By Glen McKee, AngelsWin.com Staff Writer -
So I’m sitting here “watching” the Angels lose to the Astros one more time. I’m at work so the watching is via ESPN’s gamecast, about the only thing ESPN does well anymore (unless they want to advertise onangelswin.com, in which case everything about ESPN is aces!). Since I don’t have a broadcast to listen to I have some music on, and I’m listening to some Bruce Springsteen. After the Astros just scored their sixth run – effectively putting the game out of reach at 6-2, even though it was already done at 4-2 – there was a moment of serendipity as the beautiful song “I Wish I Were Blind” came on. It perfectly fits how I feel about the team right now, with the memory of the eight-game winning streak already vanishing like the memory of the last time Albert Pujols ran without looking like a penguin. Click on the YouTube video below, enjoy the song, and read along to my lyrics that have been changed to be Angels-centric…
I love to see the start of baseball
In the early spring
I love to see the message of hope
The new season brings
But when I see the Angels fold
Against the Houston Astros
I wish I were blind
When I see this team play ball
I love to see Mike Trout hit a
Single that gets him to third
I love to watch the ball leave the park
Off Mark Trumbo’s bat
Then I see, yet another
Botched hit and run play kill a rally
And I wish I were blind
When I watch this team play ball
This team struggles against all the worst pitchers
And their bats that once score more than five runs
Can barely get two
And the joy I once got from watching them play
Is banished from me
And a dismal team, is all baby that my heart sees
And though this team is staffed
With players like Pujols and Josh Hamilton
Oh I wish I were blind
When I see this team play ball
This team struggles against just about every pitcher
Every two run defecit they face
Feels more like ten
And the joy I once got from watching them play
Is banished from me
And a dismal team, is all baby that my heart sees
And though we have Mike Trout, and maybe one or two other players
I still like to watch
Oh I wish I were blind
When I see this team play ball