Here’s my very, VERY late 2008 post about the at-bat music of the Colorado Rockies. You can read last year’s post here (and there’s a lot of good stuff in the comments, including a discussion of other songs played during games).
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Rockies At-Bat Music 2008
August 8, 2008Suggestion for Jerry Owens
February 27, 2008Hi. I’m not quite ready to start thinking about baseball yet. I probably should be at least a little excited, because my teams played each other today, but eh, it doesn’t count and I’m very busy being mad at the Nuggets (shhhh, don’t tell them I’m watching their game right now).
However, I have a suggestion for Jerry Owens and I want to put it out there right away, so maybe he can find out about it because it’s the best idea anybody has ever had (shhhh, don’t tell anybody I’ve been drinking and totally overestimate the awesomeness of my stupid ideas). Last week, I read about how Jerry Owens is talking some shit about how many bases he’s going to steal this season (the article is here). He plans to rack up 65 stolen bases, putting him ahead of the awesomely speedy Scott Podsednik (I hope we see him in a Rockies uniform this year because having one of my 2005 World Series White Sox players here in Denver is my #2 ultimate dream, ultimate dream #1 being Jon Garland showing up at my house to declare his undying love for me) who stole 59 in 2004-05.
I know — I’m biased because Jerry Owens is a cutie and I just kinda like him. But don’t let that distract you from his awesome attitude. Seriously. Here’s a quote from the article:
My mom always told me to set the goal high and as soon as you get it, set another one. Every year I’ve improved my stolen base total. I had 56 last year combined [with the Sox and Triple-A Charlotte], and this year it’s 65.
How awesome is that? He mentions mom and kicking ass at the same time. I wish he could come play for the Nuggets.
But anyway, if there’s one thing I know well, it’s the at-bat music of Colorado Rockies players. That’s not exactly helpful here, but hey, I’ve tried to learn about at-bat music for the White Sox, although it’s not really that easy when you’re not there to go to White Sox games. Believe it or not, there’s some inaccurate information about baseball entrance music on the internet, so I don’t always trust what I find out there.
Anyway, according to the internet, Jerry Owens had some Dr. Dre music last year. That’s great and I love Dre as much as the next person, but Jerry Owens needs to rethink his musical selection. Here’s the thing. Jerry Owens needs to use the song “Watch My Feet” by Dude N Nem as his at-bat music. Seriously. These guys are from the South Side of Chicago. The song is the best thing I’ve heard in at least a year. For real. Dude (or is that Nem?) even wears a Sox hat in the video. Check it out.
I’m right, aren’t I? And holy crap that makes me miss Chicago. Jerry Owens, I hope you find this. The universe intended this song for you.
Anyway, that’s all I have to say about baseball today. I have to go back to not watching the second half of the Nuggets game.
If you have nothing to say, write about commercials.
December 13, 2007I know, I know. I’m a slacker. I’ve been mailing shank-filled pastries to the angriest inmates at Michael Vick’s new home and haven’t had time to write 20 entries about the Mitchell report in between crying fits over Tadaguchi’s deal with the stupid camouflage Fast-Times-at-Ridgemont-High-Spicoli-having Padres.
So here’s some silly information. I’m assuming that as sports fans, we all see the same commercials over and over again when watching games. Most of them are stupid. Some of them are funny (Denny Green) even if they’re for crappy beer I’d never drink. Then there’s that Sprint commercial where people are on a basketball court that turns into a pool and a song goes “I’m falling away….” That song is catchy as hell, right?
Well get this — it’s not even a “real” song. It was recorded for the commercial by a company called Human Worldwide. According to Duncan’s TV Ad Land:
The ‘Falling Away’ track was written by Lindsay Jehan, Hugh Wilson, Andy Bloch, and Morgan Visconti at Human Worldwide. The song was recorded at Human Worldwide’s studio by Hugh Wilson (vocals) and Lindsay Jehan (instruments), Australians living in New York at the time. Wilson is performing the full song at his live shows.
The post about this ad (dated Nov. 27, 2005 [!]) has 147 comments; the ones I read all are about the song and where to find it. I went to the Myspace page someone set up for the song and downloaded the mp3 of the whole thing. Cool!
It’s not my usual “type” of music, but is a nice little song.
Rockies: at-bat music
October 16, 2007Aside from an awesome win, there were two really good things about going to Sunday’s Rockies game: our seats were sheltered from the constant rain and our seats were near a big speaker, so we could really hear the music. I’ve been obsessed with at-bat or entrance music for a while now, and apparently I’m not alone — people find this site every day because they want to know about the at-bat music of various Rockies players. My list isn’t finished yet, but I might as well share what I have so far. I will do my best to update this list and keep it current.
Garrett Atkins: What I Are by Timbaland (I thought this was a remix of Justin Timberlake’s Bringing Sexy Back for the longest time)
Jamey Carroll: Pink Houses by John Mellencamp
Manny Corpas: Impacto by Daddy Yankee
Josh Fogg: Slow Ride by Foghat
Brian Fuentes: For You by Stain’d
Brad Hawpe: Rockstar by Nickelback
Todd Helton: Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith
Kazuo Matsui: Tricky by Run DMC
Ryan Spilborghs: The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani (everybody at Coors Field sings along with this — WOOOO OOOOH WOOOO OOOOH!)
Troy Tulowitzki: I’m a Flirt by R Kelly
I’m not sure about these:
Matt Holliday: The Great Divide by Scott Stapp, but I can’t remember if he’s still using it
Willy Taveras: used to have Yeah by Usher, but has a new song — reggaeton, Spanish, very fast; the closest thing I’ve found so far is El Mambo de las Shorty’s by Tito El Bambino (but don’t rely on that because I’ve only heard Willy’s new song a few times)
Yorvit Torrealba: He’s used various Daddy Yankee songs, but his current song is NOT Impacto as reported elsewhere on the internet. I’ve listened to snippets of a million Daddy Yankee songs, and haven’t been able to figure out if his current song is by Daddy Yankee. I’ve also started listening to snippets of other reggaeton, and if I listen to much more, Ben is going to throw my computer out the window.
Update: Torrealba’s song is Salio El Sol by Don Omar. Thanks to Karlosest2403!
I accidentally say “reggaetron” every time I mean to say “reggaeton” and now I’m convinced that Reggaetron, a gigantic robot set on world destruction by means of super-powered lasers and a blend of reggae, dancehall, merengue, hip hop, and bachata is going to appear at Coors Field one day soon.
RockiesUpdate: The 2008 version of the Rockies At-Bat Music post is here.
