Monday's solar eclipse was an opportunity for people all around the United States to put their differences aside and celebrate a truly rare celestial event. In MLB, this meant teams put division rivalries and playoff races on hold to mark the occasion with one of the best eclipse-related songs of all time, Bonnie Tyler's 1983 classic, "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
What started with the Cincinnati Reds tweeting out a lyric from the song with a GIF of Joey Votto, quickly got out of hand.
π΅ And I need you now tonight!
β Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) August 21, 2017
And I need you more than ever! π΅ pic.twitter.com/50Ocgjfuwb
πΆ And if you only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever. πΆ pic.twitter.com/9M8D9bX5bR
β Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 21, 2017
πΆ And we'll only be making it riiiiiiight
β Cleveland Indians (@Indians) August 21, 2017
'cause we'll never be wrong together! πΆ pic.twitter.com/SUzOgJoIH1
πΆWe can take it to the end of the line
β Phillies (@Phillies) August 21, 2017
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time. πΆ pic.twitter.com/QHp2F25elj
πΆ I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark πΆ pic.twitter.com/hI9ItCgff3
β Washington Nationals (@Nationals) August 21, 2017
πΆΒ We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
β Minnesota Twins (@Twins) August 21, 2017
I really need you tonight πΆ pic.twitter.com/fIwoB2CGLq
πΆ Forever's gonna start tonight πΆ pic.twitter.com/VM5cmbD6HL
β Blue Jays (@BlueJays) August 21, 2017
πΆ One upon a time I was falling in love
β Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) August 21, 2017
Now I'm only falling apart πΆ pic.twitter.com/lR1MH3YmH0
π΅ There's nothing I can do
β Detroit Tigers (@tigers) August 21, 2017
A total eclipse of the heart π΅ pic.twitter.com/5Tbc7qMjHr
πΆ Once upon a time there was (a) light(saber) in my life...but now there's only love in the dark... πΆ pic.twitter.com/SFoUFWI6Js
β Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) August 21, 2017
πΆ Nothing I can say...
β Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 21, 2017
A total eclipse of the heart πΆ pic.twitter.com/WjXz6TMsVd
πΆTurn around bright eyes πΆ pic.twitter.com/ZGmP0wwgHv
β Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) August 21, 2017
π΅ And I need you now tonight
β New York Mets (@Mets) August 21, 2017
And I need you more than ever π΅ pic.twitter.com/Xcr7P5KJzf
All in all, 13 teams -- spanning divisions and leagues and crossing playoff races -- teamed up for the rendition, all adding their own GIFs as they went lyric by lyric.
-- Sam Henken