Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back

Ever since I read Dylan Hernandez’s article on the return of Greg Maddux in the LA Times, I just haven’t been able to quite get the theme song to “Welcome Back Kotter” out of my head (twice in one season, no less!). Tell me that this doesn’t ring true:

Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they’re turned around.
Who’d have thought they’d lead ya (Who’d have thought they’d lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya)
Yeah we tease him a lot cause we’ve hot him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

Seriously though, Maddux is a stud. If the Padres crappy offense could have just scored some runs, the guy would have a MUCH better record than the 6-9 record he’s currently been sporting, along with that 3.99 ERA (which was a lot lower before he was recently hammered by the Rockies and Twins). No word yet on who the Dodgers gave up to get Maddux, but you’ve got to believe that he’s psyched to be coming back to LA where the newly turbo-charged Dodgers offense is waiting.

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back…