Iverson to the
Denver Nuggets and Daisuke Matsuzaka to the Boston Red Sox make each
town’s respective sports fans gaga over their omelettes and clam
chowder.
Matsuzaka to the Sox certainly has all of Boston’s
Japanese baseball fans excited. I know because I spoke to him.
Iverson, after being in Denver a few days, said he
knew Denver had a lot of white folks but never realized they could be
so white. And secondly, he questioned whether he’ll ever feel safe
seeing so many people in the town wearing ski masks.
Matsuzaka, met with the media and through an
interpreter said he was happy to join Boston because he loves tea… and
tea parties. Later he said he wanted to meet Big Bird, his favorite
Celtic.
People wonder how Iverson, a 31 point a game scorer
can co-exist with Carmelo Anthony, a 32 point per game scorer. No NBA
team has ever had two 30 point per game scorers. To answer whether
Allan and Carmelo will get along we referred the question to Paul
McCartney and Stevie Wonder. They started singing an answer, which by
the way – “The Answer” is Allan Iverson’s nickname. Paul and Stevie’s
musical answer goes like this:
Anthony and
Iverson
Both like to
shoot but who’ll be the one
One is short
and one is tall
Both are
corn-rowed and both can ball
Iverson and
Anthony
Living
together in perfect harmony?
Really no
question… if only you could see
Easy for you
to say… Mr. Di-vorc-eee
Side by
side… this isn’t working is it?
“Where’s my song?” asks Daisuke. “You gave Allan
Ivelson song. Matsuzaka deserve song. I want song by Japanese band MacDonald Duck Éclair
“Matsuzaka from Osaka.” You told stupid jokes about me and then give
Ivelson a song. Not right welcome. Play my song.”
Okay. We, at Silliman on Sports, do not
discriminate. If D-mat wants his song printed, we accommodate. We need
to warn you and D-Mat. The English translation isn’t perfect but here
it is, Matsuzaka from Osaka
by MacDonald Duck Éclair:
We love you,
Matsuzaka, you pitcher from Osaka
You struck
out Cubans, made them look macaca
Your wife,
she hot, she has the great big rockets
Great big
rockets, yeahhh, bigger than Godzilla
Great big
rockets, yeahhh, you pitcher from Osaka
