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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:49:03 +0000

It’s not like Finn is the only indie rocker to dig sports. It has kind of dropped off in his solo career, but Stephen Malkmus used to always pepper Pavement lyrics with sports snippets.

By: sicksteanein

sicksteanein — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:47:44 +0000

Hey, how about them Jays, people? I love how they decide to get good in the fall every year when it doesn’t matter anymore.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:24:27 +0000

@LeBron: I think for those first three months alone, the guy doesn't deserve it. The Mets were an awful team. The Braves beat them in 7 out of their first 9 outings!

And Kent Hrbek is a cheat...need I remind everybody about when he pulled Ron Gant off the base in the World Series? On days like today, we should never forget.

[espn.go.com]

By: LeBron

LeBron — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:56:11 +0000

If Delgado wins the MVP, which he could if they make the playoffs, it's probably the single greatest turnaround in baseball history. People forget about just how hopeless this guy was the first three months of the season. Lots of people wanted to release him! Imagine if they had, and the Yankees had picked him up and rode him to the playoffs? I mean, Mets fans already have a complex...

By: Ted Striker

Ted Striker — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:33:01 +0000

I’ve been a baseball fan for 20 years, and I’ve never met anyone who hated the Twins before. Yankees, Mets, Sox: sure. Congrats for teaching me something, Idolator.

By: saturn

saturn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:47:34 +0000

Also, my at-bat song is Liz Phair, 6’1

By: saturn

saturn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:46:03 +0000

To bring this back to music, I'm really enjoying The Baseball Project.[en.wikipedia.org]

Check it out if you like baseball history and Pete Buck, Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, and friends.

By: Marth

Marth — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:27:36 +0000

Am I on the right site? Does anyone have a Barbaro joke to make?

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:12:30 +0000

@natepatrin: Twins fans are literally the ONLY people who believe that. Even the announcers at the time were saying that the play was hinky. That's right. HINKY.

And so we are little Hitlers now? Kirby Puckett was a wife-beater and serial abuser and you guys worship him like a god.

And Lonnie Smith is going to hell for not rounding the bases.

By: natepatrin

natepatrin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:43:55 +0000

@Big Gray.: Oh, shut up with your Gant Shot First garbage. Dude fell over, simple as that. Your tomahawk-Seig-Heiling Atlanta Braves won their (single solitary) World Series in '95, go be happy over that, why don't'cha. What, did Chuck Knoblauch cheat by dekeing Lonnie Smith outta his cleats, too?

America's team, my St. Paul ass.

By: natepatrin

natepatrin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:51:50 +0000

That was actually me with the batter-up music question, and (note the avatar) I dug the answer plenty.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:24:42 +0000

@MayhemintheHood: After it was announced that wagner was probably going to miss all of '09, the Mets fans started frothing. (Somehow, the Eddie Kunz bandwagon never really got a-going.) Whether or not it'll work out is another thing to be seen.

By: TheDTrain

TheDTrain — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:17:31 +0000

As a die hard Phillies fan and a big Hold Steady fan…something’s going to have to give.

By: MayhemintheHood

MayhemintheHood — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:13:40 +0000

@Maura Johnston: One other thing, Maura. Are there any Mets fans that are clamoring for the signing of Frankie Rodriguez after this season? I don't want to see him go, but he most likely will. He won't be cheap and since the Skankees have Rivera still, there may be another NY team in the running.

By: MayhemintheHood

MayhemintheHood — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:09:42 +0000

@Maura Johnston: Exactly. Screw those guys. I have no beef with your Mets though, unless we happen to meet in October.

@michaelpop: I think "Lose Yourself" gets more love in that sense because the lyrics are Rocky-ish.

Mark Teixeira comes out to Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock". It's pretty tough. I am also down with the random salsa music Vlad walks out to.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:32 +0000

@MayhemintheHood: and it's a win over the Yankees, at that!

By: michaelpop

michaelpop — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:55:33 +0000

“Jailbreak” is a fantastic choice for at-bat song! I’m sure there’s been a post about it at some point, but what would be your at-bat music, Maura?

At the moment mine would be Kanye’s “Stronger”. That song gets me so jacked up, you know? In fact, I’m really surprised that it hasn’t reached “Lose Yourself’s” status as a Jock Jam staple.

By: MayhemintheHood

MayhemintheHood — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:49:02 +0000

@Maura Johnston: September is great, especially today. Angels can clinch with a win and Rangers loss...both of which are in the works as I type.

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:33:20 +0000

This isn't nearly as cool as when Tommy Stinson went on Jim Rome, didn't want to talk about the Replacments, and only wanted to talk pro hoops.

It is, however, much cooler than Flea blogging about the Lakers.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:22:48 +0000

@Marth: But it's September!

@BaseballBookshelf: Marty Noble doesn't lie, yo:

[newyork.mets.mlb.com]

And this was written before last night.

(And yeah I know that he writes for the hometown site, blah blah blah, but believe me, he's very plain-spoken about the team.)