Josh Beckett..

...makes millions, Paul Pierce earns millions more,
so go look in the paper, now, what was the score?
Even the Bruins, and super goalie Tukka Rask,
last night the Flyers, took that team to task.

I suppose one lousy night does not a season make,
but with a night like that, I hope they catch a break.
The Sox still have a season a couple of months long,
but the other two are in playoffs, or is it swan song?

Maybe they were all sleepy, all the travel you know,
that may be the reason that the bat speed is so slow,
or those missed foul shots, and missed jump shots too,
or even why the ice turns players black and blue.

But when you earn that kind of money - even win or lose;
maybe it's not important to win, just play the game you choose;
BUT if the pay came only when they won,
what a difference, maybe - or a long losing run.

So that's the early morning stuff, that I get for waking up,
but now the coffee's ready - I think I'll have a cup;
those guys will play the way they will, we have no choice but watch, our suppossed hero,
I still don't think it matters to them, it's just numbers followed by zeros.

So I'll go on my way, waiting for the next,
grateful that I can see, and read the sober text;
We'll never make that money, it's on the sidelines that we stand,
all the while the millionaires take money from our hand.

So....let's go and push some buttons, see what good we'll do,
to heck with the athletes, let's start by pushing blue,
followed in succession, by yellow, pink and green;
and don't forget the purples, ain't that the prettiest you've seen?

And we all must remember, "it's only a game!",
but we have to stop and wonder, why don't they ever play the same,
one day they'll score runs, point or goals,
the next day they look like they don't own their souls.

Smile ;)

Note: Beckett earns $12,100,000.00/year, or about $74,692 per game; last
night he threw 107 pitches, which is about $691.58 every time he threw the ball!!
So it's important to keep that in mind, it's big business.

Note: This loss was the worst loss in a playoff game in the long Celtics history;
Captain Paul Pierce earns $19,795,712.00 this year, almost $240,000 a game!!!