Category: MLB

by Matt Wells

We all know that some baseball pitchers have songs they love to enter the game to.  Mariano Rivera, and now cross-town rival Billy Wagner, come in to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”  Trevor Hoffman comes into AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells.”  I’m sure there are other relievers in the game today that, though it is not publicized as much, enter the game to their own brand of classic rock.

But, what about the less-publicized pitchers?  What about the starting pitchers, for that matter?  What songs do they enter the game to?

With all the commotion of the seven-game NHL championship series, the thrilling NBA playoffs, US Open, and the largest sporting event in the entire world, The World Cup all going on at the same time, is anybody actually watching baseball?

In an offensive era, where records and milestones are continuously coming into question, few eyebrows are raised suspiciously toward the achievements of pitchers. So, where the top offensive player of this generation stands on shaky ground with regards to his future Hall of Fame induction, the top two pitchers– Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux– are already booking hotel reservations for Cooperstown and scheduling tee-times at the Leatherstocking Golf Course.

For the next eight top pitchers… they’ll have to read this article before they start making flight plans. Who’s Going to the Hall, and Who’s Watching the Ceremony on Baseball Tonight, by Garrett Rudolph.

There is only one position player in baseball right now whose statistics are good enough to get him into the Hall of Fame, no questions asked. I won’t even mention his name, but we all know who I am talking about and we all know that his off-field endeavors might eventually cost him his admittance slip, just like it cost Pete Rose. That is an argument for another day, another time, and certainly, another writer.

But for the other 99.9% of baseball there is the potential for some argument one way or the other. With that said, here is the definitive list: Who’s In and Who’s Out amongst the top 9 candidates, according to Garrett Rudolph.