Prior to the season, Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen wrote that “Centerfield” by John Fogerty was the song he never wanted to hear again at the ballpark.
Something tells me the Philadelphia Phillies would’ve killed for something by the former Creedance Clearwater Revival frontman when they faced the Washington Nationals this weekend.
Apparently, the Nats have replaced standard stadium fare with some of the finest songs your local soft rock station has to offer. Prior to Friday’s contest, the Phillies were greeted to “Somewhere Out There” by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, “Everybody Hurts” by REM and the Kansas classic “Dust in the Wind”.
“I didn’t even notice it,” Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth said. “But it’s nice soothing music they’ve got going on here. It’s nice for the fans at the ballpark before the game. Yeah, maybe get a beer, a pretzel, enjoy BP.”
Werth and his teammates might not care, but don’t include Phillies skipper Ryne Sandberg on that list.
“It’s bush league. And irrelevant,” Sandberg said. “What’s the point?”
But the music selection isn’t the only thing that has the team’s manager up in arms.
“They back us up, and we have 30 minutes by the time we got off to the first pitch,” Sandberg said about his team’s allotted warm up time. “Guys have ten minutes to do whatever they do, and it’s very inconvenient.”
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