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The Mets are desperately trying to find the right tune to start the eighth inning at home games. They ran a poll on their Web site to get fans' votes on this issue, but due to an Internet phenonemon called Rickrolling, Rick Astley's No. 1 smash from 1987, "Never Gonna Give You Up," was the winner. Rickrolling, by the way, is an Internet prank where you will be duped into clicking on a link that will send you to Astley's video on YouTube. Another aspect of the 'Roll is playing the song loudly in public places to distract and annoy unwilling listeners - which is exactly what happended Tuesday at Shea, where the song was played and greeted with enough boos you thought Scott Schoeneweis was singing.

New York Daily News

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April 13, 2008  09:13 AM ET

they are using the big red faugs hit ????? are you serious????? holy crap thats bad lol,,,,they are gonna burn shea down

April 13, 2008  09:32 AM ET

Lame. Just like Chuck Norris jokes.

April 13, 2008  10:07 AM ET

ice ice baby? has to be top 5 atleast

April 13, 2008  10:12 AM ET

That's a terrible song. Maybe "Hanging Tough" is in order.

April 13, 2008  11:10 AM ET

Land down Under

April 13, 2008  11:30 AM ET

I agree with the Pinhead. Safety Dance is the obvious choice.

April 13, 2008  01:04 PM ET

"Pencil Thin Mustache" or "Let's Get Drunk and Screw" by Jimmy Buffet. The first for obvious reason and the second just because....

April 13, 2008  01:45 PM ET

this story is actually pretty funny in my opinion, but it has absolutely nothing to do with sports. i could give a **** if the mets fans are happy during the top of the 8th inning. and THIS makes fannation?

April 13, 2008  02:23 PM ET

Ha, I just got rickrolled the other day by a coworker. I didn't realize it was this big.

April 13, 2008  04:04 PM ET

I love getting rickrolled. i even do it to myself

April 13, 2008  09:07 PM ET

where I come from its called "rolling your rick" and you better wash your hands afterwords.

April 13, 2008  09:24 PM ET

Never gonna give you up, never gonna make you cry, never gonna tell a lie, and hurt you...

(don't ask)

April 13, 2008  09:42 PM ET

that is the most played song on your iPod, isn't it? Just admit it.....its the first step to recovery!

April 14, 2008  10:34 AM ET

Phillies fans were actually behind the write-in votes to get the song played. It's all over youtube now.

April 14, 2008  01:24 PM ET

Oh, dear god... what a mistake. Almost as bad as having the Baja Men perform "Who Let The Dogs Out" at the 2000 World Series.

There's a Philly conspiracy here somewhere...

April 14, 2008  03:34 PM ET

anything is better than that god awful rally monkey song/dance crap that the angels have.


of course this assumes the song "cotton eyed joe" was never recorded - what a piece of crap that is.

 
April 18, 2008  11:55 PM ET

Just pick something from Ozzy and be done with it!

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