i have absolutely no contribution to your song list - but just had to stop and congrats to you on the new gig!!!

What do you think Joe Pepitones favorite song was?
I'm guessing cocaine.

How about Pink Floyd's "Money" song for A-Rod. Just imagine the sound of a cash register over the speakers when he walks up to the plate. Could be taken in a few directions....

I didn't read the list, but here are a few of my selections:

Pete Rose -- "The Gambler"

Ted Williams -- "You Go To My Head"

Mickey Mantle -- "Shut Up and Drink"

Barry Bonds -- "Act Naturally"

And for football:

Ricky Williams -- "Take This Job and Shove It"

actually, when a-rod was with the rangers i went and watched him at safeco field in seattle. they played "money" over the loudspeakers when he strolled to the plate, as monopoly money rained down from every direction imaginable. of course, he proceded to crank one of the deepest homeruns ever hit into the left field upper deck... and the idiot fan who caught it threw it back.

No changes for your list... but I wish you could have managed some more praise for the Greatest Third Baseman of All Time... Michael Jack Schmidt!

I was thinking "money for nothing" by dire straits for Derek Jeter...heh. Nice piece.

I also thought of 'the Gambler' for Pete Rose,or 'The Hustle'.
uh, Ricky Williams: Afroman, 'cos I got high'.

as far as Jose, maybe a Madonna song might be funny(didn't he date her), Like 'Material Girl','Pretender','Lucky star'?

How about "Asshole", by Dennis Leary for Jose Canseco.

Works as well as any song I can think of. Wasn't Canseco supposed to be working on a tell-all book that will "name names" regarding steroids?

Congrats on the new gig - I've enjoyed your site for a while now, and you're already ensconced in the top two in the pantheon of Page 2/Page 3 writers - everyone else tends to range from lame to painful (IMHO, of course).

I would add Fleetwood Mac's "Over My Head" for Tony Tarasco. Though he's already had enought trouble with theme music to last a lifetime.