Prime Time (Deion Sanders album)

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A lot of athletes fancy themselves musicians. But only baseball boasts a growing number of dedicated tribute bands including an all-star grindcore act and a pop-punk band named after Dancing Homer’s favourite team. We are living in an era of unparalleled musical baseball gifts. Sure basketball has the courtside star power and football is football. "Oh shit, son!'' But there is no other sport where, if you were so weirdly inclined you could listen to only music about that sport. [music plays] The Isotopes are a Canadian punk band whose songs detail the crucial minutia of things like the infield fly rule and the loneliness of players defecting from Cuba. Important lesson for the kids, you know? "Well, um... We got some, uh... Got some newer songs in the works." [yelling] Columbus, Ohio has Slugging Percentage, a two-piece who start their shows with one of their mom’s playing the national anthem on the flute [plays "The Star-Spangled Banner"] and who get kids to run in a mosh pit around them on the base path that they bring to every show. Plus, they have their own umpire. "To umpire the game tonight, we have-" [boo from someone in the crowd] [laughter] Which brings us to my personal favourite, the Pig Destroyer-referencing tribute to the Los Angeles Dodgers breakout star, Yasiel Puig - Puig Destroyer. [metal music plays] Featuring members of Thrice and Curlupanddie, Puig Destroyer celebrate baseball fights and ask that you “Stop Fucking Bunting" over 220 BPM blast beats. Plus, they made it on ESPN. So legit! "With the merchandising and attendance frenzy that he's created in Los Angeles over the metal band named after him with a single called One Man, Five Tools." But you don’t have to stop with bands that are named after baseball players. You can listen to baseball players, who are named after baseball players sing about being baseball players, because they are those baseball players. "Diamond Rolex, with 'gators on my feet I got two pair for every day of the week." - Neon Deion Sanders released his only album - Prime Time – in 1994. “Must Be The Money” never actually charted, and the album never actually charted, and even though he was managed by MC Hammer, Sanders’ career quickly flatlined. Which is the opposite of Bernie Williams, who’s followed a four-time World Series winning career with the Yankees with two wonderful and tasteful albums of classical jazz guitar and he also was nominated for a Latin Grammy. [Classical jazz guitar music plays] [Classical jazz guitar music plays] [sighs] Former Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo released an album of covers called COVERING THE BASES which included the Fenway victory anthem, Dirty Water, including contributions from Johnny Damon, Kevin Youkilis, and Kevin Millar. Damon and Arroyo also added vocals to the Dropkick Murphies cover of "Tessie," the other Fenway victory anthem. Because the Red Sox love a good victory anthem. They also use Three Dog Night. They have three victory anthems. And if you prefer your baseball songs a little bit on the creamier side, Mike Stud used to be a relief pitcher in Duke before before Tommy John surgery sidelined his baseball aspirations. Now he raps about relief pitching and women. "And she said, 'Boy I know your game. All you want it just sex.' Told her, 'You can get to steppin, I got girlies on deck.'" All of this is ignoring the non-baseball themed musical projects of players like Jose Reyes, and Scott Radinsky, and Omar Visquel. Actually, we won’t ignore Omar Visquel. This is him covering the Goo Goo Dolls. [Omar Visquel, "Broadway" (Goo Goo Dolls) plays] Got a favourite baseball band or a baseball song or a baseball snack or whatever? Let us know in the comment! And please subscribe for more This Exists every week. And also, listen to your friends in Puig Destroyer and stop fucking bunting.