Yankees fans, hearing “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, no matter where you are, brings you down memory lane, does it not? Conjuring, right now, in your mind’s eye: Mariano Rivera, the greatest closing pitcher of all time, trotting to the mound from the bullpen. Did you know he did not even choose that song? In his book, The Closer, Mariano explains:
Ever since we played the San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series and the Yankees management noticed how [their] fans got fired up by Trevor [Hoffman]’s entrance song ‘Hell’s Bells’ by AC/DC, they decided I needed a dramatic musical introduction, too….