I have the utmost respect for Mariano Rivera, but (and I'm not just saying this because I'm a Met fan) Billy Wagner is the REAL Sandman of Major League Baseball.
While it's true that Billy Wagner was first in major league baseball to use Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as his entrance theme, someone already got the song first. That person is a famous wrestler from mainly the original Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) known as "Sandman". He began to use "Enter Sandman" as his theme in the mid-1990s when he would pass through the crowd, pour beer in his mouth, cut his forehead with the beer can, and spit out the beer, all while the entire song plays.
first time I heard that at shea and I said hold up since when they got Big mo and then I realised it was billy wagner. Why they play enter sandman in the first place for him. Come on, theres only one big mo, the best closer, and thats Mariano Rivera.
Fuck Mo and fuck the Yankees. Billy Wagner had the song first, and it belongs to him. He is the true sandman. And it is stupid to say that Rivera has been to the world series and billy has not. The Skankees not Rivera alone got to the world series. It is not Billy's fault the teams lost. Also, he was a roady for Mettalica. And all that crap about the Yankees and Rivera having a presence is such bullshit. Mets all the way in 08!
Billy Wagner doesnt even compare to Mariano Rivera. Mariano carried those teams to their WS...he has more postseason saves in the postseason ever and a sub 1.00 ERA lifetime.When people hear Enter Sandman in sports they think the greatest closer of all time.
How does a closer carry a team to a world series? That makes no sense at all you moron. If anyone lead the Yankees to the World Series, it would be Jeter. Also, Wagner had the song long before Rivera ever did and Rivera has even stated publicly that he's never listened to a Metallic song in his life. Get over and start worrying about catching the Red Sox and Rays.
Mo's postseason numbers are inhuman.Hes not just a closer. You have to be in the ALCS and ALDS before you can go into the WS, idiot. Without Mo there wouldnt have been a dynasty.
You get over my opinion and start worrying about trying to maintain being in first, because you did that so well last year.
Lmao, you guys are arguing about who had the song first. ENTER SANDMAN SUCKS, and Metallica from 1990 and sofourth sucked, but I wouldn't expect you to even know what I'm talking about.
P.S, Sorry, Wagner was never a roadie for selloutica, don't know where you got that idea from.
Anyone with half a brain knows that Mariano Rivera is the real Sandman. He flaunts it quietly, goes about his business being great in the postseason and winning championships. he rocks that song in a way that Billy Wagner wishes he can. when u hear that song it comes with a presence, either u think Mo or Metallica
How many playoff games has Wagner saved? How many World Series games has Wagner saved? Oh thats right Wagner has never pitched in a World Series! Show me a video of Enter Sandman when Wagner was with the Astros!
what does that have to do with anything who gives a shit about the stupid song ( thats awesome) or who had it first, its about the closers and LETS GO METS we are down but not OUT!!
tis is what happened hoffman started coming out to music. then wagner copyied hoffman by coming out to sandman.Wagner had sandman first but rivera made it popular
first he copies arod's #13, then mariano theme music, what's next derek jeter's wristband or something. he is just a wanna be yankee. there will only be one true sandman and he lives in the bronx
Ok yea so I assume every player who wears #13 is copying AROD. So is Rivera copying Jackie Robinson...who wore #42? And FYI dude Wagner used the song first in Houston, BEFORE Rivera just because he came to the mets this year doesn't mean he has to change the song he had first.
ANd one last thing...it's a song dude no1 really cares the fact that both people have it...I sure dont. I hate the Yankees but Rivera is a helluva great closer I can admit that.
as a matter of fact he is copying him. he is wearing the number 42 to honar robinson and hes one of the only players wearing it today. so yeah fyi he is copying him
i posted a comment to lets go mets. but i am in no way defending villegas idiot comments. wagner has been wearing 13 his whole carrer not just in ny. and wait is jeter the only player to have a wristband, wtf are you talking about. mets all the way baby go mets
every one should of been jumping up and down like they do at the hokies game now that would of been fucking epic to seee =)
sfjohn5 11 months ago
@disgracefulangel: Mariano Rivera is shit, Wagner is the fucking sandman Asshole
KyleCagle3 1 year ago
I miss this
hhh4evur 1 year ago
How'd that whole Billy Wagner thing work out for the Mets?
TimSPC 1 year ago
Mariano Rivera is the Sandman
disgracefulangel 2 years ago
@disgracefulangel even though Wagner had the song first and actually listens to the band unlike Mariano but okay..
Three1Bravo 1 year ago
welcome to boston billy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
patscelticsredsox2 2 years ago
Welcome to ATLANTA BILLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JCSCougar 2 years ago
Miss you shea : ( i was at that game and thats my b day. LETS GO METS!!!
RBfilms60 2 years ago
I miss hearing this at Met games...
I have the utmost respect for Mariano Rivera, but (and I'm not just saying this because I'm a Met fan) Billy Wagner is the REAL Sandman of Major League Baseball.
pacmanghostx 2 years ago
@pacmanghostx
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sorry, but i think we win
Yankees 4ever
WrathofKhanII 1 year ago
i'll miss you shea stadium =(
adamantkester 2 years ago
I love the Mets, but Wagner sucks!!!
jdsoultrn 3 years ago
While it's true that Billy Wagner was first in major league baseball to use Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as his entrance theme, someone already got the song first. That person is a famous wrestler from mainly the original Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) known as "Sandman". He began to use "Enter Sandman" as his theme in the mid-1990s when he would pass through the crowd, pour beer in his mouth, cut his forehead with the beer can, and spit out the beer, all while the entire song plays.
DJSedSo 3 years ago
first time I heard that at shea and I said hold up since when they got Big mo and then I realised it was billy wagner. Why they play enter sandman in the first place for him. Come on, theres only one big mo, the best closer, and thats Mariano Rivera.
vorsdec 3 years ago
ive been 2 metz games b4 and they alwayz play that song
amf121212 3 years ago
Fuck Mo and fuck the Yankees. Billy Wagner had the song first, and it belongs to him. He is the true sandman. And it is stupid to say that Rivera has been to the world series and billy has not. The Skankees not Rivera alone got to the world series. It is not Billy's fault the teams lost. Also, he was a roady for Mettalica. And all that crap about the Yankees and Rivera having a presence is such bullshit. Mets all the way in 08!
Strongreenc10 3 years ago
Billy Wagner doesnt even compare to Mariano Rivera. Mariano carried those teams to their WS...he has more postseason saves in the postseason ever and a sub 1.00 ERA lifetime.When people hear Enter Sandman in sports they think the greatest closer of all time.
yankeesrock2000 3 years ago
How does a closer carry a team to a world series? That makes no sense at all you moron. If anyone lead the Yankees to the World Series, it would be Jeter. Also, Wagner had the song long before Rivera ever did and Rivera has even stated publicly that he's never listened to a Metallic song in his life. Get over and start worrying about catching the Red Sox and Rays.
iamzeroedin 3 years ago
Mo's postseason numbers are inhuman.Hes not just a closer. You have to be in the ALCS and ALDS before you can go into the WS, idiot. Without Mo there wouldnt have been a dynasty.
You get over my opinion and start worrying about trying to maintain being in first, because you did that so well last year.
yankeesrock2000 3 years ago 4
When people hear enter sandman, they sing along to a crappy fake metal song.
imbigbarbagello 3 years ago
Lmao, you guys are arguing about who had the song first. ENTER SANDMAN SUCKS, and Metallica from 1990 and sofourth sucked, but I wouldn't expect you to even know what I'm talking about.
P.S, Sorry, Wagner was never a roadie for selloutica, don't know where you got that idea from.
imbigbarbagello 3 years ago
how come billy wagner and mariono rivera both have enter sandman when they come in from the bullpen?
asp355 3 years ago
wagner had it since 1997 so fuck all u yankees fans saying the mets stole enter sandman from mariano!!!
ruizcures432 3 years ago
Do you have season tickets?
hhh4evur 3 years ago
No, the Mets rarely sell out so it's easy to get tix to almost any game you want. That's how my friends and I go to games.
LetsGoMets211 3 years ago
Oh. Cuz i see you were here, when then they clinched, and at game 1 so i thought u had season tix
hhh4evur 3 years ago
Haha no I wish.
LetsGoMets211 3 years ago
Me 2. do you kno what the prices are gonna be like at citi field?
hhh4evur 3 years ago
Nah I don't, and I'm afraid to know, cuz they're definitely gonna be worse than prices at Shea.
LetsGoMets211 3 years ago
Anyone with half a brain knows that Mariano Rivera is the real Sandman. He flaunts it quietly, goes about his business being great in the postseason and winning championships. he rocks that song in a way that Billy Wagner wishes he can. when u hear that song it comes with a presence, either u think Mo or Metallica
yankzrokz2000 3 years ago
wagner had the song longer fyi
coolgamer293 3 years ago
ya don't say Billy is a bad closer.
cause we can look up stats right now.
abridgeduploader 3 years ago
wagner was just as dominant with the stros as mo is with the yanks, im not knocking MO hes the greatest but wagner is still a great closer
SiggaSurvivor 3 years ago
How many playoff games has Wagner saved? How many World Series games has Wagner saved? Oh thats right Wagner has never pitched in a World Series! Show me a video of Enter Sandman when Wagner was with the Astros!
JOECNYC3 3 years ago
what does that have to do with anything who gives a shit about the stupid song ( thats awesome) or who had it first, its about the closers and LETS GO METS we are down but not OUT!!
SiggaSurvivor 3 years ago
Oh and I have his autograph on my Astros Wagner jersey.
anabelmnz 3 years ago
I fell in love with Billy Wagner when i went to the Astros game at the astrodome. And after like 9 years, he is still my fave baseball player.
I'm an allout Astros girl btw!!!!!
anabelmnz 3 years ago
i was at that game
redeyeZ1000 3 years ago
man i was there for game 4 or whenever wanger gave up the lead to the cards. one of the mose exciting momoents in life. shea was shaking
mesfanian1125 3 years ago
Billy is the original sandman idc wut any1 else says and i hope all the games i go 2 nxm season ill be seeing alot of him!!!!
shemelzman1 4 years ago
Nice, I was at the game, but wasn't the score 6-3?
shin19691986 4 years ago
No, I checked on baseball almanac and it said that the score for August 19, 2006 Rockies @ Mets was 7-4.
LetsGoMets211 4 years ago
tis is what happened hoffman started coming out to music. then wagner copyied hoffman by coming out to sandman.Wagner had sandman first but rivera made it popular
Brodeur2007MVP 4 years ago
first he copies arod's #13, then mariano theme music, what's next derek jeter's wristband or something. he is just a wanna be yankee. there will only be one true sandman and he lives in the bronx
villegas1985 4 years ago
Ok yea so I assume every player who wears #13 is copying AROD. So is Rivera copying Jackie Robinson...who wore #42? And FYI dude Wagner used the song first in Houston, BEFORE Rivera just because he came to the mets this year doesn't mean he has to change the song he had first.
LetsGoMets211 4 years ago
I mean came to the Mets last year**
ANd one last thing...it's a song dude no1 really cares the fact that both people have it...I sure dont. I hate the Yankees but Rivera is a helluva great closer I can admit that.
LetsGoMets211 4 years ago
as a matter of fact he is copying him. he is wearing the number 42 to honar robinson and hes one of the only players wearing it today. so yeah fyi he is copying him
tyrone37 4 years ago
i posted a comment to lets go mets. but i am in no way defending villegas idiot comments. wagner has been wearing 13 his whole carrer not just in ny. and wait is jeter the only player to have a wristband, wtf are you talking about. mets all the way baby go mets
tyrone37 4 years ago
actully buddy A-Rod started wearing 13 in 2004. billy Wagner was wearing 13 in 1995 therefore A-Rod is copying him.HA DUCH
TNTmovies 4 years ago
WOOO Billy!!! Houston misses you!
jennyt71 4 years ago
there aint no shitty seats there
joeiscool93 4 years ago
How bout u show Wagner Warming up next time
gmoney151515 4 years ago
YEA I SA UPPER DECK TO it was siick
JReyes707 4 years ago
i got that song
unclemarty1 4 years ago
upper deck is the only way to go
nesc823 4 years ago
What shitty seats..
klabkebash 4 years ago
Dude, upper deck seats are awesome!
LetsGoMets211 4 years ago
as a yankees fan i say the following there is truly only one sandman
and he was in ecw
psu68born 4 years ago
go mets
oreokid86 4 years ago
YEAH!!!
MJbusvids 4 years ago