Sports: Thanks for the memories, Eric Gagne!

I heard that Gagne signed with the Texas Rangers for one year. Its been a tough two years for him with all the surgeries and rehab. Here's hoping he will be able to have a healthy season!

Dodger Thoughts has a nice tribute to him. Excerpt:

When Eric Gagne comes into pitch at Dodger Stadium, "Welcome to the Jungle" is blasted out of the inadequate single set of speakers behind center field, and an onslaught of blue and white cartoon Gagne heads overruns the scoreboard, in a hallucinatory montage not unlike the visions of Lisa Simpson after drinking tainted water on the "It's a Duff World" ride at Duff Gardens.

The entrance is ridiculous, and would be an embarrassment - if it weren't so wonderful. It captures what worked so well in the Wild Thing scenes with Charlie Sheen from the movie, Major League. Those scenes mocked the hoopla over a relief pitcher's entrance into game while marking a crowd's unmistakably sincere desperation and appreciation for a hero they know will bring victory home.

As a Dodger fan who attended a handful of games a year for the last several years, I can attest to the craziness and excitement of the scene Jon Weisman described.

When we heard "Welcome to the Jungle" we were almost certain to hear "I Love LA" after the Gagne left the mound.

Je te vous souhaite le meilleur pendant ton votre sejour au Texas, monsieur Gagne!

ed. note - I don't know any French! I tried to figure this out from web surfing! So dear Francophone readers, did I get it right?

UPDATE: The French has been updated on the advice of a Francophone friend.