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"I Am The Virus," by the Amazin' Avenue Staff

There are lots of cool things about being an author or a moderator for Amazin' Avenue, but perhaps the coolest thing about working for the site is having access to AA Headquarters. Lots of important stuff gets done there, and lots of really important things are discussed. Everything you see published on this website is coordinated through AAHQ. It's quite a place. We hold tours every Friday.

Being in a Slack channel very large office with folks very knowledgeable about baseball and the Mets means lots of really interesting and productive discussion takes place, like careful dissection of Keith Hernandez's tweets, updates on Allison McCague's broken computer, working Jose Reyes Virus jokes into literally everything, and more!

Yesterday, though, the team here took those Reyes Virus jokes to a whole new level. Several writers on the staff (and MookieTheCat*) worked together to turn The Beatles' hit classic "I Am The Walrus" into a Jose-Reyes-inspired song called "I Am The Virus." So because we are so gracious, we'd like to share this artwork with you.

*Mookie is no longer a moderator for the site, but he still holds a key to AAHQ that he won't give back and he drops in a couple times a week just to eat our Hot Pockets out of the freezer and complain about Mickey Callaway.

So here is our song "I Am The Virus," collectively written, produced, and edited by Allison McCague, Linda Surovich, Rich Staff, MookieTheCat, and yours truly.

I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun
See how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a fastball
Waiting for the curve to come
Salt-N-Pepper T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy
You let your slump grow long
I am the goose egg man
They are the goose egg men
I am the Virus
Goo goo g'joob

Amed Rosario is sitting
Way, way too many games in a week
See how he flies like Virus in his prime
See how he runs
I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying, I'm crying

Yellow matter hair dye
Hitting like a dead dog's eye
LOBsterlocker loge, fangraphic hissess
Boy, you've been terrible
You let your speed wear down

I am the goose egg man
They are the goose egg men
I am the Virus
Goo goo g'joob

Sitting in an empty stadium
Waiting for a hit
If the curve don't come you get rung up
From standing looking at strike three

I am the goose egg man (How do you do sir?)
They are the egg men (The man maintains a fortune)
I am the Virus
Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob

Nats, Phils, Braves, Marlins
Don't you think the NL East laughs at you (Ho ho ho, hee hee hee, hah hah hah)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty
Citi Chants snide(?)
I'm crying

That’s Mickey Callaway
Sending up the team’s worst hitter
Elementary fanbase singing "Jose, Jose"
Man, you should have seen them booing Bryce Harper

I am the goose egg man
They are the goose egg men
I am the Virus
Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob, goo goo

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