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Carlos Beltran, King of the Hill

A man [1] built a park [2]

A man built a field [3]

A man said quirky! [4]

Is what I'll yield

I'll make one wall close [5]

Make one wall far [6]

I'll make another wall stand

Behind something bizarre [7]

Gonna have a hill

Gonna put it where?

Puttin' it in center

Way the hell out there [8]

Nobody digs it

Everyone complains

But at least there's a roof [9]

In the event it rains

Two teams played a game

Two teams played forever

What time would they finish?

The teams said “whenever”

Cut to the chase

Get to the point

Arrive in the fourteenth

A victor to anoint

Lamb on first

Burke on third

Joe Smith on the mound

Now isn't this absurd?

Houston had Scott [10]

I've heard that before

They once had a Scott [11]

From the hardware store [12]

Not that Scott

It wasn't Mike

But with first and third

What was there to like?

One out was needed

To keep things tied

When Luke Scott connected

We nearly died

His ball is long

His ball is deep

His ball might end it

That Houston creep

Wait just a minute!

Wait just a sec!

His ball is headed

To that pain in the neck [13]

It's heading for the hill

It's heading there now

It's gonna take a miracle

Scott can take a bow

The hill is quirky

The hill is high

I suspect the same

Of the architect [14] guy

It's a Crosley tribute? [15]

Unique incline?

The rest of us think

It's just asinine

Nobody could catch up

Nobody could hope

Unless Carlos Beltran

Was workin' his lope

Carlos ran long

Carlos ran deep

Carlos kept climbing

Carlos went steep

He lunged and he grabbed

He secured it and soon

He fell and held on

Like he was Al Toon [16]

The Astros were stopped

At the one-foot line

Wanna play some more?

The Mets said “fine”

Minute Maid Park [17]

Is truly the pits

I mean can you believe

Where that silly hill sits?

But hitting it to Beltran

Is your mistake

Boo him [18] all you want

Go jump in the lake [19]

He drove in the winner

The 'pen did the rest

Tal's Hill [20] is the worst

That catch was the best! [21]