Any Mets Fan That Wants To Live In Marital Bliss Should Enter Their Wedding Reception To Edwin Diaz's Entrance Music (BONUS: Top 5 Closer Entrance Songs Ever)
Now THAT is how you ensure yourself a lifetime of happy matrimony until death does you part. Baseball fans can argue about a lot of things, from the old stats vs. new stats debate to the importance of what you actually see on the diamond to if some of the best players ever should be in the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame because they did things that other players currently in Cooperstown did.
However, there is simply no denying that the musical stylings of "Narco" by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpets simply makes things better. Don't believe me?
Here is Exhibit A, Edwin Diaz's last season in Seattle when he used "Narco" as his entrance song:
Here is Exhibit B, Edwin Diaz's first season in New York, when he didn't use "Narco" as his entrance song for reasons I simply cannot comprehend (Frank The Tank thinks it's because the title is about drugs, which Jeff Wilpon wouldn't like, which honestly wouldn't shock me, even though Frank can be a fibber when he gets riled up):
Here is Exhibit C, Edwin Diaz using "Narco" to enter a Mets game as the most dominant force in baseball this season:
Finally, here is Exhibit D, how Mets fans react to seeing their closer come into a close game against a division rival:
Do you see that look on my fellow brothers and sisters faces? It appears to be happiness if not abject excitement. Some peoples' teeth are showing! This has never been the case in Flushing. Billy Wagner was a good closer for the 2006 Mets, but I never truly felt safe with a small lead against a good team. Same goes for Jeurys Familia. Doubly so in the World Series.
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However, Edwin Diaz is just DIFFERENT, mainly because of those beautiful trumpets. Which is why any Mets fan, nay baseball fan, should buy our shirt for EdWIN.
So if you wanna be happy for the rest of your, simply ask the DJ to play this glorious song as you enter the best party of your life, which is worth every dollar you spend. And trust me, that is no small feat. But this song is so good, it makes METS FANS happy.
For the record, my wife and I came out to Thunderstruck, which has led to nothing but happiness for the last 10 years. At least for me. I hope this happy couple nothing but the best, which I'm sure is as probable as a Diaz save because any woman that would agree to a song like this at her wedding reception is the epitome of a keeper.
UPDATE: We got another one, which will likely be the second of one million we see now that Narco has gone mainstream.
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Obligatory promotion for today's We Gotta Believe episode where we talk all things Diaz, the Mets, and the 2nd place Braves.
Finally as promised, here is my completely unbiased Top 5 Closer Entrance Songs:
5. "Hells Bells" - AC/DC for Trevor Hoffman
Great song for a great closer, but I feel like Hoffman's entire career was kinda lost due to being in San Diego at a time where the internet and the MLB Extra Innings package were in their infancy. Hoffman made the World Series once but blew the save in the only game he entered and lost to another guy on this list. Double whammy since Hells Bells played in said game.
Also people forget that Portnoy was internet murdered by Chrissy Teigen while making a Hells Bells video.
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I love health insurance and being paid money to work here now but goddamn do I miss these good old days
4. "Shipping Up To Boston" - Dropkick Murphys for Jonathan Papelbon
Truth be told, I wanted to put Keith Foulke coming out to "Mother" by Danzig simply because seeing a man use this as his entrance music is some true psycho shit that definitely would get into the head of some batters.
However, I couldn't find a video of the entrance online, so I'll pivot to another Red Sox closer since the song rules, reminds me of "The Departed" which rules, and the band is the epitome of Boston in my touristy mind which rules.
:Cue 1,000 commenters with RA's accent telling me that I'm wrong about any/all of those takes:
3. "Wild Thing" - The Troggs for Ricky Vaughn
I know Mitch Williams and other real life players used this song. But it is unapologetically the property of Ricky Vaughn. I'm not talking for baseball players either. That song is more the fictional character played by Charlie Sheen than it is The Troggs' (no offense to The Troggs who are longtime Stoolies).
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2. "Enter Sandman" - Metallica for Mariano Rivera
Settle down, I know what all the Gabagool Yankees fans are cursing my Mets fan soul for not putting their Baseball God at number 1. However, the reason I'm putting Mo at number 2 for the most fitting song ever since that motherfucker was the sandman that put teams to sleep almost every time is because he, or in all honesty the Yankees PA people, stole Enter Sandman from Billy Wagner.
B/R- Yeah, but there’s also a story back when Billy Wagner came to the Mets [in 2006] that made it really start to feel like the "Enter Sandman" connection with Mariano was a real thing that people relate to.
So Billy Wagner comes in, his first game closing for the Mets. They happen to have their home opener first, and he came onto the field to “Enter Sandman.” And New York talk radio, the Daily News and so on went berserk about it. “How could he do this?! 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. So he was actually using it first, and he continued to use it. He didn’t stop once that whole thing came on. I’m pretty sure he played the entire season with "Enter Sandman" as his entry song.
Again, Mariano is by farrrrrrrrrrr the greatest closer I've ever seen and Enter Sandman was PERFECT for him. But I cannot place a song that was stolen from another man that played the same position.
1. "Narco" - Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpets for Edwin Diaz
For all the reasons I mentioned above plus those two lovebirds came out to it for their wedding and that video may be the best thing I've ever made.
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Also Joc Pederson and William Contreras are mojo leeches that should be banned from baseball for life for trying to steal Diaz's song after it was established as his for years.