Closers are some of the craziest people in sports. Some get hyped up by using smelling salts, energy drinks, channeling fan heckling into rage, or some combination of the bunch. Some teams like the Rangers don't even really have one.
What is not as common is closers slapping themselves silly right before the glass shatters for 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's iconic entrance music followed by a light show.
Tyler “Stone Cold” Phillips might have the best closer entrance in baseball now
pic.twitter.com/a923GlCZtP— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) August 25, 2025That sounds like a made up story but is exactly what the Miami Marlins have made for their journeyman relievers entrance.