PLAYERS:
Yuniesky Betancourt,
Jimmy Rollins,
Chase Utley,
Shaun Marcum,
Jonathan Lucroy,
Corey Hart,
Casey McGehee,
Kevin Mench,
Jose Veras,
John Axford,
Ryan Braun,
Richard Jefferson,
Trevor Hoffman,
Jason Kendall,
Bill Hall,
Ekpe Udoh
TEAMS: Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Golden State Warriors, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Bucks
TEAMS: Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Golden State Warriors, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Bucks
I've been holding this one in my back pocket for a while until former Brewers pop-up machine Yuniesky Betancourt tricked another team into signing him or, worse yet, was taken back by the Brewers. Fortunately, the Phillies fell victim to the veteran middle infielder's cherubic Cuban charm, inking him to a minor league to serve as an insurance policy for the empty shells which once encased Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley.
Anyway, we're getting dangerously close to becoming "The Best Phillies Blog In The World" too, so I'll just get to the original point of this post. A few weeks ago, my pal and former Right Field Bleachers cohort, Jared, alerted me to a little musical number called "The Best Song Ever Written About Yuniesky Betancourt" he found on MySpace. Anxious to see if the lofty claim was true, I didn't even remember to make fun of Jared for using MySpace.
Written and performed by a band called "Green Bay" (but with the Green Day f...
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January 28, 2013

