One former Boston Red Sox infielder is heading to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. But not as a player.
New York Mets shortstop Jose Iglesias, who was recalled by the team in May, will sing his song “OMG” at the annual event, but under his alias, Candelita.
“I’ll be in Texas. I’ll be performing,” Iglesias told reporters Sunday. “I got a privilege to make a few All-Stars as a player and now as a singer, so I’m very humble about it. Thank you for the invitation and I’ll be heading over after today’s game.”
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The song has become well-known among the Mets, and Iglesias, who had two stints with the Red Sox, has sang it before at Citi Field after a recent 7-2 win over the Houston Astros.
“It’s hard to say how I feel,” Iglesias said afterward in the locker room, where Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor were still singing the song. “That was a big deal. Singing in front of great fans and seeing my teammates running up there is just a dream come true.”
Iglesias is a lifelong music fan who wrote “OMG” — which he described to SNY earlier this week as trying to “…maximize the possibility of enjoyment” — and used it as his walkup song upon being called up from Triple-A Syracuse on May 31.
His new teammates immediately took a liking to the 34-year-old Iglesias as well as his song, which is played following every Mets homer at Citi Field and after every win. New York is 17-6 since he joined the team and moved over .500 on Friday for the first time since May 2.
“OMG” is available on all streaming platforms.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
