tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3656798271138304950..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Be ThankfulAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89335063473675135692007-11-03T13:13:00.000-04:002007-11-03T13:13:00.000-04:00I remember that song! Parts of it, anyway. "oh-o...I remember that song! Parts of it, anyway. "oh-oh give it to him let him see the fastball! give it to him let him see the fastball!" I bought their tape, but that version wasn't on there. It was to the tune of "In Odess" (Odessa), which is likely an eastern European klex standard.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-87769585605834974702007-11-02T07:56:00.000-04:002007-11-02T07:56:00.000-04:00In 1986, some months before the Red Sox had won th...In 1986, some months before the Red Sox had won the pennant that year, a klezmer group on the Prairie Home Companion sang a song about the Red Sox . Here is what I remember of the song: <BR/><BR/>Go, Boston Red Sox<BR/>......<BR/>...of frankfurters and beer<BR/>From New Hampshire to the ocean<BR/>Sox fans are in motion<BR/>Hoping without reason<BR/>For a better season <BR/>Than you had last year.<BR/>Mazeltov!<BR/><BR/>Ironically, for all my dislike of the NY Yankees, the only actual contact I had with a major league ballplayer was with a former Yankee, who was a student teacher in one of my high school gym classes. In a conversation with a co-worker, I found out that Calvin Schiraldi was a member of his church. A classmate in TX from the west side of the Connecticut River was a diehard Yankees fan- not surprising given the Yankees/Red Sox divide in Conn. Her grandmother had boarded players from the Red Sox farm team in New Britain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com