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METALLICA Adding Fuel To Fire

July 18, 2003

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that "Benitez informed the Stadium scoreboard operators he wanted to shed his theme from his Met days, the ridiculous 'Who Let The Dogs Out', and told them to choose a new signature song for him.

"The choice, 'Fuel' by METALLICA, is a subtle part of a reprogramming designed to distance Benitez from the Mets and quickly make him feel part of a more universally supportive pinstripe family, with the belief a comfortable Benitez will only make hitters uncomfortable.

"That METALLICA also produced Mariano Rivera's anthem, 'Enter Sandman', is no coincidence, since the Yankee closer will be central to easing Benitez's transition from Flushing to The Bronx." Read more.

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