Viral video: The ‘Mark Teixeira’ songsters say ‘Thanks Bobby’
The Mark Teixeira trade wasn’t an Atlanta Braves highlight: It did nothing for them in the standings and rid them of two young players — shortstop Elvis Andrus and closer Neftali Feliz — who have helped the Texas Rangers win the American League West. But the 2007 trade was memorable for one thing:
The song (and accompanying YouTube video) “Mark Teixeira” by two Auburn students who called themselves “Tito and the Gun Show.” (Real names: Andrew Hall and Tyler Crawford.) And today I bring happy news:
They’re back.
With a song (and accompanying YouTube video) called, “Thanks Bobby.” (And if you’re asking, “Bobby Who?,” you’re reading the wrong blog.)
The new magnum opus is of a piece with “Mark Teixeira” — one guitar being strummed (by Hall), two guys sitting on a beige couch, wordplay run riot.
Key points of reference in “Thanks Bobby”: A hotel lobby, a lumberjack, plaid, ejections, a pier, chin-nose-chin, Ann Boleyn, a fat kid and pie.
I’m not going to say it trumps “Teixeira,” which even after three years makes me laugh out loud, but I like this one, too. And it does seem particularly timely, wouldn’t you say?
But enough of me. Here you go.
(Oh, and if you’d like a “Thanks Bobby” T-shirt for the weekend … you can click here to browse. The one Crawford is wearing is nice, but I like the one pictured above — with the thumb.)
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Sonny Clusters
October 1st, 2010
1:58 pm
We was thinking that if they win tonight that they make a one game playoff, but that also considering if they Padres don’t lose. We think they Braves will win one game, at least and the Padres will lose at least two. The Padres don’t have a DQ cheeseburger chance around a Clusters to make the Wild Card.
ward
October 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
WREN HASN;T DONE MUCH, AND I;M GOING TO CRITICIZE WHO I WAN;T , AND CRITICIZE WHO I DON;T WAN;T. I TELL IT LIKE IS. WREN COULD;VE DONE BETTER, BUT HE DIDN;T. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE OVERAL PICTURE. I;M PROUD OF THE BRAVES. JUST NOT PROUD OF WREN. QUIT DEFFENDING SOME ONE WHO MAKES BAD DEALS. GO!!! BEACHY LET;S GET A WIN. GO!!! BRAVES!!!
ward
October 1st, 2010
3:29 pm
WREN DID DO THE MARK TEXERIA TRADE, BECAUSE I WATCHED IT GO DOWN FROM ESPSN. I SAW THE WHOLE DEALAND ALL THE OTHER DEALS. QUIT DEFFENDING WREN. GO!!!!BRAVES!!! WIN ONE FOR BOOBBY………
Phillies, Class of the NL
October 1st, 2010
3:50 pm
you know, its a darn shame we wrapped up the division so long ago – nothing like the braves getting into the playoffs cheaply. The team the Phillies put on the field, which will not be starters, will play their best, and will still probably win 2 of 3.
If I was a braves fan I would not be happy about cheaply backing into the playoffs, IF you make it at all
The braves and their fans are so lame.
Sonny Clusters
October 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
What do we have to do to get the Phillies bloggers banned off of this page? We was starting to get real sick of them when they first started coming to our page.
ward
October 2nd, 2010
12:47 am
SIMLY – THE BRAVES HAVE TO BEAT THE PHILLY;S. AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP ON SUPPORTING OUR TEAM. DOES IT MATTER WHAT THEY THINK? THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT TO THE 2 ROUND TOO. GO!!!! BRAVES!!!!
ward
October 2nd, 2010
12:49 am
SIMLPLE AS 1,2,3. THEY HAVE MORE PRESURE THAN WE DO?
ward
October 2nd, 2010
12:59 am
I JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK, AND I HOPE THE BRAVES CAN STILL PULL IT OFF AFTER ALL WE DO HAVE 90 WINS, SO WE DIDN;T LIMP OUR WAY IN. WE FOUGHT OUR WAY IN. WE DON;T HAVE MILLION DOLLAR PLAYERS LIKE YOUR PHILLY;S DO. GO!!!BRAVES!!!!
Mark Teixeira
October 7th, 2010
2:04 am
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