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Baseball

by Paper Ceilings

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Intro 01:09
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phenomenal smith thought himself to be an ace he said even if i had no fielders i would still win every game so behind his back his teammates held a meeting they said we've had enough of this tomorrow he'll take a beating and so the grays made 14 errors the next day and phenomenal smith lost the game in a phenomenal way some fines were handed down to make things look alright but brooklyn released phenomenal smith in the middle of his prime phenomenal smith thought himself to be an ace if your name was phenomenal, i guess you'd probably think the same
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michael jordan got tired of being a star caught a flight to sarasota to try something bizarre traded in his nike sneakers for a glove and a bat hit the cages every day and soon he found himself in a barons cap he went straight down to birmingham to play right field every night got off to a rocky start but soon his swing started to feel alright mj a chicago bull in aa mj riding the bus just for a chance to play mj gonna make it to the major leagues one day mj sell out crowds in every single town from knoxville to mobile the southern league was turned upside down he batted just .202 barely outpaced mendoza but he added 50 points to that when he played fall ball in arizona but then there came the players strike spring training of 95 didn't wanna be a replacement player so he headed back to the united center mj a chicago bull in aa mj riding the bus just for a chance to play mj gonna make it to the major leagues one day mj michael jordan got tired of being a star caught a flight to sarasota to try something bizarre
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eddie's dodger teammates made fun of him he wore coke bottle glasses and he played the violin leo durocher thought that it was all a ruse he said bring your violin tomorrow, i wanna hear some tunes eddie made him a wager, said i can really play you know i bet ya a thousand bucks that you'll enjoy the show leo thought it over and said you've got yourself a deal sweeter sounds were rarely heard in the confines of ebbets field he played a waltz by strauss among some other songs leo emptied his wallet and reluctantly admitted he was wrong well he really dug berlin and all of tin pan alley but he didn't last in brooklyn under walter o malley so he joined the pcl and there he fit right in on sunday doubleheaders he'd still play that violin sometimes he'd hit a homer sometimes he would strike out but he always played the violin and he always went all out eddie basinski loved to play the fiddle and he loved to turn the double play on a hard hit grounder up the middle
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satchel paige the greatest of all time the infielders are sitting down cause they know he'll strike out the side he can paint the corner and he can make ya chase and once you time his fastball well he'll just hesitate strike one, strike two, strike three mowing them all down strike one, strike two, strike three barnstormin' through your town satchel paige the greatest of all time even at age 42 he's gonna go all nine he can throw a screwball and he can throw an eephus when satchel paige is on the hill no one can ever beat us strike one, strike two, strike three mowing them all down strike one, strike two, strike three barnstormin' through your town satchel paige the greatest of all time the infielders are sitting down cause they know he'll strike out the side
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Rick Ankiel 02:18
rick ankiel had it all 95 on the black, cut and miss at the breaking ball rick ankiel had it all rick ankiel, he would fall rick ankiel forgot how to throw a strike couldn't find the plate, no matter how hard he tried matheny wasn't there to catch cause he sliced his hand with a hunting knife and duncan did his best of course but he too was stupefied rick ankiel had it all rick ankiel went back to rookie ball on the mound, he was still wild but when he swung the bat, sometimes the baseball went a mile rick ankiel began to reconsider maybe i'm not a pitcher, maybe i am a hitter later on in memphis, they could not get him out when he swung the bat, it made this terrifying sound everyone took notice, word got around front page of the papers, guess who's back in town rick ankiel stepped to the plate in the bottom of the 7th with two away albert loomed on deck so he knew he'd see a strike rick ankiel sent the ball into the night rick ankiel had it all a hanger at the belt, it barely cleared the wall rick ankiel had it all rick ankiel took a curtain call
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Charlie Root 02:04
poor old charlie root remembered for one lone pitch to babe ruth poor old charlie root served up a homer in 32 babe pointed to center or so the tale goes what really happened nobody quite knows babe smashed the curve over the wall but was the shot really called? it haunted poor charlie all the way to his grave when no one believes you well what can you say? oh deep in my heart i know what is true said poor old charlie root poor old charlie root remembered for one lone pitch to babe ruth poor old charlie root served up a homer in 32 he won two hundred in his long career pitched for the cubbies for sixteen good years he'd be a hero in most other stories but charlie root was deprived of his glory give your life to a game and what do you get? remembered for something that never happened give your life to a game yeah what do you get? remembered for one single pitch poor old charlie root served up a homer in 32
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Ray Oyler 02:34
hey ray oyler here's an apartment and a brand new car i know you bat .135 but to me you're still a star heard it on the radio and i called in right away got my season tickets now it's almost opening day here in seattle we're just happy to have a team this summer at the ballpark is like some kinda dream and i know we'll probably lose a hundred games but ray oyler in seattle everybody chants your name hey ray oyler here's an apartment and a brand new car i know you bat .135 but to me you're still a star and ray oyler i know that it can be tough just wait for a fastball and lay off the breaking stuff and every time you dig in well i'll still stand and clap but i wonder if you've considered maybe trying a different bat? here in seattle we're just happy to have a team every day at the ballpark is like some kinda dream and in the end we lost close to a hundred games but ray oyler in seattle everybody chants your name here in seattle we don't even have a team that summer at the ballpark was just some kinda dream and i guess it's true that nothing gold can stay cause ray oyler went to oakland and the pilots flew away
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his name was john franklin "home run" baker around the turn of the century, he was quite the player the original home run king in all of the majors not even walter johnson wanted to face home run baker but home run baker didn't hit too many homers though i don't mean to say that this was any kinda misnomer cause in the dead ball era 12 long balls was a quite a lot well home run baker and the a's couldn't be stopped the philadelphia infield cost one hundred thousand bucks some say that infield was the best that there ever was four pennants in five years with home run baker but the a's sold him to the yanks, said baker see ya later oh home run baker didn't hit too many homers though i don't mean to say that this was any kinda misnomer cause in the dead ball era 12 long balls was quite a few couldn't wait to get to the bronx to see what he could do but in new york, baker felt so out of place "what's with this rabbit ball?" he asked, this is a different game and murderer's row just five or so years away pretty soon nobody even knew his name cause home run baker didn't hit too many homers though i don't mean to say that this was any kinda misnomer cause in the dead ball era 12 long balls was pretty fine but not even home run baker could turn back time
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when i was six years old, royce clayton you were my favorite an everyday shortstop and then you got traded when i was six years old, royce clayton you were my favorite all the way down to texas, you got traded i remember hearing the news i couldn't believe it was true i remember hearing the news walt jocketty what did you do? seventeen years later it still stings a little bit everything is sacred when you're just a little kid baseball's not a business, not a game it's more than that it's hot dogs and rookie cards and the bill of royce clayton's cap seventeen years later it still stings a little bit everything is sacred when you're just a little kid baseball's not a business, not a game it's more than that it's extra innings in the upper deck and the crack of royce clayton's bat i remember hearing the news i couldn't believe it was true i remember hearing the news walt jocketty what did you do?
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Outro 00:34

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All songs written and performed by Jesse Ceilings

Narration and jingles performed by Rob Severson
(googolplexia.com)

Additional vocals by Chelsi Webster and Grace Smith
(www.facebook.com/whskyjanetor)

Recorded May - July 2015 at dvd.home in Columbia, MO and PPHQ in St. Louis, MO

Release shows w/ Furlough Noir

8/19/15 - Columbia, MO @ dvd.home
8/20/15 - St. Louis, MO @ Nubb Town

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released August 20, 2015

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