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An Ode to Flat Breezy

Ode to Flat Breezy

 

It seems like we hardly knew ye, Flat Breezy,

We'll miss you here in Bawlmer, for sheezy.

Your hat with its strangely unbendable brim,

And how you saved games that looked so grim

(At least most of the time it went that way,

Not the least of which being Birdland Day).

Even when you walked three in a row,

One, two, three batters you'd suddenly mow.

With an unforgettable role in Orioles Magic,

Now bereft of an encore. Just a bit tragic!

So good luck to you, our ninth-inning reaper;

We hope in return we got a great sleeper.

But as far as it goes in old Ball-tee-more

Ol' Georgie, you can safely be sure

That your time with us we'll always remember

And we'll root for you if you pitch in November!

There's one final thing that I know to be true:

You don't look like Vin Diesel; HE looks like YOU.

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how nice!

Welcome to the Show, Chris, May You Have A Great Start To A Great Career

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jul 30, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions  

sweet!

Matt Wieters can get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop in under one lick.

by daveh873 on Jul 30, 2009 8:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Nice!

Very nice indeed. I like your rhyming of “Breezy” and “sheezy.”

by O Nina on Jul 30, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions  

Haiku for George

O Flat Brim Breezy
Unflappable heatbringer
Please save our bacon

by Fred Sanford on Jul 30, 2009 10:47 PM EDT reply actions  

poetry on this site

is the shit!! +1

"Going over the hitters it was decided that we should pitch Frank Robinson underground." - Jim Bouton

by neptunerav on Jul 30, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Genius

June 30, 2009 — Birdland Day

by zknower on Jul 30, 2009 11:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Sick

"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether." -Jim Palmer

by Baltimo on Jul 30, 2009 11:30 PM EDT reply actions  

Clever

Sick poem. We will never forget you George!

by AJ10 on Jul 31, 2009 12:18 AM EDT reply actions  

Awesome, Esskay!

I bow to your poetry genius

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Jul 31, 2009 7:54 AM EDT reply actions  

Well done

I now have a team to root for this postseason if the Rays don’t make it.

by VB O's Guy on Jul 31, 2009 8:29 AM EDT reply actions  

Easily

They’re a team that was the brunt of everyone’s jokes for a decade and now they’re a legitimate force in the toughest division in baseball. Who’s laughing now?

by PhilR8 on Jul 31, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

MFY and PHN???

I know they represent the Sox and Yanks but what does MFY and PHN stand for?

Good Luck in LA George and Welcome To Baltimore Josh and Steve.

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 1, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Pink Hat Nation...

and, really, MFY should be pretty easy to figure out.

"We're not the other teams' farm system." - Andy MacPhail

by duck on Aug 1, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions  

motherfu--ing Yankkes?

Good Luck in LA George and Welcome To Baltimore Josh and Steve.

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 1, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oui.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Aug 1, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

oui?

Good Luck in LA George and Welcome To Baltimore Josh and Steve.

by BaltimoreSportsFan on Aug 1, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Means yes in français.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Aug 1, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Wow

Seriously, wow. I haven’t laughed that hard at a link on the internet in a looooong time. Rick Roll sucked. This is awesome.

by blawk359 on Aug 6, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

Because they are an example of how

Baltimore is going to defeat the MFY’s and PHN in 2011. A team build with homegrown talent locked up through their prime.

by uneasy rider on Aug 1, 2009 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

that is great

I’ll be rooting for Georgie in the playoffs for sure

by brooklynlovesorioles on Jul 31, 2009 10:15 AM EDT reply actions  

Brilliant.

I hope he somehow sees it.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Jul 31, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions  

Excellent poem

Well done! I love the Orioles Magic reference. And then there were two…

Team Relish

by kramertoneman on Jul 31, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions  

If you think about it

George Sherrill is one of the better closers in team history…really. You will be missed, but hey, at least we swapped beef for beef with LA!

by sickuvitall on Jul 31, 2009 11:54 AM EDT reply actions  

Thanks for the kind words, all!

The idea popped into my head and I had to run with it. You know how it goes!

Cry havoc and unleash the Esskay hot dogs of war! - The Wayward Oriole, Opening Day 2008

by Eat More Esskay on Jul 31, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions  

Awesome!

My heart is broken that he is gone.

by #1Rickydfan on Jul 31, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions  

That was amazing. Seriously. You rock.

"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.

by LenaO on Aug 1, 2009 10:07 AM EDT reply actions  

The National League will be a flat breeze

George already struck out the side in his 1-inning debut for the Dodgers Friday night.

by Fred Sanford on Aug 1, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Word!

A lovely tribute to a Birdland kinda guy.

by fishoutawata on Aug 2, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions  

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