Baseball Edition —

Of the 450-odd current NBA players, 55 lived their NBA lives through the dreaded 32-games-lost season of the Lockout of ‘99.

How young are you?
How old am I?
Let’s count the rings around my eyes

Hold on tight to your skivvies as we hop into the way-back machine and take a peek back in time.

Ron Artest Then

How smart are you?
How dumb am I?
Don’t count any of my advice

Metta World Peace Now

Call me on Thursday, if you will
Or call me on Wednesday, better still

Manu Ginobili Then

Ain’t lost yet, so I gotta be a winner
Fingernails and a cigarette’s a lousy dinner

Manu Ginobili Now

Wait…

BatManu Now

How young are you?
How old am I?
Let’s count the rings around my eyes

How smart are you?
How smart are you?
How dumb am I?

Meet me anyplace or anywhere or anytime
Now, I don’t care, meet me tonight
If you will dare, I will dare

-The Replacements