Pedro's Closer Music.

by TheLoneDavid on Apr 12, 2011 11:51 PM EDT

I'm going to look for something a little more positive to talk about, since seemingly nothing is going right for the team. I want to present you all with the following hypothetical scenario:

After becoming fed up with Papelbon in the 9th inning, Theo Epstein decides to bolster the Red Sox bullpen, in a surprising decision, he designates right handed reliever Dan Wheeler for assignment, and brings beloved Red Sox icon and arguably the greatest player to ever stand on a pitcher's mound, Pedro Martinez to serve as Boston's new closer. The only question is, what music should the Sox play as Pedro makes his menacing entrance from the bullpen to the mound.

This is debatable, but I am of the belief that the greatest song for any closer, past or present, belongs to San Diego icon and saves leader Trevor Hoffman. The intro to Hell's Bells gives off the feeling of dread, after all, "ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." Hoffman was an executioner, entering the game to lay the opposing team to rest. Likewise, New York closer Mariano Rivera owns the song "Enter Sandman" as he comes out of the bullpen to put the game to bed.

So now I ask you, what song should the visitors to Fenway Park hear as the greatest pitcher ever strolls out to the mound to put the game away for the Red Sox?

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Pedro walked away from the Red Sox

with a World Series win. That’s how it should end.

by Sean O on Apr 13, 2011 10:50 AM EDT reply actions

It didn't work as a rally song, but as a closer's entrance music, could be great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfFfqiYLp0

Kanye West ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi – All of the Lights

"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.

by Rogue Nine on Apr 13, 2011 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

Maybe from around the 4:40 mark.

"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.

by Rogue Nine on Apr 13, 2011 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm not sure Kanye West is epic enough for closer music.

Hells Bells and Enter Sandman are pretty incredible songs.

This was my thought though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8JLy1Yqt7M

Some other ideas:

Don’t Fear the Reaper
Enjoy the Silence
Tchaikovski’s 1812 Overture
Death Comes to the Unicorn Prince – Deathmole
A Poor Man’s Memory – Explosions in the Sky.

This is “A Poor Man’s Memory” which is my second choice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVOCvew2uSA

I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
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by TheLoneDavid on Apr 13, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions