Hats off to the Indians who are willing to pull out all the stops in their pursuit of a World Series title. Tonight they will send C.C. Sabathia to the mound as their starting pitcher, but they will send Danielle Peck to the mound in the pregame to sing the National Anthem. Peck used to date Josh Beckett who will get the game 5 start for Boston, and will try to keep the Sox season alive. There is no word on if their break up was amicable, and the Indians are saying that they didn't know that Peck and Beckett had dated when they set her up. They said the reason they picked her is that she's from Ohio. (Remember back in the day, when country stars and NASCAR drivers were from the south?)
There is some precedent here, involving the Indians and pregame entertainment. Back in 2002 after Tawny Kitaen kicked the shit out of Indians pitcher Chuck Finley he filed for divorce. A few days later the Tribe was at Comiskey Park to take on the White Sox, and the dude running the audio played "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake as Finley was warming up. People said that it was a low blow and the audio guy was fired, I however, thought it was funny as shit. I also think that teams should play "Born to be Wild" when Ben Roethlisberger takes the field because of the motorcycle sounds at the beginning, but that's just me.
The one difference in the two baseball cases is that Kitaen was early masturbation fodder for many in my generation and Peck is at best pretty. She's like a lot of female country acts: all looks no talent.
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