Photo of the Day: MLBers as Devo

For what it calls its "music issue," ESPN the Magazine -- the magazine that subscribes to you -- persuaded various athletes to dress up like various musicians in the service of recreating some classic album covers. Insofar as baseball -- our baseball -- is concerned, the band in question is Devo, New Wave luminaries one and all, and the album is "Freedom of Choice."

See how many of these big leaguers you can identify:

Yes! From left to right, that's Justin Upton, Evan Longoria, Brandon Phillips, Giancarlo Stanton and Shane Victorino.

For comparison's sake, here's the Devo genuine article:

A nominal $1.99!

"It's not right," you say? "That's pep!" say I. They whipped it, don't you know. Not to start a cold war, but planet earth has a ton o' love for this.

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