Defeat the Empire

I turn on WFAN about 45 minutes after the Mets beat the Nats 3-2 at Shea, figuring to hear a little bit of a lovefest and some testimonies from fans in attendance about the wonderful experience they just had in being part of a sellout crowd. Instead, what do I hear?

Endless bickering about Billy Wagner's choice of "Enter Sandman" as his theme song when entering the game in the 9th inning.

It's an issue, of course, because it's Mariano Rivera's song that's played across town when he enters the game. But Mariano doesn't have the song trademarked or copyrighted, does he? He doesn't have an exclusive rights contract with Metallica. The song is available for use for ANYONE in baseball, and if Billy wants to play it en route to 40+ saves in 2006, more power to him.

Player of the Game, 4/3/06: Xavier Nady, RF. Nady went 4-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored. His double in the fourth inning gave the Mets a 2-1 lead, and they would never trail.