Magic Numbers and Sox Musical Stylings…
So, as I mentioned in my e-newsletter (which, if you haven’t yet signed up for it…it’s completely FREE and can be signed up for here), I’m reserving this blog space for a listing of our players’ entrance/walk-up songs. Without further ado…
Position Players:
Ellsbury – “Cherub Rock”, Smashing Pumpkins
Coco – “Sexy Can I”, by Ray J, featuring Yung Berg, and “Lollipop” by Lil’ Wayne
Bay – “Alive”, Pearl Jam
Drew – no music by choice
Kotsay – “Low”, Flo Rida
Ortiz – just gave us a CD and said play track 18. He also has “Get Buck in Here” by DJ Felli Fel
Varitek – “Kryptonite”, 3 Doors Down
Bailey – “Moby Dick”, Led Zeppelin
Pedroia – “**** wit Dre Day”, Dr. Dre
Youkilis – “Push It To The Limit”, Rick Ross
Lowell – “Iron Man”, Black Sabbath
Lowrie – “The Kids Aren’t Alright”, The Offspring
Casey – “Even Flow”, Pearl Jam
Pitchers:
Byrd – “I Am Free”, Newsboys
Aardsma – “Bodies”, Drowning Pool
Delcarmen – “I’m From Boston”, by a band that we don’t know. He brought us a CD
Timlin – “Black Betty”, Ram Jam
Okajima – “The Oki-Doki”, by ?
Papelbon – “Wild Thing”, The Troggs then “I’m Shipping Up To Boston”, Dropkick Murphys
Beckett – “Rockstar”, Nickelback
Wakefield – “How Bad Do You Want It”, Tim McGraw
Lester – “I Use What I Got”, Jason Aldean
Matsuzaka – “Real World”, Exile
So, if you’ve been away from Fenway Park for a while, the take-away from the above, is that Delcarmen and Papelbon do not use “Blame it on the Rain” as their entrance song.
And last but not least…the Magic Number for us to clinch a playoff spot now stands at 5. Any combination of our wins and the Twins losses that add up to 5 will mean that we have clinched at least the Wild Card. And as our friends at the MA State Lottery always say…you’ve got to be in it to win it!
All the best from Inside the Front Office,
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Red Sox Insider Blog 
So I am guessing the guys get to pick their own songs? Um and Pedroia’s choice cracks me up.
This is cool! Thanks for sharing! I might just have to an “uber-dork” and create a Red Sox playlist for my iPod…. 😉 LOL
Pearl Jam (twice), Black Sabbath, The Offspring, Led Zeppelin, Nickelback and the Pumpkins!!! WOW – just goes to show that we have the coolest guys in our team…
Glad to see that the Dropkicks got a mention too!
I’m shipping up to Boston….Awesome song! Go Sox, lets clinch a playoff spot then go for the East Title.
That was very cool, thanks! I always try to figure out what the songs are, but some of them you either don’t hear loudly enough OR — they just aren’t recognizable.
And, I always wondered if they picked their own songs or if they are picked for them? I know you specified some like Papi brought their own CD – but does everyone do that?
I already have some of these on my IPOD for running, which is not by design, outside of the Dropkick Murphys. 😉
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I hate to sound like a broken record…but aren’t we due for an updated post Mr. Insider? And does anyone know what happened to Beckett last night? That 2nd inning was HORRIBLE!
I know, I know, I know…I was dying to write one last night and all day today, as I heard rumblings of the Johnny Pesky news, but I decided it would probably be better to keep my job than break the news!
Mr. Soxinsider, I could be wrong but the last time I was at Fenway, Jason Varitek’s song was “Me and My Gang” by Rascal Flatts this year. It was Kryptonite in years past, but not this year unless he has changed back. Please correct me if I am wrong!
karmardav – how very observant of you. He did, in fact have “Me and My Gang” earlier this year, but he has since switched back to “Kryptonite.”
FYI: oki doki’s song was written (and sung?) by his translator. you can buy it on itunes under Tatunami as the artist and Lovers at Fenway as the album!
it’s rather infectious…”okajima, OKI DOKI, oka-jiimmaaaaa, okiii doo-kiiiiii”
http://blog.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2007/09/you_too_can_now_download_the_o.html
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