Angels players use Nickelback for walk-up songs in an effort to break their long losing streak. It doesn't work.
The Los Angeles Angels are in a bad way right now.
Headed into Wednesday, the Angels had plummeted down the standings, losing 13 straight and firing manager Joe Maddon in the process. The Philadelphia Phillies, especially, had quite the turn around against the Angels in the last week, smashing dinger after dinger after firing their own manager, Joe Girardi.
So yeah, things aren’t going well for the Angels right now. It’s so bad, in fact, that the Angels turned toward a surprising source of hope… Nickelback. Yes, that Nickelback.
Instead of the Angels' usual walk-up songs, the team unanimously used Nickelback before their at bats during Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox in an effort to break their losing streak.
How did this come about, you ask? Likely because the Angels quality assurance coach Tim Buss likes Nickelback and plays their songs on the staff busses!
The ploy did not work, as the Angels fell 1-0, extending their losing streak to 14 games.
Nevin said the Nickelback serenade wasn’t his idea, but he wasn’t mad.
“I like it,” Nevin said. “I like Nickelback. The entire game, I’ve got songs in my head I can’t stop singing.”
Pitcher Reid Detmers said the scheme “definitely threw us off a little bit, but that’s just to keep us loose, have some fun.”
MLB fans, as expected, fired off jokes at the Angels' expense for resorting to such a hokey tactic to get their mojo back.
Contributing: The Associated Press
