Crash Davis loves the Tampa Bay Rays

No worries that Kevin Costner will ever star in a musical remake of Bull Durham or Field of Dreams. Because as a singer, Costner makes for a really great actor.

Costner and his band Modern West have just recorded a song for the Tampa Bay Rays to celebrate their AL East division title.

Called It's All Up To You, the song sounds like a typical honky-tonk rocker and features lyrics that begin, "You got to swing for the fence. Give a hundred percent. Dust yourself off. Get up and do it again."

Click here to listen to the complete song. Modern West and Costner played a live show in St. Petersburg back in November 2007 when the Rays unveiled their redesigned uniforms.

TOP 5 BASEBALL MOVIES LINES FROM KEVIN COSTNER:

5. "Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic." (Bull Durham)

4. "I can't think of a better reason not to be a Yankee." (For Love of the Game)

3. "God, I always said I would never bother you about baseball, lord knows you have bigger things to worry about. But if you could make this pain in my shoulder stop for ten minutes, I would really appreciate it." (For Love of the Game)

2. "Well, #$%& this #$%&ing game!" (Bull Durham)

1. "Dad ... you wanna have a catch?" (Field of Dreams)

Whole lotta AC/DC on the way

The good news is that AC/DC has finally booked a Tampa gig on their upcoming world tour. (It's Dec. 21 at the St. Pete Times Forum. The better news? Chances are that no matter how good or bad their new album Black Ice is, the concert will basically be a greatest-hits show.

Word out there on the fan blogs is that concertgoers should expect one or two new songs and then a slew of the classics. Here's the set list from their last world tour back in 2001, according to Australia's Undercover.com Web site:

• You Shook Me All Night Long (from Back In Black, 1980)
• Stiff Upper Lip (from Stiff Upper Lip, 2000)
• Shot Down in Flames (from Highway To Hell, 1979)
• Thunderstruck (from The Razor’s Edge, 1990)
• Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)
• Hard as a Rock (from Ballbreaker, 1995)
• Shoot to Thrill (from Back In Black, 1980)
• Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (from Back In Black, 1980)
• Sin City (from Powerage, 1978)
• Bad Boy Boogie (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)
• Hells Bells (from Back In Black, 1980)
• Get it Hot (from Highway To Hell, 1979)
• The Jack (from TNT, 1975)
• Back in Black (from Back In Black, 1980)
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (from Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, 1976)
• Highway to Hell (from Highway To Hell, 1979)
• Whole Lotta Rosie (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)
• Let There Be Rock (from Let There Be Rock, 1977)
• TNT (from TNT, 1975)
• For Those About to Rock (from For Those About To Rock, 1981)

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Her birthday wish: Name of a good lawyer

Oh, this isn't good. Heather Locklear was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence in Montecito, Calif., according to the Los Angeles Times.

Locklear, who turned 47 years old last week, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol -- hey, CHiPs! -- after someone called 911 to report a woman driving "erratically."

Define "erratic"? Locklear reportedly drove "back and forth over a pair of sunglasses on the pavement and revving her engine. After leaving the parking lot, she stopped her car on the street and stumbled into the traffic lane, according to the caller, who followed Locklear out of concern," the Times reports.

Locklear was tested for alcohol consumption, but the tests were negative. Results are pending on other drug tests.

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The Boss finally will play a Super Bowl

This just in: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have been booked to play the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on Feb. 1, 2009.

Springsteen, who has never before played a Super Bowl event, follows a string of '80s-friendly acts in recent years including Prince in 2007 and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 2008. The New Jersey-bred bard of the blue collar just finished a 100-show tour with a show at Harley-Davidson's 105th anniversary celebration in Milwaukee. (Click here to see his recent set lists.)

The last time a Super Bowl played in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium, Aerosmith and Britney Spears were the big halftime attractions, while Styx and Sting were part of the pregame entertainment.

Assuming the Boss gets three or four songs to play during his halftime set, here are the ones we'd pick from his '80s catalog:

HUNGRY HEART (1980): A favorite at the skating rink back in the old days, this tune doesn't get nearly enough playtime anymore. (Watch a live performance.)

GLORY DAYS (1984): This song should be a warning to the next NFL spotlight hound who tries some lame celebration stunt after a routine touchdown: Someday, you'll be at home on the couch just like the rest of us. So cool it. (Video)

THE RIVER (1981): Sad and brooding. Just like the losers' locker room after the game. Or my digestive system after the fourth plate of meatless nachos. (Live performance)

DANCING IN THE DARK (1984): Even better if Springsteen pulls some fan up on the stage to dance at the ending. If he pulls up Courteney Cox again, it'd only be because she's got to have some new show premiering on whatever network is showing the game. (Video)

Oh sure, we know Born To Run will make it on the list. And personally, I'd be happy hearing Thunder Road, easily my favorite Springsteen tune.

What other songs need to be on Springsteen's short-list for the Super Bowl show?

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Remakes & sequels: 'Now is the season of evil'

Vigo the Carpathian - most evil-looking dude of the '80s? Or just a man very upset that his legacy in Ghostbusters 2 is about to be upstaged by the sequel 20 years later? You be the judge.

The good news is that a new Ghostbusters installment will probably include Bill Murray, who told a crowd at Fanastic Fest this week that he "would definitely be into doing another Ghostbusters movie, stating that the first 40 minutes of the original film is some of the best stuff he's been associated with and the whole shoot was an amazing amount of fun," according to Moviehole.com.

"He also went on to say that his enthusiasm for Ghostbusters was heightened after recording the voice of Peter Venkman for the video game over the summer," Moviehole.com says. "In fact, he said he found himself walking down the street singing the Ghostbusters theme song and then thought people walking around him were going to start yelling at him to 'get over yourself, Bill,' so he stopped ... But the enthusiasm was there."

Though Ghostbusters 3 seems like it's headed in the right direction, what about all the other '80s movies that are slated for remakes and sequels? That's the topic of this week's Stuck in the '80s podcast, featuring guest co-host Steve Persall, the film critic -- film genius dare I say? -- from the St. Petersburg Times.

Click here to download the show. Or click here to get all our shows for free via iTunes.

Paul Newman: 1925-2008

Is it okay if the Stuck in the '80s nation claims Paul Newman as our own -- just for this day?

The legendary actor died Friday after a battle with cancer at his home near Westport, Conn., according to the Associated Press.

Newman had major roles in more than 50 movies and was nominated for an Oscar 10 times. In 1986, he won an honorary Oscar "in recognition of his many and memorable compelling screen performances and for his personal integrity and dedication to his craft."

And, of course, he left a significant stamp on several '80s classics.

TOP FIVE '80s FILMS BY MR. PAUL NEWMAN:

5. BLAZE (1989): "The three best friends the poor people have ever had are Jesus Christ, Sears & Roebuck and Earl K. Long."

4. FORT APACHE THE BRONX (1981): "It don't make no difference how many guns you got. You only got two hands."

3. ABSENCE OF MALICE (1981): "She picked up a newspaper, for Christ's sake! And there it is, for everybody to see! She must have felt like ... just raped!"

2. THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986): "You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other."

1. THE VERDICT (1982): "If we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts."

Olivia Newton-John is 60 years old

Even in a place where nobody knows her name, Olivia Newton-John is one of the sexiest 60-year-olds of all time. Sorry, but since today is her birthday, all her hard-core fans will be humming Xanadu in their heads.

Say what you want about the campy qualities of the 1980 flick, which starred ONJ as a roller-skating muse who sprang to life from a street mural. But it does have one of the most treasured and original soundtracks of the '80s.

Plus it co-stars -- hello? -- Michael Beck straight from his role as "Swan" in 1979's The Warriors. (Best non-'80s movie of the '80s? Could be.) And of course, everyone's favorite '80s idol, Gene Kelly -- only because he looked 80 years old at the time. (He was actually 68.)

Though she's no longer the golden ticket at the box office that she was between 1978 and 1982, ONJ's legacy is assured. Even our beloved Xanadu is now a long-running Broadway musical. The lesson in all this: Embrace the cheese, people. It's our best hope for the future.

Top 5 Olivia Newton-John songs

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'I ain't missing you at all'

Here's a long-distance dedication to my vacationing Stuck in the '80s podcast co-host, Sean Daly:

Oh, who am I kidding? Sean, come back! All is forgiven.

Actually, I catch a lot of grief around here when Sean is gone. Everyone assumes I'm sulking around here, sort of in post-Las Vegas melancholy or something. I'm stopped by co-workers about once an hour and asked, "So, are you doing okay with Sean gone? Has he called? Has he e-mailed? Has he sent flowers?"

Time to clear up some issues...

TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT THE POWER COUPLE OF SPEARSY AND DALY:

5. WE'RE IN LOVE: Though we're often called each other's "work wife," normally we've very competitive and combative when talking to each other in person. We're known to curse loudly and slam the phone down after our chats. ("Dude, you just NOT just diss the Hoodoo Gurus. That's it!")

4. DALY ISN'T STUCK IN THE '80s: Oh, the hell he isn't. Just stop by his desk, and the '80s CDs vastly outnumber his beloved Amy Winehouse and other crackhead music discs.

3. WE ALWAYS PARTY TOGETHER: Nope. It's rare actually. But when we do throw down, things get broken (and what isn't broken usually needs a trip to the dry cleaners).

2. WE'RE SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES: He's the one who gets invited to work parties and TV appearances. I sit home, play Asteroids and M-Network Baseball on my Atari 2600 and go to sleep alone with my Ione Skye blowup doll.

1. WE ALWAYS LUNCH TOGETHER: Sean usually can't take seeing me eat that super-healthy veggie diet (you know, mac and cheese, french fries) at lunch very often. We do, however, usually find ourselves in the restroom at the same time and have loud, echoing conversations in there, which as we all know is against male protocol.

So until Sean returns on Monday, everyone enjoy a nice meat-free weekend. And keep your voice down in the restroom!

Which Heather Locklear reigns supreme?

Heather Locklear might have the most perfect '80s name of any star from our favorite decade. Sassy, yet razor-sharp. Of course, the rest of her ain't bad either.

Heather never gets her due for her work in the '80s, mainly because it was spread out over nearly every iconic TV show of the decade. She appeared on CHiPs, Eight Is Enough, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island ... even The Fall Guy. Not a bad resume for someone who turns 47 years old today.

But here's the thing: If you had to pick just one Heather Locklear of the '80s, and you had to pick between her two longest gigs, which would it be: Heather from T.J. Hooker ... or Heather from Dynasty? Let's break it down.

THE SHOWS:
T.J. HOOKER: It had William Shatner ... and Adrian Zmed, thus giving it instant Hall of Fame status as an '80s guilty pleasure.
DYNASTY: Oil barons! Sex! Deceit! Greed! More sex! How come an unrated version was never released on DVD?!?
ADVANTAGE: Dynasty ... I don't want to turn my back on Shatner, but man cannot live on Kirk alone.

THE CHARACTERS:
OFFICER STACY SHERIDAN: Sounds so close to Officer Stacy Spears. That would have worked out nicely.
SAMANTHA JOSEPHINE DEAN REECE CARRINGTON FALLMONT: With so many name changes, she sounds like a former Mrs. Spears. So just call her "Sammy Jo," because that almost makes her unsexy, though physics professors at MIT have already proved that's impossible.
ADVANTAGE: T.J. Hooker ... because who can say no to a woman who knows how to use handcuffs.

THE LOOK:
T.J. HOOKER: Hair parted right down the middle, feathered back. An innocent smile. Will you go to the prom with me, Officer Sheridan?
DYNASTY: It's like she walked straight in from her audition for Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. Well, cut-off jeans work in Texas too. God bless the Lone Star State.
ADVANTAGE: Oh come on now, did you really think I was going to make a stand on this one?

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'Name is Run my son ... Number one for fun'

This is a big one: If all goes according to plan, Rev. Run (a.k.a. Joseph Simmons) from Run-DMC will be this week's guest on the Stuck in the '80s podcast.

Run is coming through the Tampa Bay area on Monday, Sept. 29, for a book-signing appearance at the Borders Book Store at 909 N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. According to Borders, Run will take a few questions, sign his new book -- Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents -- and pose for photos. The event begins at 7 p.m.

But on Friday, we're hoping to chat with Run on the podcast. Among the first things out of our gaping mouths: Congrats on this week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination!

With so many things to ask one of the pioneers of hip-hop, it's going to be tough to prioritize questions. So please let me know what burning questions YOU would ask Rev. Run. And then cross your fingers while I await final confirmation.

"Who's house? Run's house!"

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