Текст песни: The Yankee Flipper + перевод

He’s a friend of the Smithereens, an old pal of Eddie Vedder

For a good few years there weren’t any pitchers better

He loved R.E.M. and he played a Rickenbacker guitar

But for a night on the town with Mike Mills, you get hit pretty hard

Mike and I met up with Dennis Diken and Black Jack somewhere

As this was New York City, you may have heard they have a few bars there

Jack loved the Replacements, and we drank enough that we became them

Two guitars, bass, and drums, yeah, our lineup was the same then

He was crowned the Yankee Flipper by the foul ball of fame

He gave 50,000 fans the finger, but we’d like to share a little bit of the blame

It was Spike and Mike and Black Jack and me

I’m told Jack ended up on the cold tiles of the floor

With his mom, who was visiting, banging on the bathroom door

Next time he took the mound was not a pretty sight

And I’ve always figured it had a lot to do with that night

The photos filled every front page of the morning editions

Now he’s the poster boy for a grand baseball tradition

Templeton, Tejada, Billy Martin, and Albert Belle

From old Hoss Radbourne all the way to David Wells

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