[4/8] The New York Mets May Get RickRolled All Season Long

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From Newsday:

Were the Mets "Rickrolled"?

An online contest to choose a new singalong song at Mets home games attracted thousands of pranksters who flooded the team's Web site to vote for a Rick Astley tune.

People on sites such as digg.com and deadspin.com encouraged voters to write in Astley's 1980s hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up," instead of 10 songs nominated by the Mets, including Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and Bruce Springsteen's "Waitin' On a Sunny Day" -- after the club started the contest on March 31.

Pranks using the Astley song even have a name: Rickrolling.

Voting ended yesterday on the Mets' Web site. The winner will be revealed during the eighth inning of today's home opener.

Hoaxsters hanging out on the Web sites' online message boards relished the idea of throwing a curve ball past the Mets.

"Epic win if we can pull this off," bdbthinker said on digg.com, which recorded more than 8,000 responses when it asked readers to vote for the song.

"Not often do you get a chance to rickroll an entire city," added jacobfox2000.

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said the team would play the winning song today -- even if the choice isn't a hit with fans. "Whatever the song that wins, it will be honored," Horwitz said. "I'm sure it will be a legitimate song."

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EDIT: The Mets Have Caught On - From the Daily News:

The Mets will have a runoff to determine their new eighth-inning sing-along tune.

The organization received 5 million votes on its Web site after inviting fans to choose from among 10 selections to potentially replace Sweet Caroline. An issue arose, however, when FARK.com readers bombarded the Mets with gag votes for a write-in candidate: Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

The Astley tune actually won.

Rather than commit to that as the new eighth-inning tune since it probably doesn’t reflect the fan base’s wishes, the Mets will play the top six selections once apiece during the first six games of their home stand. The one that draws the largest crowd response will stick.

The other songs that made the cut, in descending order: Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi; I’m a Believer, The Monkees; Movin’ Out, Billy Joel; Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond; and Build Me Up Buttercup, The Foundations.

The Mets suggested the Fark tune winning didn’t necessarily result in the runoff, saying the contest rules stipulated Internet voters would “help decide” the outcome.

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