Infield Fly

Infield Fly

Atlanta Braves and New York Mets
A game I never will forget
Where something really went awry
The Braves didn’t know the infield fly

Chorus:
Runners advance at their own risk
Runners advance at their own risk
Runners advance at their own risk
The batter’s always out

Pagan at second, Castillo first
Reyes popped it up, then cursed
The umpire pointed to the sky
Signaling the infield fly

Chorus

Infante got in Chipper’s way
So he couldn’t make the play
The runners ran and this is why–
The umpire called the infield fly

Chorus

The catcher threw it to first base
The batter’s out in any case
They didn’t know that–my oh my
They need to learn the infield fly

Chorus

The base coach told Pagan to go
So he ran home and beat the throw
Mets scored a run, that ain’t no lie
Because they knew the infield fly

Chorus (x2)

Pronunciation Guide:
Pagan = puh-GAHN
Castillo = cas-TEE-yo
Reyes - RAY-ez
Infante - in-FAHN-tay

-- JMag Guthrie - 2018-01-08