New York Mets get Rick Rolled

Frakkin' FARK.

My Mets will be having a runoff vote to determine their new eighth-inning sing-along song.

Traditionally, Shea (in its last season alive) plays Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline", and everyone rocks out a bit. In the latest misguided digital corporate campaign, the organization received five million votes at mets.com after inviting fans to choose from among 10 selections to potentially replace the song.

Fark.com readers bombarded the Mets website with votes for a write-in candidate: Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."

And it won.

My first footnote

And the 'first' colleague, too, Dave Binkowski. I'm sure he'll dig the traffic that this search brings... Again. It's the gift that keeps on giving. :)

NY Daily News

Valleywag

Ever Been Rickrolled?

I have a colleague (actually a few) who is obsessed with Rickrolling.

Never heard of it? Guess you're not as geeky as you thought. :)

To Rickroll is to intentionally misdirect someone to a video of Never Gonna Give You Up from 80s pop icon Rick Astley.

Tease them with a link to a supercool video or site, perhaps disguising a YouTube link with TinyURL. Your victim is served with Rick Astley doin' his blue-eyed soul thing in your face. Ha.

Anyway, the Rickster heard about it, and shared his thoughts...

Wired

And yes, I own the album above. What's it to you?