On Sunday night after New York Mets pitcher John Maine blew off the reporters asking about his injury, infielder Alex Cora helped relieve the media pressure by pulling out his toy guitar and singing what has been referred to as “The Ballad of John Maine.”

“John Maine is ready to go, yeah. He says he has no pain and will make his next start, yeah. ….

“The ball is coming out of my hand great, clean and crisp, yeah. … Clean and crisp.”

The New York Daily News says they wouldn’t be surprised if Cora is on “American Idol.”