ML: Yeah, exactly. ZDR: So once the song was pitched, it was never really in danger? Everyone was on board with it? With the George Steinbrenner stories, the depiction in Seinfeld is almost dead-on accurate how things were. If he was in the building, everyone was on edge. He would always send word to us that he wanted the music loud. And at the time, the press box was directly in front of the speakers. So whenever we had it cranked up, they would end up writing stuff in their articles saying how ridiculously loud it was and how annoying it was for them.
But we were sort of doing what George was saying to do. Make it loud. But it is interesting how you can go on Baseball-Reference. ZDR: So is there a point of pride at all when you hear the song playing when he enters the game? ML: Yeah, definitely. To think that some simple suggestion amongst a bunch of guys on a crew could take off like that.
We were all looking through CDs at the same time. Mine just happened to be the right suggestion. In your opinion, do you think it should be, maybe not officially retired, but unofficially retired for closers in general after he's gone?
I think that would be a nice gesture. So Billy Wagner comes in, his first game closing for the Mets. A Met , of all people! It turned out that he was using it back in Houston. It was just something that never became synonymous with him. As Deadspin notes, the history of the walk-up song can be traced back to the baseball season and another Yankees relief pitcher— Sparky Lyle.
As rosters got younger and paychecks bigger, walk-up songs came to define some hitters and pitchers—and even helped them get the job done better. The crowd would go nuts the second the first notes were played, and it made for a rather chilling situation for the opposing batters. On any given team, you can find hip-hop, heavy metal, Latin, country, and Christian rock, a real testament to how each of its players define themselves.
Hitters are merely walking over from the on-deck circle. Below is a playlist of some of the current walk-up songs from star pitchers and hitters on teams in the majors this season—as well as some additional trivia for some of them.
I believe in Stephen Vogt! Seattle Mariners — Robinson Cano — O. Maybe Murphy wants in on Beantown? This article was featured in the InsideHook newsletter. Sign up now. Sign up for InsideHook to get our best content delivered to your inbox every weekday. In the years since, Rivera and "Enter Sandman" have become intertwined. Though Metallica isn't his style -- he prefers Christian music -- Rivera met lead singer James Hetfield before a game and sometimes inks autographs using the song's name as an inscription.
When the Mets signed Billy Wagner as their closer in , there was actually a stir that Wagner would dare to use Rivera's entrance song in the same city in fairness, Wagner also began using "Enter Sandman" in with the Astros , but Rivera didn't mind.
I wouldn't say that's my identity. To tell you the truth, I have to do one thing. I go out there and pitch. UnaniMOus, for the greatest closer of all-time. When Rivera says that the song is not a big deal to him, Bonner believes it. Mariano Rivera was truly out of this world.
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