; MVP-Brooks Robinson, AL). One of the very few players in
baseball to play in parts of FOUR decades: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and
1980s. [1959-1980]
Won the key 5th game in the '64 World Series (Oct. 12) against the
'mighty' Yankees with a dramatic 3-run HR in the 10th inning at Yankee
Stadium to put the Birds up 3-2 in games.
Ended his career with the World Champion Phillies and again with his
old battery-mate Steve "Lefty" Carlton, now a great pitcher compared to
his 1966-70 promise (and wildness) with the Birds, before breaking out
with 20 wins in 1971, then incredibly traded away. [One of the worst
trades ever made by the Cardinals and Gussie Busch.]
[8] 1967, World Series champions with Orlando ("Cha Cha" or "Baby
Bull") Cepeda driving in an NL-leading 111 RBIs, beating Aaron, Mays,
and Clemente. A *unanimous* choice for the 1967 NL MVP sweeping all 20
first-place votes. Batted .325 (6th) with 37 Doubles (2nd), and 25 HRs
(9th). Also led the NL with 12 Hit-by-pitch.
[9] 1st game of the 1968 World Series (Oct. 2), 17 strikeouts for Bob
(Pack Robert) "Hoot" Gibson.
Arguably the 2nd-best pitched game in World Series (except for Don
Larson's perfect game in 1956 as #1) history, although he did allow,
but scattered 5 hits but only 1 extra-base hit (Kaline, double), and
walked only 1. Gibson *unanimously* swept the 1968 Cy Young award with
all 20 first-place votes *and* also won that year's MVP award, a rarity
for any pitcher--but duplicated that same year by his counterpart in
the AL in that incredible "Year of the Pitcher."
Many baseball experts would pick Gibson as one of the very few credible
choices (Ford, Koufax, Mathewson, the other ones) as their starting
pitcher if they HAD to win just ONE game, such as the deciding 7th
World Series game. Only pitcher in baseball history to win TWO Game 7
World Series' games, and narrowly missed sweeping all three Game 7's he
started to cap a fabulous year with his MLB-record-shattering 1.12 ERA
for pitchers with over 300 innings. Still owns the World Series
strikeout record with 35 in 3 games in the 1968 Series. 7-2, 1.89 in
World Series play and also owns the record for consecutive World Series
wins with 7. [lost the 2nd game in '64, last game in '68; won 2 in '64,
3 in '67, 2 in '68]
Elected (the only player) to the Hall of Fame in his first year of
eligibility in 1981.
"Yeah, Gibby would call: 'Hey, just gimme the ball'!"
