<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, new york mets]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, new york mets]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/newyorkmets http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/newyorkmets <![CDATA[New York Mets to hold rickroll runoff]]>
Thousands of Fark and Digg users stuffed the virtual ballot box at Shea Stadium with requests for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" to play during the 8th inning. The Mets now say the team will hold a runoff, since the winning tune probably doesn't reflect true Mets fans' wishes. The Mets will play the top six selections during the first six home games. The song that draws the largest crowd response will win. Other song choices included "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi and Julia Allison fave "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations. In the clip above, it doesn't sound like the crowd has much of a reaction to the song. We're glad the Shea Stadium crowd knows that rickrolling is dead, too. UPDATE: Major League Baseball has issued DMCA notices to remove video of the RickRolling.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377500&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Digg wants to rickroll the New York Mets]]> The New York Mets are running a contest to chose what sing-along song gets played at Shea Stadium this year. The jokesters over at Digg — who haven't heard that rickrolling is over — got the idea to stuff the ballot box in favor of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." "All year, the Mets and their fans will get rickrolled during the 8th inning."

Other songs being voted on include "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and the theme from Friends. During the time I've been writing this post, the prank has gotten more than 1,000 Diggs. I suspect this just might work — and end up in the New York Times, to boot.

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