![]() ![]() Ryan Pressly, Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” The rapper eventually pled guilty to sexual battery and extortion and was sentenced to six years in prison. ![]() During the 2002 season, the Astros made Dotel change his music as Mystikal had been charged with aggravated rape. That allowed Dotel to become the only Astros’ closer to use a hip hop song for his entrance with the super bouncy “Danger,” which was perfect with the name of the song being yelled right as Dotel left the bullpen. Fahleson/Houston ChronicleĪlthough Dotel was mostly a setup man in his time in Houston, he took over the closer’s spot in 2000 when Billy Wagner missed the second half of the season. Octavio Dotel had to change his iconic walk-out song early in his Astros career. He only got the chance to record 19 saves on the 2014 team that lost 92 games, but go back and listen to the first few minutes of his walk-up song and try not to start jumping around your living room. Karen Warren/Houston ChronicleĪstros fans might remember Qualls for giving up the Paul Konerko grand slam in Game 2 of the 2005 World Series, but during his brief run as closer in his second stint in Houston, he had undeniable entrance music. ![]() Chad Qualls, Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name”Ĭhad Qualls had 29 saves in six seasons with the Astros, including a team-high 19 in 2014. 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. Some of the best entrance music for Astros closers belongs to Billy Wagner (left), Octavio Dotel (center) and Ryan Pressly (right). ![]()
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