“Guess you feel you’ll always be the one and only one for me
And if you think you could
Well, chances are your chances are awfully good”
~Johnny Mathis
Author: Andy Lane Chapman
Position: Columnist
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Height:5'4" Weight: 140 lb.
Born: August 30, 1976 Ft Huachucha AZ
High School: Honesdale High School (Honesdale PA)
College:York College (York PA)
Dodgers Fan Since: 1976
Favorite Dodgers Players: Steve Sax, Brett Butler, Clayton Kershaw
Favorite Band: Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Eric Church
About: Wedding flower designer, knitter, avid reader and addicted to Twitter. Lover of wine, dance parties in my kitchen, and useless information. Married to a Mets fan, Mom to 2 boys and a golden retriever.
The Space Between
“Is where you’ll find me hiding waiting for you
The space between your heart and mind
Is the space we’ll fill with time
The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter keeps us coming back for more”
~Dave Matthews Band
What A Wonderful World This Would Be
“Don’t know much about history
Don’t know much biology
Don’t know much about a science book
Don’t know much about the French I took”
~Sam Cooke
Seventy-Six Trombones
(Author’s note — I know that “Seventy Six Trombones” seems like an odd title for a post about baseball and clinching a division title. It’s actually a nod to Vin Scully‘s favorite musical, The Music Man. My friend Ron Ramos sent me a link to this article, which I had never read before, and this is my favorite quote from it: “One of my favorites, and I love so many, has to be ‘The Music Man,’ because it combines so many things about living in a small town, the barbershop harmony, the beautiful love songs … it has everything. I loved the play as well as the musical…..I guess my philosophy has always been to play something up-beat, a musical, while I’m driving to the park. Anything that’s full of beans, peppy. I like to get out of the car singing that last song.” And I don’t know about you, but I adore the thought of Vin humming and bouncing along to “Seventy Six Trombones” as he heads in the stadium.)
Unforgettable
“Unforgettable, that’s what you are
Unforgettable though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more”
~Nat King Cole
There are inevitably going to be a million pieces on Vin Scully as he reaches his retirement, and rightly so. When I started thinking about doing a piece about Vin and what listening to Vin has meant to me, I knew that I could ever do it justice. So I turned to you, Dodgers fans, to let you tell me what Vin has meant to you in your life. And as the fans of Dodgers baseball are varied, so are the reasons that you all love Vin.
Heat of the Moment
“I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
One look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe this smile right from my face”
~Asia
My Boyfriend’s Back
“My boyfriend’s back and you’re gonna be in trouble.
(Hey, la-di-la, my boyfriend’s back.)
When you see him comin’, better cut on the double.
(Hey, la-di-la, my boyfriend’s back.)”
~The Angels
(Dancin’ In) September
“Ba de ya — Say do you remember
Ba de ya — Dancin in September
Ba de ya — never was a cloudy day”
~Earth Wind and Fire
(Photo Credit: Ron Cervenka/ThinkBlueLA)
Vacation
“Vacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone”
~The Go-Go’s
Give It Away Now
“What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your mama
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your pappa
What I’ve got you’ve got to give it to your daughter
You do a little dance and then you drink a little water”
~Red Hot Chili Peppers
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