Okay, I was going to write about Tim Redding's latest complaints (He says if he doesn't get the no. 5 spot in the starting rotation, he wants to be traded -- I say you and me both, mister), but my colleague T. has proposed a much more entertaining topic.
Say you're the hottest young closer in baseball. What's your theme song?
Former Astro/current Philly Billy Wagner's is, of course, "Enter Sandman." (I suspect there's actually a line in the players' union by-laws which demands that closers pick either "Enter Sandman" or "Hell's Bells" when they assume the position.) Octavio Dotel favored "Danger" by Mystikal. Brad Lidge's is that wacky song about how he's bringing me the pain -- I never have figured out who sings it.
Me? My first choice is "Punch Me Harder" by Superchunk. But if the suits in Marketing make me pick something recognizable, I have to go with "When the Levee Breaks." Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good. It's just about perfect, and I hereby grant permission to any pitcher reading this page to go ahead and use it, as throws like a girl lacks the necessary velocity for the ninth inning (she is more of the RNOGY type).
Your turn.
Slayer, "Angel of Death" Only for the sheer glee to hear Slayer on the huge stadium soundsystems.
Posted by: Andrew | February 25, 2005 at 08:49 AM
Call this a manual ping: http://www.thebirdwatch.com/archives/000722.html
Posted by: josh | February 25, 2005 at 01:02 PM
Pussy Control by Prince.
Posted by: Rob | February 25, 2005 at 02:35 PM
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Eartha Kitt version). Rowr!
Or "This Charming Man" by the Smiths. Will nature make a man of me yet?
Posted by: El Lefty Malo | February 25, 2005 at 03:38 PM
I would love to trot out to a good merle hagard tune. "Turn me loose, set me free--somewhere in the middle of...Montana! Gimme' all I got commin' to me...you can keep your retirement...and your...so-called...social security.... Big city turn me loose and set me free!!"--Merle Haggard
Or maybe
"Just a go ol boy . . ."
Posted by: Ben Richie | February 25, 2005 at 04:43 PM
96 tears by ? and the mysterions
Posted by: pablo verde | February 25, 2005 at 08:31 PM
In honor of a famous Mitch Williams description, and because it goes totally against the grain of the guy who's supposed to come in and "put out the fire," I'd pick "Baby's on Fire" by Brian Eno.
Posted by: Steve | February 26, 2005 at 01:56 AM
"Jesus Built My Hotrod" by Ministry, with those immortal lyrics:
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Posted by: Wonderduck | February 26, 2005 at 02:22 PM
"The End" the Doors?
"Bye Bye Baby" Big Brother and the Holding Company?
"Stand" REM
"Its Over" Roy Orbison
"Its All Over Now" Rod Stewart (or the Stones version.)
"Its All Over Now Baby Blue" Bob Dylan
Posted by: john swinney | February 26, 2005 at 06:41 PM
"I'm A Loser"-Beatles
"Burning Down The House"-Talking Heads
"Walk Like A Man"-Frankie Vali & The 4 Seasons
"Please Release Me Let Me Go"-Slim Whitman
"Tampa to Tulsa"-The Jayhawks
"The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald"-Gordon Lightfoot
Posted by: Dudley Bokoski | February 26, 2005 at 07:22 PM
And, of course, "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden.
Posted by: Dudley Bokoski | February 26, 2005 at 07:27 PM
Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog"
Posted by: Josh | February 27, 2005 at 12:39 PM
I'd go all Shawshank on everybody and play some Mozart. Lull the hitters into complacency, you know.
Or, if I had to go with something "angrier", the 4th movement of Dvorak's New World symphony would work.
Posted by: Nathan | February 28, 2005 at 07:10 PM
Walk- Pantera
"Run your mouth when I'm not around,
it's easy to achieve.
You cry to weak friends that sympathize.
Can't you hear the violins playing your song?
IS THERE NO STANDARD ANYMORE?!
What it takes, who I am, where I been, belong."
Posted by: Bill | March 01, 2005 at 08:49 AM
How about the Blur's Song 2 (Woo Hoo!)
Drowning Pool's Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
Linkin Park's In the End
The Who's Who are You
Black Sabbath's Iron Man
My Chemical Romance's I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Posted by: Keith | June 27, 2005 at 06:37 PM
Of Course, Metallica's "Master of Puppets"
or Pantera's "Domination"
Posted by: Keith | June 27, 2005 at 06:47 PM
the name of Brad Lidge's theme song is "The Game" by Drowning Pool....i love that song!
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