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To prepare for the Cleveland Indians' playoff opener against the (sigh) Yankees this evening, the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Chuck Yarborough has put together a compendium of the players' at-bat music picks, complete with YouTube/MySpace links and "funny" commentary on each song. (In response to Jhonny Peralta's selection of Daddy Yankee's "Impacto," Yarborough writes: "Domo Arigato Mr. Impacto." Don't you just love when big media gets bloggy?)
In all seriousness, though this is one of those features that is really fun to skim through (beat writers looking for a good off-day story, take note!), if only because you get to see just how much crappy metal lives on in the planes and hotel rooms of America's most prominent athletes. Static-X, S & M-era Metallica, and Staind serve as the introductions for Grady Sizemore, Casey Blake, and Jason Michaels, respectively; how Staind can be either rallying or intimidating is something that will bewilder me until the end of time, or at least the ALCS. There's also the now-mandatory inclusion of "This Is Why I'm Hot" (Ryan Garko, who apparently ditched Ryan Adams for MIMS and other ringtones currently in vogue like "A Bay Bay"). The best pick song-wise is probably Eve's slept-on "Tambourine," which is the music of choice for Kenny Lofton, but for sheer intimidation factor I'd have to go with Travis Hafner's selection, if only because it confused Yarborough so much that it send him into an incoherent string of Humphrey Bogart references:
Cleveland Indians' designated hits: When Tribe players step up to bat, it's to songs of their choosing [cleveland.com]
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beware people playing "Shine" by Collective Soul
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Do you think people shouted out "Summer of '69" to Garko and he got sick of kicking them out of the stadium?
Everyone know that Adams wants everyone to think that he's a Yankees fan.
@Spaceman Spiff: Nah, I think it had something to do with the lighting at Jacobs Field.
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"Tambourine" is a pretty hip choice for Kenny Lofton, considering he's 78 years old.
(sigh)
Conversely, what would be the best possible music to come out to? I think Pansy Division's "He Beat My Ass in Tennis, I Fucked His Ass in Bed" would really freak some opponents out. Any other suggestions?
@fishnotfried: I always thought it would be funny to come out to the theme from Sanford & Son.
Not that they made the playoffs, but here are the Dodger songs that I can remember off the top of my head
Andre Either -- Dr. Dre's "Forgot about 'Dre" (get it)
Nomar -- War's "Lowrider" (its a good way to appeal to a majority of the Dodger fan base)
Juan Pierre -- I think he comes out to that Jay-Z song in which he is name-checked. I'd do the same, wouldn't you.
Yhancy Brazoban , a reliever, used to come out to the reggaton hit, Gasolina, which I always found a curious choice, given that he is supposed to put out fires.
Matt Kemp, James Loney and Russell Martin all come out to various hip-hop songs, the titles of which currently escape me.
I always thought I'd use Here Comes Your Man at bat if I wasn't, you know, nearsighted, old and fat.
I am a huge Phillies fan, and think it would be fitting for them to pick something by a Satannic Black Metal band for this series with the Rockies.
My suggestion, Mayhem's "The Fall of Seraphs" or "Chainsaw Gutsf**k"(the latter of which the lead singer dedicates to the Pope).
"I always thought it would be funny to come out to the theme from Sanford & Son."
Hmmm. Maybe you were thinking that while watching Cliff Floyd come out to that for the entire season last year?
Hafner isn't Euro enough for Rammstein. He needs something more meaty, ala Kill Em All era Metallica.
There's so much bad metal used by players... Saliva might as well perform these songs live from the bleachers during games.
How old is Yarborough? This article is so corny it gives me the same chills I get every time Gammons starts telling me how great Eddie Vedder is. You know, kind of like "Bronson Arroyo playing a guitar"-chills, but not quite as bad as when he's playing said guitar while sporting cornrows, or when he's playing said guitar with Peter Gammons.
i really just want to know if jeremy sowers actually uses "pot kettle black" as his theme music at the jake.
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