The Every Time I Bat I Face A Different Astros Pitcher Blues
© Copyright 2003 by J-Mag Guthrie

Today we play the Astros, we beat 'em yesterday
We got Weaver, they got Oswalt, I think we'll win again today...
Oswalt's hurt, so it's Munro—what pitches does he use?
I got them every time I bat I face a different Astros pitcher blues

With two out they make an error, a walk and hit by a pitch
The count goes 3-and-0, Posada don't even twitch
Then he grounds out to first—he must've missed his cues!
I got them every time I bat I face a different Astros pitcher blues

Then Munro walks Todd Ziele, so they bring Kirk Saarloos in
In the bottom of the sixth, they bring Brad Lidge to relieve him
He throws two perfect innings—lives up to his reviews
I got them every time I bat I face a different Astros pitcher blues

In the eighth Dotel comes in, strikes out the side, & one more
In the ninth it's Billy Wagner comin' in to shut the door
No hits and thirteen K—what an ugly way to lose
I got them every time I bat I face a different Astros pitcher—
Almost fifty years since the Yanks lost a no-hitter—
I got them every time I bat I face a different Astros pitcher blues

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