New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz has legitimately become one of the most popular players in baseball this week, and it’s all because of a song.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you probably haven’t spent much time on Twitter. Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Here is everything you need to know about “Narco” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet — which is the epic song Diaz uses as he trots to the pitcher’s mound at Citi Field.
As we recently wrote, Diaz’s tremendous bullpen entrance is exactly what the MLB needs right now. The recent video of the closer coming into the game for the Mets at Citi Field on Sunday went viral, and a couple recently used it as the walk-out song at their wedding to honor Diaz.
The recent hype for Diaz got us thinking: Where does this rank among the best entrances for relief pitchers in MLB history? How does it stack up with “Hells Bells” for Trevor Hoffman and “Enter Sandman” for Mariano Rivera?
Note that songs were excluded if it wasn’t from an actual MLB pitcher (so no “Wild Thing” from the “Major League” movie) or if there was no video that I could find (no “Bad To The Bone” for Dennis Eckersley or Goose Gossage).
Otherwise, this is how I rank the best walkout songs in baseball history: