After more than four decades in the game, Rockies manager Bud Black has been everywhere in baseball, man. Seen and heard it all.
Then, on a recent spring night in Colorado, the peace of his potty break in the middle of the ninth inning of a tight contest was crashed by the churning guitar and screeching lyrics of Ted Nugent.
“Ted Nugent! The Motor City Madman!” declared Black, scurrying back from the bathroom near the Rockies dugout to discover what all the commotion was about.
Here I come again now baby,
Like a dog in heat
Reliever Daniel Bard, one of the more remarkable recent comeback stories in sports, as well as a protagonist for one of the major leagues’ more unlikely early-season playoff contenders, had exited the Rockies bullpen and was ready to close the ninth inning.