Entries Tagged as 'nationals'

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Break Up the Nationals!

The juggernaut that is the Washington Nationals has lost its last game ever, beating the Braves 5-4 to end a 9-game skid. Time to break them up. Break Up the Nationals Break up the Nationals, they won the game today Let’s all be rational, there’s nothing left to say Their gloves like Hoover vacuums swallow [...]

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Wily Mo Pena

I’ve had this song kicking around for a long time, since last season when we got Wily, to be exact. It’s what I think Jim Bowden must have been thinking when he made the deal, if what he was thinking was set to the tune of “Give it Away” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. [...]

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Hats Off indeed!! Zim wins the opener!

How could I have written it up any better!? Two out in the bottom of the 9th of a tie game, and up steps Ryan Zimmermand and SLAM! A ball that would have been caught before the warning track at RFK instead fulfills its destiny as a keepsake for a fan in the first row. [...]

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Johnny Pat!

I wrote Johnny Pat with my brother Ned. (I love you bro!) Johnny Pat was meant to be the Nat’s ace in 2007, and it just didn’t work out that way – but my philosophy with these songs is to turn every Nat into Paul freaking Bunyan if I can help it. Multi-tracking and exclamation [...]