But, of course, “OMG” isn’t just a catchy song that the Mets have adopted.
It’s one of those ear-worm songs, so even if it wasn’t something you were going to hear at the ballpark all summer, it would find a way to bore into your head and stay there awhile.
Perhaps baseball lends itself best to these deep musical associations simply because there are more games, and more free time at those games to allow it. Elias doesn’t keep track of these things, but it’s likely that the Pirates might’ve been the first team to co-opt a pop song when “We Are Family” became their rallying cry in 1979. And though it’s become a ballpark cliché, props are probably in order for the Red Sox going with “Sweet Caroline” as an eighth-inning rebel yell years ago.
But the Knicks had, and have again, “Go New York, Go New York, Go!” though some of us of a certain age prefer the Bernard-Era standard “We’re the New York Knicks” And 1994’s run to the title was ignited by Pat Riley’s devotion to the Billy Joel/Color Me Badd song “It’s All About Soul.”
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