Did Braves, fans troll Mets and Edwin Diaz while finishing sweep?
The Atlanta Braves may or may not have intentionally added insult to divisional injury in the closing minutes of their pivotal home sweep over the rival New York Mets that essentially clinched the National League East.
As Mark W. Sanchez noted for the New York Post, the Braves were leading the Mets 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning of the "Sunday Night Baseball" game when Atlanta manager Brian Snitker called upon William Contreras to pinch hit for Marcell Ozuna and face Mets closer Edwin Diaz. Diaz, of course, repeatedly went viral throughout the summer both for his dominant on-the-mound performances and for his "Narco" entrance song that Contreras also happens to use as his walk-up tune.
Unsurprisingly, Braves fans loudly welcomed Contreras to the plate and even played some "air trumpets" in an apparent reference to how Mets supporters at Citi Field have greeted Diaz throughout the 2022 MLB season:
Diaz ultimately won this battle and struck Contreras out on three pitches, but the Braves held on for the two-run victory that dropped their magic number to win the division title to just one.
"Narco" is the creation of Blasterjaxx duo Thom Jongkind and Idir Makhlaf and also the artist known as Timmy Trumpet. Makhlaf made it clear during an MLB Network appearance last month that only one player in the league has their blessing to use what's become an iconic song.
"For us, Edwin is the official one, that’s for sure," Makhlaf said at that time. "You can’t have more, right? That’s impossible. You have to choose your own song."
Makhlaf's words aside, the famous adage teaches that to the victor go the spoils.
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