Big Brawlin', Yes Y'allin'.

Having spent a couple hours last night reading my pal (and sometimes extrawack! contributor) Spike Vrusho's excellent book, Benchclearing: Baseball's Greatest Fights and Riots

I was chuffed to see footage of this excellent brawl at a single-A minor league game between the Dayton Dragons and the Peoria Chiefs:



Here's a little soundtrack music for the above clip:

The Republic Tigers - Fight Song (Live in KC, MO) mp3

"Meet The Mets" x 2

It's opening day for the Mets (4:10 p.m. ET vs. the Marlins on SNY), and you know what that means...

Time to bust out the "Meet The Mets" mp3's!

Bill Katz & Ruth Robbins - "Meet The Mets (Original Version)" mp3

Yo La Tengo - "Meet The Mets" mp3 buy

The history of "Meet The Mets" is here.

See how Yo La Tengo got their name on "Kaplan's Korner" with special guest, Mets legend Ed Kranepool here.

Yo La Tengo + Mets = Best Baseball Song Ever.

It's baseball time, baby!

That means two things.

Time to get my Jose Reyes shirt out of winter storage, and time to post the coolest cover of any baseball team's theme, ever.

Yo La Tengo - "Meet The Mets" mp3 buy