METALLICA Manager To METS' WAGNER: Turn Up The Volume

April 5, 2006

Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News has issued the following report:

In Mets opener, Billy Wagner enters ninth inning to sounds of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman", rocking Yankee fans who claim the song belongs to Mariano Rivera.

Not only should the Mets play "Enter Sandman" when closer Billy Wagner takes the mound at Shea, the manager of METALLICA says they should turn up the volume.

"Frankly, they could have played it louder as far as I'm concerned," said Peter Mensch, the band's manager and a Mets season-ticket holder. "My comment is: Go Billy."

A day after Wagner closed the Mets' 3-2 Opening Day victory with Mensch in attendance, sports-talk radio erupted, with Yankee fans railing at Wagner's entry music — the same song used by Mariano Rivera in the Bronx.

As for Mensch, he even tried to help recruit Wagner. After learning Wagner was a METALLICA fan this winter, he told Mets officials to relay to the free-agent closer that Wagner could be on stage during a concert if that would entice him to relocate to Flushing.

"I haven't quite told METALLICA," Mensch said with a laugh. "He can sing backup vocals.

"Literally, I called up people I knew at Shea Stadium. That morning, when he was coming to New York, before he signed, we called up and said, 'Tell Billy Wagner, if it means anything, that the manager of METALLICA is a season-ticket holder and will put him on stage the next time he's in New York. Or we will reroute the tour.'"

Read the entire article at www.nydailynews.com.

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