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Mets Keep Good Vibes Rolling With Electric Live Performance From SS Jose Iglesias

The shortstop moonlights as a musician.

Josh Wilson

Mets players enjoy Jose Iglesias's live performance of 'OMG'
Mets players enjoy Jose Iglesias's live performance of 'OMG' /
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The New York Mets appeared destined for another season of misery. Then, Grimace--the famed McDonald's mascot--threw out the first pitch. Suddenly, the vibes flipped.

Since that first pitch on June 12, the Mets have put up a 12-2 record and gotten themselves above .500. Now, the Mets are just a game back from a Wild Card position.

The solid play has improved the vibes tremendously, which can obviously not quite be quantified. But a postgame concert of the team's shortstop Jose Iglesias (otherwise known as Candelita) performing his hit song OMG does a pretty good job of painting the picture:

Iglesias wrote and recorded the song, and it's reportedly been the anthem of the dugout and clubhouse throughout the team's turnaround. Iglesias had been using it as his walk-up song, but his teammates co-opted it into the Mets' unofficial anthem. The song was supposed to be released July 3, but was moved up due to popular demand.

His Mets teammates spectated for the first half on the first base line, but then rushed into the infield to join him in the performance later.

Fans in attendance Friday not only got to see yet another win, but also an electric performance from "Candelita" himself.

Iglesias started the year on the Mets' minor league team and was called up at the end of May.

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Josh Wilson
JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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