Mets fan to use Edwin Diaz's walkout music as wedding song

Jul 26, 2022; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets relief pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) reacts after getting the last out during the ninth inning against the New York Yankees at Citi Field. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Mets fan to use epic Edwin Diaz walkout music as wedding song

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 11, 2022 12:28 PM ET

Closer Edwin Diaz has become quite the popular figure among passionate New York Mets fans for multiple reasons.

As noted by ESPN stats, Diaz began Thursday tied for third in all of MLB with 26 saves on the season, and the 28-year-old also held a 1.39 ERA and 0.86 WHIP. Those numbers don't fully do justice to how dominant Diaz has been throughout the campaign, though, and Anthony DiComo of the MLB website recently argued the right-hander could be a contender to win National League Cy Young Award honors.

Watching Diaz mow hitters down has been enjoyable for supporters, but they've also widely embraced his "Narco" walkout song that has gone viral on multiple occasions this summer and has the Mets' team shop selling foam trumpets.

David Russell of the New York Post has pointed out how one fan named John Nolan vowed last week that he would use Diaz's "Narco" as his wedding reception entrance song this coming December if a tweet received a certain amount of likes:

My fiancée says if this tweet gets 3,900 “likes” we can use @SugarDiaz39’s walk-out song (“Narco”) as our wedding reception entrance music @Blasterjaxx & @TimmyTrumpet pic.twitter.com/LC2LxxKH87
— John Nolan (@John_G_Nolan) August 5, 2022

SNY, the local television home of the Mets, got in on the fun, and the original tweet had over 16,000 likes as of Thursday afternoon:

HELP JOHN OUT ⬇️ https://t.co/fUbeZCfzet
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 5, 2022

"This has transcended sports," Nolan told Russell. "Sports can bring people together. Music can bring people together. This has been the perfect collision of that."

Nolan works as a broadcaster for San Diego Padres High-A affiliate the Fort Wayne Tincaps. He and his now-fiancée Nicole got engaged in October 2021 and attended their first Mets game together in July.

He insists she's cool with using "Narco" and that the couple would have "no honor and integrity if we didn’t play it now" for their December wedding that will be held in Morristown, New Jersey.

"That would be the sugar on top," Nolan added about Diaz potentially attending the ceremony.

Perhaps the closer could bring the Commissioner's Trophy with him for the occasion if the first-place Mets stay red-hot through the fall.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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