July 18th, 1993! Singalong!

JULY 18th, 1993
An Old Standard Makes an Appearance!

Was this the evolution of the "everybody sucks!" chant? July 18,1993. On one side of the scorecard is this little melange...

Mets Suck!
Ruben Sucks! (Sierra was in RF for Rangers)
Box Seats Suck!
Boston Sucks!
Your Mother Sucks!
Security Sucks!
The Blimp Sucks!

There is no "Everybody Sucks!" at that point, which became the bow on this chant package over time. This raucous refrain, which became a popular bleacher standard must have been at least fairly new, for it to be written on the scorecard, methinks. I would not simply write down something we had been doing all along, I imagine. Interesting to see the harangue against the RF ahead of the slam at the Box Seats in the pecking order. That switched its way around in time.

Yes, there was the Met Life blimp hanging around, according to the notes, thus the addition of "the blimp sucks!" I am guessing it was a Saturday afternoon game as the heading is "televised ass-kicking in the Bronx" as the Yankees notched a TEN SPOT in the 7th against the A's (described in the boxscore as the ASS - how original) - I am thinking there was a sock giveaway as well, as "Its raining socks!" is written in big, loopy letters near the top. Of course I can simply check the treasure trove www.baseballreference.com and confirm what day of the week this was played, but Ill wing it instead.

Not many notes on here. Either drunk or lazy, it appears Someone broke out the old "does your shirt come with a volume control" line. This was a favorite towards those in yellow (unless they were fat, and then they were called "the sun.") Apparently "Friend of Mine" was sang to Ruben Sierra with one out in the Yankee 8th. You know....

"Ruben is a friend of mine! (Ruben is a friend of mine) - He will blow me anytime! (He will blow me anytime) If you have a credit card! (if you have a credit card) He will blow you extra hard! (he will blow you extra hard) If you have a season pass! (If you have a season pass) He will even lick your ass! (he will even lick your ass)

And for those of you that have wondered, "Syphillis" was indeed sung all the way back in 1993! Syphillis Joe sang this ditty made famous by "Doctor Dirty" John Valby with the A's batting in the 7th.

For the uninitiated, it goes a little something like this, sung to the tune of "Yesterday"

Syphillis, it started with a simple kiss, now it hurts to even take a piss, oh how did I get syphillis?

Leprosy, all my skin is falling off of me, I'm not half the man I used to be, oh, how did I get leprosy?

There was a nod to Beavis and Butthead as someone wrote "uh, the A's got their ass kicked or something" on the scorecard. And the line of the game, howled to the field, seemed to be "you're so dumb you think ringworms is a lawn game!"

Who was the beneficiary of the beatdown? For the most part Goose Gossage, who was torched for 7 hits and 6 runs (unofficially, remember who was keeping score and how much we drank) in one and two-thirds innings. He was replaced by Dennis "Upper-Deck" ersley.

Yankees starting pitcher? Bob Wickman. Home runs from Tartabull, Mattingly, and Mike Stanley. Wade Boggs led off the Yankees, and Tartabull was in the cleanup spot. The one and only Paul Gibson closed out the game for our beloved Yankees.

Some of the luminaries in the A's lineup included Jerry Browne, Mike Aldrete, and DH Troy Neel, who ended a 3 year career with 37 home runs in 230 games, and a .280 batting average. Always wondered where he dissapeared to.

Time of the game was a "slower than evolution" (as described) 3:38, and there were 29,645 on hand. Your umpiring crew was Larry Young, Chuck Meriwether, Rich Garcia, and Dale Ford.

As always, thanks for reading.