Geese’s “100 Horses” Is Giving MLB The Show 26 Players Nightmares

Geese have spent the past year enjoying the kind of career trajectory most indie bands dream about: bigger venues, rave reviews, and a Paul Thomas Anderson concert film starring frontman Cameron Winter, shot at Carnegie Hall. But for all the Brooklyn band’s newfound acclaim, they may have finally found an audience they can’t win over: baseball video game players.

“100 Horses,” the standout track from Geese’s 2025 album Getting Killed, landed on the soundtrack to MLB The Show 26, which launched in March. Since then, the song’s combination of Winter’s contorted vocals and apocalyptic imagery has been striking fear into the hearts of gamers who would presumably prefer to spend their time hitting home runs.

Complaints have piled up across the game’s community, including its official forums, where one parent argued that lyrics about people dying scared or nervous constituted “deeply disturbing content” for an E-rated baseball game. Their proposed solution? Get the song removed. Other players were quick to point out that the game has a perfectly functional mute button, or, more specifically, a jukebox that lets users turn off individual tracks.

To be fair, “100 Horses” isn’t exactly the first song that comes to mind when imagining a relaxing afternoon of managing a baseball franchise. The track, originally released as a single in August 2025, takes images of war, mortality, and a frankly alarming number of horses and turns them into something strangely soulful and infectious. It’s part of what makes Getting Killed such a compelling record, even if its lyrical universe is a questionable fit for the wholesome pastime of hitting dingers. Still, if you’re going to get psychologically dismantled while building your fantasy roster, you could do worse than having Geese provide the soundtrack.

And perhaps this unlikely crossover was inevitable. Last year, while attending a Mets game with Interview magazine, Winter hinted that the band was looking to expand beyond indie rock. “We’re trying to branch out of the indie rock business,” he said, floating two possible ventures: opening a Starbucks franchise or buying a baseball team.

Judging by the reaction to “100 Horses,” Geese may have some work to do before they’re welcomed into the dugout. On the other hand, if the band’s goal was to make baseball gamers deeply uncomfortable, they’re already batting a thousand.