Kataoka's Bath (and Other Weird Songs)
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Re: Kataoka's Bath (and Other Weird Songs)
[ Author: Sara B | Posted: Dec 6, 2003 1:53 AM
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I am intrigued. What possible connection could there be between Mr. Kataoka's bathroom and his hitting prowess? Is his bat also made of cedar? Does he soak his bats in the sauna? Or is there some ritual that occurs in his o-furo that he wants kept secret?
Maybe it's better not to know.
Maybe it's better not to know.
Re: Kataoka's Bath (and Other Weird Songs)
[ Author: torakichi | Posted: Dec 6, 2003 4:55 PM
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- I am intrigued. What possible connection could there be between Mr. Kataoka's bathroom and his hitting prowess?
Could be anything in those funny old songs; I mean, George Arias is deified in his song as the "Messiah from U.S.A." [sic].
Could be anything in those funny old songs; I mean, George Arias is deified in his song as the "Messiah from U.S.A." [sic].
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Kataoka's song has a little "fanfare" introduction before the song proper, and it's the words to this part that he objects to. You see, it's one of the dumbest (but most hilarious) baseball songs in existence. It goes:Kataoka was reported in SanSpo the other day as saying he didn't have a cedarwood bath (but admitted that he did have a cedarwood sauna), and could the fans please change the words to his song.
Actually, it was changed in the previous off-season, and new, tamer, lyrics appeared in early 2003. Unfortunately for Kataoka, though, the fans didn't like it and reverted to the hinokiburo version.
Now that he's gone public with his bathing circumstances, I wonder if people will be more supportive of his new ditty.