Stranglehold

Wildcats put a stranglehold on the 'Nauts

GARDENDALE, AL - "Stranglehold" is a song by American rock musician Ted Nugent, the first track from his self-titled debut 1975 album. The vocals are actually performed by Derek St. Holmes. However, the "Sometimes you wanna get higher" verse is sung by Nugent. Nugent admits that the song was co-written by Rob Grange, who received no share. "Stranglehold" is a guitar-driven track, over eight minutes long, and set the stage for Nugent's career. The guitar solo was recorded in a single take. "I used delays to create this really wild guitar duet with Ted," said producer Tom Werman. "It was like two guys were playing. I sent it off to Ted for his approval. He called me up and said, "I love what you did with 'Stranglehold', but don't ever do that again without asking me". "Stranglehold" is ranked as the 31st greatest guitar solo of all-time by Guitar World. With its classic intro, "Stranglehold" became an entrance theme to the National Hockey League's (NHL) Chicago Blackhawks. It was also the entrance theme used by Kevin Von Erich in his professional wrestling career. During his tenure with the San Diego Padres relief pitcher Huston Street used the song as his entrance music. Relief pitcher Will Smith also used the song as his entrance music when he pitched for the Atlanta Braves. In Week 2 of the 30th season of the BDFL, the Western Hills Wildcats put a stranglehold on the jugular of the Jugtown Juggernauts (37-22) in a Yellow Hammer Division showdown on Bruce Field at Driver Stadium (BFDS). By the way, teams from the West don't usually fare very well at BFDS. Other winners in Week 2 of the BDFL included the PowerSleds, Bellcows, Gamblers, Bandits, Mayors, Freebirds and Vulcans in no particular order.

4th of July by Shooter Jennings (2005)

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The WORM Hole

The WORM Hole returns for another year

TITLETOWN - The BDFL's patented WORM Rule will be back for a fourth season with a slight twist. WORM is an acronym for Weekly One Roster Move. It means each team in the BDFL is free to drop and add one player per week during the season from Week 4 to Week 12. The twist this season is starting the WORM transactions in Week 4 with the mindset being, you got to pay a little for bad luck and bad draft decisions to be fair to the rest of the league. The Magic City Mayors were the most active team to utilize the WORM Rule last season making 10 roster upgrades out of the 12 weeks allowed. The Mayors are now the poster child for the WORM Rule.  Last season (2023) there was a ton of value found in the ol' proverbial "Worm Hole" with players like Puka Nacua, Jayden Reed, Sam LaPorta, Tank Dell, Kyren Williams, Nico Collins, Josh Dobbs, James Conner, Zack Moss and others all coming into the league during the regular season to help contribute to BDFL rosters via the WORM Rule. Look for even more WORM value this season when teams need an in-season roster boost. The weekly process is quite simple, just email Iron Hand prior to the weekly starter deadline to make your WORM move. Typically, the weekly WORM Hole window is open each week from Monday at midnight until the starters are due on Thursday. The Mayors, Grenadiers and Bandits are already sitting in the WORM Hole portal for the first Week 4 WORMs. Your team can join the portal now as well, but these players will not be roster eligible until Week 4 games.