Thursday, August 9, 2007

Right now: Brett Myers Entrance Music at the "Zo Zone"

In an ironic twist that must have Todd Zolecki shaking his head, this post from his Phillies baseball blog on Philly.com has garnered more attention in the comments section than any other post he's made about, well, baseball. This is not to speak ill of Zolecki's coverage of the Phightin's, which is top-notch. However, it must be kind of aggravating to see blogs like Beerleaguer and We Should Be GM's (two Open All Night faves) get all the reader love while Todd, the actual, honest-to-goodness beat writer for the hometown rag, gets none.

The reason for the attention today? He's soliciting suggestions for entrance music for Phillies closer Brett Myers to come charging in to. KC and the Sunshine band apparently doesn't do the trick for Myers (although you might not have been able to tell after the way he pitched last night).

Myers has used both White Zombie's "Children of the Grave" and The Outlaws' "(Ghost) Rider in the Sky" as his intro music this season. But neither has really stuck and Myers has thought about what else he could use. That situation came to a head during last night's 6-4 victory over the Florida Marlins at Citizens Bank Park, where neither White Zombie or The Outlaws were played before he struck out the side to earn his eighth save.

No, Myers got KC & the Sunshine Band's "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" instead.

"It (ticked) me off," Myers said.

"They need to do a poll in the paper to tell people to pick my dang song," he added.

So what are you waiting for?

What should the Phillies play for Myers as he leaves the bullpen?

I've already suggested Muse - Knights of Cydonia and White Stripes - Seven Nation Army to balance it out between all the chuckleheads asking for Bon Jovi and that "Let the bodies hit the floor" song. Go there and help out if you can. Also, let's start soliciting more baseball topics that are music-related for Zolecki to post about. Maybe if he does this every day, he can establish his own group of dedicated commenters.

For reference, here's this link. Is there anything that Wikipedia doesn't document?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_baseball_entrance_music

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