![]() That was back in 1972 when a bullpen car was used to drive relief pitchers to the mound, and the only music that blared from the stadium’s speakers was courtesy of the in-house organist. That was the thinking when Lyle, who pitched for the Yankees from 1972 to 1978, became the first MLB pitcher to use custom entrance music. Yankee Stadium in need of a spark? Enter Sparky Lyle. While Mariano Rivera might have baseball’s most iconic entrance music, the trend began with another Yankees reliever. When did pitchers start using entrance music? Other people will say his song is better than mine. “Maybe the song, people will say maybe my song is better than his. “He’s the best reliever ever,” Diaz said. But even with the popularity of the trumpets, Diaz refuses to toot his own horn when being compared to Mariano Rivera. He has shown similar dominance so far this season and now owns the league’s most electric entrance song. Or like Rivera emerging from the gate at Yankee Stadium.ĭiaz enters with a similarly confident strut as the trumpets sound. When the Citi Field bullpen gate opens and the first note of Diaz’s music hits, fans rise to their feet as if they were at WrestleMania and the sound of shattering glass meant Stone Cold Steve Austin was about to make his way to the ring. That song shuffle, along with the fact that a hitter’s music is played in the midst of the game during a much shorter walk from the on-deck circle to the plate, does not create the same familiarity or theatrics. Hitters typically have the option to select a playlist of songs for their walk-up music ahead of their at-bats, approaching the plate to four or five different songs during a home game, though most Mets use just one song. Met plays the trumpet while Edwin Diaz makes his entrance from the bullpen to the mound. Last year, I used it and this year everybody loves it.” ![]() The pandemic came and we played with no fans here, but I kept using it. “The year of the pandemic I put it again before the season started. I think you can do better again in New York with the trumpet,’” Diaz said. “I made a change because my wife told me, ‘You should use the trumpet again. He then followed the advice of his wife and switched back to the trumpets. Diaz went on to have the worst season of his career, posting a 5.59 ERA and seven blown saves. He was traded to the Mets after the season and switched his entrance song to “No Hay Limite” by Puerto Rican rapper Miky Woodz. “It’s unique, something different than everybody.”ĭiaz went on to become an All-Star in 2018 while recording a league-best 57 saves. “They said, ‘Do you like this song? This song?’ I picked that one, the trumpets,” Diaz said. No song has ever been more synonymous with an athlete, although Rivera was not the one who picked “Enter Sandman.”ĭiaz chose his walk-up song while with the Seattle Mariners, saying he selected it from a few songs the team suggested. That impending sense of doom for the opposition generated by the sound of a few musical cords led to the comparisons to Rivera’s “Enter Sandman” entrance, which has long been atop the charts for baseball walk-up songs given Rivera’s Hall of Fame career and postseason success. So, that’s nice.”įor the Mets and their fans, with Diaz establishing himself as the most dependable closer in the league this season with 26 saves and a 1.39 ERA, it has become the anthem for a near-certain victory. All over the place I saw on social media the last couple of days, everybody is talking about the walk-up song. “Everybody likes it here in New York, especially. “It’s really popular right now,” Diaz said. The high-energy instrumental by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet has become the top hit on the Citi Field soundtrack, electrifying crowds like the signature closing song at a concert. So, hopefully he keeps this going, and when you hear the trumpet, you think of Edwin Diaz.” When you hear ‘Hells Bells,’ you think of Trevor Hoffman. Cause when you hear ‘Enter Sandman,’ even today, you think of Mariano Rivera. “I hope can keep this song going for the rest of his career and everybody loves it. Mets starter Max Scherzer has been in the building for Diaz’s entrance and Rivera’s entrance. “I know my walk-up song is really good, but him and ‘Sandman’ was really special," Diaz told NBC before Tuesday's game between the Mets and Reds. ![]() ![]() A tweet showing his entrance from the bullpen to the mound as the trumpet line of the song “Narco” blared from the Citi Field speakers had just gone viral, drawing comparisons to Mariano Rivera’s iconic entrance to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”Īfter seeing the debate on social media, Diaz said he pulled up YouTube and typed “Mariano Rivera’s walk-up” into the search field to rewatch an entrance he had seen many times before.
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