Here's Wagner's comment….

“I play for the Mets. Mariano plays for the Yankees. I never have to
face him and he never has to face me, so there's no big competition
there,” Wagner said. “The earth isn't going to crumble just because two
guys have it.”


Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com weighs in…

With a new $43 million contract and 285 career saves, Wagner has earned
the right to pick his background music. If New York is big enough for a
pair of Sandmen, it should be able to accommodate two teams with
postseason aspirations.

Personally, Hot Foot thinks that Wagner should be able to play whatever he wants, especially since he's been using it as long as Mo. Would I prefer he chose another song? Yes, cause i'd like him to establish his own identity in New York, since Mo is synonymous with Enter Sandman here. Wagner actually is more closely tied to Metallica and the song is more personal to him. Mo isn't even a Metallica fan, it was something the Yankees thrust upon him and it stuck. But its a regional thing, and Mo really owns the rights here in New York, so I feel the song is so closely associated with him here it just seems too weird to have Wagner try to carry it with him here. I would love for him to make something like Don' Tread On Me or Unforgiven his own, theres a whole bunch of great Metallica songs that would usher him in with great effect.

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