While multi-tasking this morning , listening to Yahoo's Launch Cast radio while offering comentary on certain blogs, it got me thinking as to what song, song lyrics or artist best identifies with the sport's franchise you support or personality that you like. While reading a blog, 50 cent's 'Window Shopper ' was playing in the background and almost it thinking that the song best identifies with the New York Yankees.

aerial view of Yankee Stadium.........Yahoo/AFP Getty Images
Make no mistake this was the 'House that Ruth Built' but George now owns it and he spends his money as hee sees fit. A new much grander , more resplendent stadium is being built to signify Steinbrenner's ambitions.But for now they'll reside in Yankee Stadium still with the desire of winning pennants and in particular more World Series championships. That doesn't mean that George will abandon snapping up the best of the major baseball talent in order to strengthen his already burgeoning All Star team.
Daniel Snyder............picture courtesty/cnn.com /sports

Another franchise that could also identify with this song is the Washington Redskins. Redskins' owner Daniel Snyder largesse knows no boundaries as he's prepared to spend whatever it takes to garner success for his beloved Redskins. The team's coaching staff alone is paid upwards of over $12m a year and onfield success so far has been negligable . The talent acquired through the draft, free agency and trades have been less than stellar.
50 having acquired a great amount of wealth in an extremely short priod of time has become the consummate business man and entrepeneur. His name is splashed across the iconic cultural divide, endorsing everything from watches to specially branded drinking water with his name and image on the product.

A disgruntled Marlins showing pleasure in Girardi's contribution to the team throuhgout the year................. picture courtesy AFP
My beloved Florida Marlins continue to play a spirited brand of baseball and even surprised a number of people within the baseball world, with their resiliency and the maturity of their young players. Up until the final week of the regular season they were within a shot of making the post season. Had it not been for a poor first half to the season they may well have been joining in post season play. However with the impending departure of manager Joe Girardi the team is placed in another dilemma as it now has to seek another coach for the second time within two years.
This situation has become all the more bewildering for the ever devoted fans of this South Flordia team. The players are in place but no one is there to provide the off field leadership. This is down to the almost tyrannical authority of owner Jeffrey Loria and his stepson David Samson, who in his role as GM has been unwavering in the support of his step father at every juncture even when it has been to the detriment of the team. At this juncture the team still plays in the Joe Robbie Stadium , home to the Miami Dolphins. The stadium situation has yet to be settled but yet ownership sees fit to belittle its fans.
The song that both best exemplifies their season and my avocation to the team is Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy'. The song is about the troubles and torments that we have or face in life. And what we do to face and deal with those fears. In effect we at times we feel that we're crazy when we aren't able to make heads or tails of the situation.
Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Brown the irreverent members of rap duo Gnarls Barkley...............pictures courtesy of All HipHop.com
Roger Federer in action...................picture courtesy Yahoo Sports/AFP Getty Images
Tiger at the American Express Championshps at The Grove, Hertfordshire, England ..............pic courtesy Yahoo/AFP
Both Roger Federer and Tiger Woods dominate their respective sport to such an extent that the public are in awe at their ever increasing lists of of accomplishments. It should go without saying that whenever such dominance occurs usually the public becomes bored and tend not to attend an event because the result is a foregone conclusion. In the case of both Woods and Federer this is not the case as both athletes are loved and respected by the fans , the armchair viewer and their respective peers alike.
Sade in performance, alhthough now somewhat of a recluse still performs ..........though not quite that much on a regular basis.
Most definately the song that identifies with both of these athletes has to be Sade's sexy and silky ballad 'Smooth Operator' as it's the epitome as to what both competitors are about.
So are there any sports personalities or franchises that are best identified by a song ? I await your comments ..........
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