Wallop
Game 48: May 28, 2005
Red Sox (26-22), 17
Yankees (27-22), 1
W: Matt Clement (6-0)
L: Carl Pavano (4-3)
The Boston Red Sox hit parade countdown:
- 1st inning: Johnny Damon fly ball double: “Hit Me Like You Did the First Time,” The Flaming Lips
- Manny Ramirez ground ball single: “Hit 'Em Wit' Da Hee,” Missy Elliott
- 2nd inning: Jason Varitek ground ball single: “Closer to Home (I’m Your Captain),” Grand Funk Railroad
- John Olerud line drive single: “King of Birds,” R.E.M.
- Damon line drive single: “Crush,” Jimmy Eat World
- Edgar Renteria ground ball single: “Greatest Hits,” Sublime
- 3rd inning: Ramirez line drive single: “Somebody’s Got to Do It,” The Roots
- Varitek ground ball single: “Never Will I Break,” 3 Doors Down
- 4th inning: Renteria soft line drive single: “Never Be Beat,” Tupac Shakur
- Ramirez line drive single: “Bang Out,” Snoop Dogg
- Trot Nixon soft line drive single: “When Tomorrow Hits,” Mudhoney
- 5th inning: Bill Mueller line drive single: “Hit,” The Sugarcubes
- Mark Bellhorn line drive single: “Heavy Things,” Phish
- Damon line drive single: “Can I Get a Flicc Witchu,” Snoop Dogg with Bootsy Collins
- Renteria grand slam: “Boom! Boom!” John Lee Hooker
- Ramirez fly ball single: “Nappy Heads,” Fugees
- Nixon home run: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” Pat Benatar
- 6th inning: Mueller line drive single: “A Kissed Out Red Floatboat,” Cocteau Twins
- 7th inning: David Ortiz line drive single: “Boom!” The Roots
- Jay Payton home run: “Payday,” Elvis Costello
- Olerud ground ball single: “Old Ways,” Neil Young
- 8th inning: Damon soft line drive single: “Fall at Your Feet,” Crowded House
- Ramon Vazquez soft line drive single: “One Hit Wonderful,” Reel Big Fish
- Ortiz ground ball single: “Hold It Now, Hit It!” Beastie Boys
- Nixon fly ball single: “I Could Turn You Inside Out,” R.E.M.
- Olerud ground ball single: “Arpeggi,” Radiohead
- 9th inning: Bellhorn line drive single: “#1 Hit Song,” Minutemen
Today, should you choose to wear eye black, wear it like Nixon did.
