Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Time: 5:28 PM
Song: Maria, Maria
Artist: Santana
Mode of Consumption: Listening to MP3s on shuffle on the way home from work.
Carlos Santana was announced
as coming to bat against the Cubs as we listened to the game on the radio.
“Hmmn, so he’s
taking up baseball now?” Jodi says, facetiously.
Of course, the Carlos
Santana coming to bat was the 39-year old infielder for the Cleveland Guardians.
He’s been in the league since 2010, most of the time in Cleveland (in fact it’s
his third stint with the team) and has had stops with Kansas City, Seattle,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Minnesota. He’s nearing the end of his
career with 334 home runs, 1,120 RBIs and career batting average of .242. That’s
good enough to end up the Hall of Good, but probably not Fame.
He also played
against the Cubs in the 2016 World Series.
The Carlos Santana that
Jodi was referencing is the 77-year-old guitarist. He came to fame in the 1970s
with as the leader of the band Santana with hits like “Oye Como Va” and “Black
Magic Woman.”
His 1999 album “Supernatural”
brought him back into the popular spotlight. The album featured collaborations
with youngers artists, the most notable being “Smooth” with Rob Thomas.
He followed that
with 2002’s “Shaman” that spawned the hit “The Game of Love” with Michelle Branch.
He has spent the
last fifty years considered one of the top guitarists in the world. He’s in the
Hall of Fame, rather than the Hall of Good like his baseball namesake.
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