![]() The Yankees’ Mariano Rivera began using the song in 1999. ![]() Bagwell suggested “Enter Sandman” and it stuck. When Wagner first became the Astros closer in 1997, he was entering games to George Strait’s “The Fireman.” It’s a certified classic from the Texas troubadour, but teammate Jeff Bagwell rightfully told Wagner that it didn’t really get the juices flowing in the ninth inning. Jeff Bagwell (left) helped pick the walk-out song for Billy Wagner (right) after the closer originally picked a country song. Billy Wagner, Metallica's "Enter Sandman" Shortly after that, Astros closer Billy Wagner started exiting the bullpen to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” Sadly, it’s Yankees legend Mariano Rivera who usually gets the credit for that song, and there was even a mini-controversy when Wagner was with the Mets as both of the city’s closers had the same entrance song, but Wagner started using it first.Īnd, that’s where we’ll start with the five best Astros’ closer walk-out songs … 1. Things really took off in the mid-90s when San Diego started putting on a show every time closer Trevor Hoffman entered the game with “Hells Bells” playing behind him. ![]() Years later, Goose Gossage and Dennis Eckersley adopted “Bad to the Bone” as their song of choice. Although, every closer having his own music became commonplace in the past 25 years, it was actually the Yankees who started it way back in 1972 when they began playing “Pomp and Circumstance” – you know, the graduation song – every time Sparky Lyle came into a game. The trumpets blaring on Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet’s song “Narco” as Mets closer Edwin Diaz makes his way to the City Field mound is the coolest entrance in baseball today, and it got even more lively when Trumpet himself played it live as Diaz made his way into the game Wednesday night.ĭiaz is the current vibes leader when it comes to walk-out music, but there’s a long tradition of closers having the best entrances. The lesson here: never underestimate the power of Mets fans.Some of the best entrance music for Astros closers belongs to Billy Wagner (left), Octavio Dotel (center) and Ryan Pressly (right). Honestly, the song is a total banger, and it’s going to be incredible. My fiancée says if this tweet gets 3,900 “likes” we can use walk-out song (“Narco”) as our wedding reception entrance music □ & /LC2LxxKH87Īt time of publish, the tweet was up to 8,500 likes, meaning Nolan and his fiancée will be walking into their wedding reception to the dulcet tones of Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet. Spoiler alert: Nolan got way more likes than they needed. He’s worked his way into the discussion for NL Cy Young contention, and now Díaz is going add another accomplishment to the list: sharing his walk-out song with a couple getting married.īroadcaster John Nolan, who is a Syracuse alum, took to twitter on August 5th and declared that if the tweet got 3,900 likes (a very random and specific number), his fiancée said that they could use Díaz’s walk-out song “Narco.” ![]() He earned his second All-Star nod this season - joining his impressive 2018 campaign when he was with the Seattle Mariners - and the Mets have a 4.5 game lead over the Atlanta Braves with 57 games left in the regular season. Edwin Díaz is having one of the best seasons of his career as a closer with the New York Mets. ![]()
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