Editing Meat Loaf (section)

===Sports===
Meat Loaf was a fan of the [[New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/070816 |title=Phil and Meat Loaf will always have "Paradise" |first=Jeff |last=Pearlman |work=[[ESPN]] |date=August 29, 2007 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145925/http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman%2F070816 |url-status=live}}</ref> He got [[Phil Rizzuto]] to recite the [[play-by-play]] of a young man racing around the bases in "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/phil-rizzuto-part-in-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light |title=Rizzuto struck platinum on Meat Loaf's '78 hit |first=Bryan |last=Hoch |work=[[Major League Baseball]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124002216/https://www.mlb.com/news/phil-rizzuto-part-in-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light |url-status=live}}</ref> He participated in multiple [[fantasy baseball]] leagues every season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Difino |first=Nando |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304871704575160111962104870 |title=Fantasy Baseball's Toughest Tournament |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=April 2, 2010 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329234620/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304871704575160111962104870 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also expressed support for the English Association football team [[Hartlepool United F.C.]] In June 2008, he took part in a football [[penalty shootout]] competition on behalf of two cancer charities in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. He auctioned shots to the 100 highest bidders and then took his place between the goal posts.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/meat-loaf-match-charity-penalty-1471673 |title=Meat Loaf to match charity penalty shoot-out total |first=Gordon |last=Barr |work=[[Evening Chronicle]] |date=June 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627030646/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/06/26/meat-loaf-to-match-charity-penalty-shoot-out-total-72703-21154751/ |archive-date=June 27, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also participated in celebrity golf tournaments. In April 2005, he was one of the celebrity drivers in the 2005 [[Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race]], finishing seventh among the 12 celebrity drivers in the race.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2005/04/10/325641/4618/en/Frankie-Muniz-First-Among-Celebrities-in-the-2005-Toyota-Pro-Celebrity-Race.html |title=Frankie Muniz First Among Celebrities in the 2005 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race |publisher=[[GlobeNewswire]] |date=April 9, 2005}}</ref>