The Yankee Flipper

He's a friend of the Smithereens, an old pal of Eddie Vedder
 For a good few years there weren't any pitchers better
 He loved R.E.M. and he played a Rickenbacker guitar
 But for a night on the town with Mike Mills, you get hit pretty hard
 Mike and I met up with Dennis Diken and Black Jack somewhere
 As this was New York City, you may have heard they have a few bars there
 Jack loved the Replacements, and we drank enough that we became them
 Two guitars, bass, and drums, yeah, our lineup was the same then
 He was crowned the Yankee Flipper by the foul ball of fame
 He gave 50, 000 fans the finger, but we'd like to share a little bit of the blame
 It was Spike and Mike and Black Jack and me
 I'm told Jack ended up on the cold tiles of the floor
 With his mom, who was visiting, banging on the bathroom door
 Next time he took the mound was not a pretty sight
 And I've always figured it had a lot to do with that night
 The photos filled every front page of the morning editions
 Now he's the poster boy for a grand baseball tradition
 Templeton, Tejada, Billy Martin, and Albert Belle
 From old Hoss Radbourne all the way to David Wells