Joe Juxhall??

11 Days of Larkin

The Rangers did the same thing for Al Oliver, but I must have missed it.

On the first day of Larkin, my true love gave to me
A lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the second day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the third day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Three of Dusty's Tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the fourth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

Kidding aside, it's great that they're doing this. People had been wondering why the Reds hadn't retired Larkin's number yet -- turns out they were waiting until after the HOF ceremony to go guns-out for him. Can't think of a more deserving guy.

The Rangers did the same thing for Al Oliver, but I must have missed it.

On the first day of Al Oliver ....

I got nothin'.

Eso! Wait until the ####### song is over!

On the fourth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

I warned you to never fall in love with Barry Halper. He'll only break your heart.

On the fourth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

It is really unfortunate that Barry Larkin didn't win two more Gold Gloves.

On the fifth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the sixth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the seventh day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

Im hoping the Giants do this for Zito one day.... 75 days of "Remember the Albatros!"

On the eighth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Eight Sabo goggles
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the eighth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Nine complaints about adam dunn
Eight Sabo goggles
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the tenth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Ten Nasty Boy highlight vids
Nine complaints about adam dunn
Eight Sabo goggles
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the Eleventh day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Eleven Paulie Tantrums
Ten Nasty Boy highlight vids
Nine complaints about adam dunn
Eight Sabo goggles
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

On the twelfth day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Twelve Hitler heirlooms
Eleven Paulie Tantrums
Ten Nasty Boy highlight vids
Nine complaints about adam dunn
Eight Sabo goggles
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets
Six ED X-Rays
Five! Series! rings!
Four Schottzie droppings
Three of Dusty's tooth picks
Two Pete Rose betting slips
and a lock of Marty Brennaman's hair

Hey, there's only 11 Days of Larkin!

Hey, there's only 11 Days of Larkin!

The song was good in the beginning, but Gonfalon went too far.

along with applause for the effort permit me to be somewhat amused at the reds show of affection for larkin who endured his share of criticism in cincy the last 5-6 years for various non-offenses

glad to know that with time everything is as it should with barry revered and honored by his team

The song was good in the beginning, but Gonfalon went too far.

Oh, well done.

Good job to everyone. That was nice. Especially nice by MCoA for tying in the fact the franchise has five world titles.

And #22 is really funny, too.

for the record 22 is a direct copy of a gonfalon comment in another thread using the same hitler basis

i suspect the poster was going for the double hit of the impact of the original and then tagging gb with his own material.

in the true spirit of bbtf

It works on so many levels!

Excellent work guys, though, I think this:

On the seventh day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:
Seven of Jeter's gift baskets

needs to be changed. In honor of Joe Nuxhall and his enjoying a few cold ones during broadcasts...

On the seventh day of Larkin, my true love gave to me:

Seven Nuxie empties

How about "Seven Kurt Stillwell rookie cards"

Seven Ryan Freel fist pumps

How about "Seven Kurt Stillwell rookie cards"

Ok, this is perfect, considering, at the time, many people thought Stillwell was the better bet to man SS for the Reds for the next decade.

One of my favorite Larkin moments doesn't actually involve anything Barry did...forgot which year it was - I know it was back in the '90s sometime - but after one of many Padres losses, the postgame show was on and the host was taking calls from the fans. Most of the calls were about how the Padres sucked and needed to make this move or that. One caller called in and the conversation basically went something like this:

Caller: "Hey, this is Bob in Santee."

Host: "Hello, Bob in Santee, what's on your mind?"

Bob in Santee: "The Padres Suck!"

Host: "I've been hearing a lot of that from the fans. Any suggestions on how the Padres could make the team better?"

BIS: "Our shortstop is the worst. We should trade him to Cincinnati for Barry Larkin."

Host: "Uh, Bob, I'm sure the Padres would love to get a shortstop like Barry Larkin - but what else do you think they should throw in to the deal to make this happen?"

BIS: "Oh, the Reds don't need to throw anybody else in to the deal. We could just swap shortstops straight up."

Host: Long silence. Dead air. Finally "Bob, what on earth makes you think the Reds would trade a future Hall of Famer like Barry Larkin straight up for the Padres shortstop?"

BIS: "Grumble, grumble..." <Click>

Host: "Wow...those are our fans, all right...ok, let's take the next call..."

To be fair, the Padres' shortstop, assuming it was Garry Templeton, was in fact the worst.