Brett Myers Hates Disco, Loves Butt Rock

An interesting item in the most recent "Phillies notes" (damn, now I need a new name for mine) on the official website:

Brett Myers spent a good deal of time with his iPod before Thursday's game, sifting through options for a proper entrance song.

Well, you were awesome on Wednesday, Brett, but you probably should have spent more time going over the scouting reports.

He wasn't happy to hear K.C. & The Sunshine Band's "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" when he entered Wednesday's game, and let anyone within earshot know about it.

Well, there you go. Don't play games with karma, Brett. The boogie giveth and the boogie taketh away.

"It ticked me off," Myers said after the game. "They need to do a poll in the paper to tell people to pick my song."

Myers said that he's narrowed down the choices, and a finalist is believed to be "Lights Out," by P.O.D. Myers has used both White Zombie's "Children of the Grave" and The Outlaws' "(Ghost) Rider in the Sky" this season, though neither has stuck.

Huh? No Puddle of Mudd? No DragonForce? Brett, if you want people to laugh at you, then just pick a J.Lo song and get it over with.

Why is it that closers must have an uber-macho entrance theme when they are some of the biggest goobers in the game? Nobody would think Brian Fuentes was any more badass if he came to the mound in a Pantera t-shirt, rocking out to "Number of the Beast." If I can blame Billy Wagner for one more thing, I'd like to criticize him for completing the late-inning relief ace's transition from key sub in a goofy bullpen cart to cartoonized professional wrestler betraying his fear with misguided overtures towards manliness.

In that case, Brett, just ape the Ultimate Warrior's theme music and come out in full face paint, shaking the foul pole and sprinting around the bases. Think of it as an extended conditioning regimen.