| A game worth winnin' from the beginnin' of the first inning
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| An essential day off since it’s provincial playoffs
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| And i’m playin' shortstop, batting fourth in the line-up
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| The opposing pitcher’s a right-hander with an unorthodox wind-up
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| And a good move to first, throws a curve, and changes speeds
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| Can be wild at times and known to blow the strangest leads
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| Like the last time we faced him, he turned one savage
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| Lead into a loss for his team, and inflated his earned run average
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| But today he seems focused and we were stuck out to dry
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| In the top of the first 'cause he struck out the side
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| But in the bottom half, the bad guys came out swingin'
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| A lot of coaches like to choose takin' the same route
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| Bringing the big hitters to the plate, and players that are purely speed
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| And try to manufacture runs and jump out to an early lead
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| And this time it worked, so we were gonna need a hero
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| 'cause after one complete, the score’s already 3 to 0
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| Leadin' off the second, i swung at the first pitch
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| No wonder the center fielder back-peddled to the track and settled under it
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| 0 for 1 and can’t get goin'
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| The ball’s thrown around the horn and back to the pitcher now
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| And all is going good for the bad guys, but not so hot for the visitors
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| The big right-hander is takin' no prisoners
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| He seems to have us figured out, the question is, can we compete?
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| He’s pitching perfect after 3 complete and has a 3−1 lead
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| Top of the fourth and our lead-off hitter makes it to first base
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| And here we go, it’s the worst-case
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| Scenario for any opposing pitcher because he got a reckon
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| That the first chance he gets, he’s gonna try to steal second
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| Which he does. |
| so for the first time during the mission
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| We’ve got nobody out and a man in scoring position
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| The next batter flies out to right, but yo word
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| That’s still only one out and a runner on third
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| So then the number 3 hitter steps up to the conventional talk
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| Showin' where he’ll hit, but draws the intentional walk
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| It’s an old maneuver they made 'cause trouble may follow
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| Unless they get the double play from the clean-up hitter and that’s me
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| The infielder’s set up a double play depth when they’re ready
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| But i smack a line drive into left-center for a double, bringing two across
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| Which just leaves it up to me to do the damage in the clean-up spot
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| 'cause now the score was 3 to 2
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| The score remained the same through five past hits to pretense
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| We kept it close with a dazzling display of defense
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| We had to pull the starting pitcher, the one that was left handed
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| The story of the sixth inning was base runners left stranded
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| And bullpen activity. |
| but still the job is gettin' it done
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| After a perfectly executed hit and run
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| And what may later prove to be the ultimate game-winning catch
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| We got a tie game going into the seventh inning stretch |