That's incriminating. I am shocked. It's one thing to try to cheat in Kent Hrbek's charity fishing tournament, but this is truly terrible. Seriously. Why would they even want to claim something like that as their own?!?

Uh oh...now it's on my iTunes...I wonder what the subliminal ramifications will be if it makes it to my iPod update...

They play this song when Jose Reyes (Mets) comes up to bat.

My God. This is far, far more hurtful than any of the steroid business.

I'm glad to hear the boys aren't trying to take up hip-hop. I mean... remember Allen Iverson? Shaq? ::shivers::

And that is the most disturbing cartoon of a purple bird that I've ever seen.

Does it matter where it comes from? It's magical!

And by doing this, you only risk destorying the magical properites of said song!

What did Gardy know, and when?

What nobody's pointing out is that the real victim here is Gwen Stefani. I mean, that's such an obvious ripoff of "Hollaback Girl" that I hope she's getting a cut.

I had faith that BG would eventually be slipped a copy of the song.

LOL, I've never burned a cd in my life, but supposedly can with new 'puter. I've gotta have that one. I'll make sure to blast it out in Ft Myers. Just imagine, an old guy with chacarron blaring from some old hippy van!

Have we considered the possibility that they recorded their own version with their own lyrics? Could happen! These clowns have certainly done stranger things.

Having now listened to the mp3 here, it's not the same song. The one they play for Jose Reyes (and I'm assuming the one our guys are claiming as their own) is Chacarron Macarron by El Mudo. They're similar but not the same song.

To clarify, I meant the Italian mp3 is not the song they play for Jose Reyes, though similar.

Ugh. Now I have that song stuck in my head.

Dear Ms. NY,

The version I have linked above is the very recording the players passed off as their own.

Sincerely,
Batgirl

The little devils.

I blame the language barrier. Not only do these players not know whats going into their mouths, they dont know whats coming out of them either. :)

Truly shocking!

Are there no role models left?!?!?!

I heard the M+M boys just laid claim to a new song entitled "Proud to be an American" though there is a serious dispute over who was responsible for the cymbal crash.

Joe Mays got into the act claiming he is the creative influence for the classic: "Why can't we be friends?"

That bird looks like the love child of the Road Runner and Woody Woodpecker, on acid.

--Have we considered the possibility that they recorded their own version with their own lyrics? Could happen! These clowns have certainly done stranger things.

I would guess that this is that case. I mean, come on... they did it in a mall in Detroit! nobody really thought they wrote the music and played the instruments and everything, did they?

they ad-libbed their own lyrics to a karaoke track in a mall recording studio. I think it's great!

I LOVE the Twins!

Dear Ms. Fumbly,

Again, the recording I have above is the recording they passed off as their own--which is the exact same as the "real" version. Unless all the players are incredible mimics and able to sound exactly like the Soca Gang, we must come to the conclusion that we were punked. It was a pretty good punking, too.

Sincerely,
BG

That bird is seriously messed up.
Of course, SO IS THIS SONG. Dear god.

outrage! scandal! wait, what's going on? I forgot. I'm just glad we still have a few interesting personalities on the team.

Dear Mr. Sacky,

Me, too. Thank the maker. May they play many pranks. Convincing everyone you recorded that song may be as good as actually doing it.

Yours,
BG

okay. I apologize for not listening to the original. it took 20 minutes to download the Silva version on my dialup, and I didn't want to wait.

I consider myself punk'd...well done Ha Ha

Too bad it wasn't them for real.

I'm pretty sure Chacarron Macarron by El Mudo is the same song as the Soca Gang song, just recorded by a different artist (and recently popular among Latinos). It's just a different version of the same song. I think they appropriated the El Mudo version, which is the only one I've ever heard.

They're still little devils. Spankings all-round, I say.

I'm still amused by how "some pitchers" (I'm guessing Santana and Silva, just . . . 'cuz) presented Gardy with a lineup card that had nothing but Twins pitchers on it. (This was back before this weekend's series).

'Course before this weekend, I was thinking that might not be a bad idea!

It seemed too good to be true that the same guys who lead the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio could also have musical talent. Although this song strains the definition of talent (I like it though). It does explain why Carlos couldn't say what "Chacarron" means.

On the bright side, at least we're finding evidence of personality that Batgirl is looking for!

Frankly, I'm relieved. We didn't need our own version of the '85 Bears and their "SuperBowl Shuffle."

That's some quality sass, though!

If I get this song stuck in my head now, so help me god I'm going to find all three of them and make them sing "It's a small world afterall" to torture them back. I have to say that this could very well be one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. Why one, much less three people, would try to pass it off as their own is beyond me.

"Living La Vida Loca" would have been better.

The thing is, it's just plausible enough that this could be the boys. The gibberish lead vocal sounds like it really could be Silva. The only catchy part, which sounds like "Rapper's Delight," could be Santana or Castro. And the beat sounds like some generic setting available at a mall studio. Brilliant!

"Living La Vida Loca" would have been better.

Bite your tongue, heaven forbid that song makes a come back