Pre-At Bat Music

Bonds used to like DMX but then it seemed HIS song was Eminem's "Lose Yourself".

MLB 2004 = french disko 2001.

i remember seeing a Reds/Cubs game at old Riverfront and Bo Diaz, then catcher for the home team, had a little routine he would do at the end of his at salsic sounding pre at bat music..it kinda went..BaPaPa BaPaPa BEEouuu Boom! ..and at the end of the ditty, after well timed swings and stretches, he threlvic pusted to the Boom! part of the song and stepped in the box. Being 12, i thought it was cool as fuck. in retrospect, it was pretty crude, i guess.

I think I would begin with a handful of Superchunk songs until I discovered which one produced the most hits.

Jason Kendall has MM's "The Beautiful People" as his music.

I remember Michael Young's was cool but I can't remember what it was.

Piazza used Led Zep at one of his at-bats last night, didn't help.

OF Ruben Sierra "The Way You Move" OutKast
Sierra requested the OutKast song without knowing the name. So in broken English, he began singing, "I like the way you move, oohh oohh, I like the way move." Well, Jeter, who was only a few feet away from the conversation started cracking up. Since then, Sierra's only at-bat music is "The Way You Move."

Mike Barrett picks Dave Brubeck? STUD.

hstencil and I noticed this at Shea... "Patriots" can get hit hard too:

LHP Mike Stanton
"Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" Toby Keith

"Stanton feels very strongly about his country, and he thinks this song has a true message. He also has an American flag image waving when he comes out of the bullpen."

"The only organization to still have an organist play introduction music, the Cubbies have little influence on their at-bat songs.

Organist and Chicago icon Gary Pressey has been tickling the keys at Wrigley Field for years, and generally prefers traditional tunes over more current hits. Since there is no vocal accompaniment, Cubs fans have fun figuring out what song is being played and why the song was chosen -- but only Pressey can solve such mysteries."

i didn't notice this when i went to a game there. : ( i like it though.

1B Hee Seop Choi - Unknown Korean Rap Song

Info from the Florida Marlins: On opening day, Hee Seop showed up with a Korean rap song, and requested that it be played every time he went up to bat. The song has taken the Marlin fans by storm. The music guys have no clue who sings the song or what it says, but the crowd loves the tune ... and so does Hee Seop.

RHP Jeff Weaver - Assortment of rock tunes

Used to come out to Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver." Weaver thought it was lame and requested that the music guys stop using the song.

They play an unusual amount of crappy pop metal at the Newark park.

Milton Bradley: "Higher," THE GAME

milton bradley and 70's supergroup foreigner...it's fantastic!

one of these days, when i scam my way in to the commissioner's seat, i will permanently ban we will rock you and car wash from ALL ballparks.

And FYI, AJ pierzynski's at-bat music is Sharp Dressed Man. Nice.

Nate Silver at the Home Run Derby:

7:37 PM. By the way, guys really need to be able to pick their music, just like they pick their pitcher. Pujols lost a ton of momentum when Kansas came on the PA system.

Pujols had some drum and bass tune rinsin' too.

Keith Hernandez LOVES Paul Lo Duca's new tune, "Smoke on the Water":

"The live version of this is AWESOME. Much better than the studio."

keith has a collection of about 30,000 lps.

Any Tull or the Heep?

OF COURSE Nick Swisher's is "Party Like a Rock Star."

brian mccann comes on to 'walk it out' (it'd be funnier if that was francoeur's music)

For the short stint Andy LaRoche was up with the Dodgers he came out to "You're The Best" from the Karate Kid.

chris gomez comes out to monkey gone to heaven!

keith has a collection of about 30,000 lps.

-- maura, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:24 (5 days ago) Link

yes, i've heard Hernandez is a huge collector and pops up at the WFMU fair every so often

are you 'aving a laugh?

So at the Orioles vs. Nationals game in Baltimore tonight they played a bit of the Specials "Ghost Town" before the game, the Replacements "Alex Chilton" before a relief pitcher came in, and some nice salsa for the pre-at bat music of the Orioles Melvin Mora. A zillion years later they still play John Denver "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," at the 7th inning stretch, right about "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." My son told me that in Washington the Nationals are doing the Red Sox thing--playing Neal Diamond "Sweet Caroline."

the o's game i was at last week they played some of "oh" by b-more rapper bossman

lots of reggaeton @ marlins games

new found slugger Ryan Ludwick does Brass Monkey. Pujols uses some weird spanish techno that is all about praising jebus.

re: o's

it's kind of weird. they've been using i wanna be your dog a lot. i know they've been using it for luke scott, but someone else who was batting sixth also had it as their walk up music at a game i was at a couple weeks back.

they also tend to use here comes your man by the pixies a lot for pitching chanegs.

wau, I'm glad there could be some John Denver antitoxin at the O's game next Monday

At Chase they play "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand for opposing team pitching changes.

that's pretty funny!

They could also play "Damaged Goods" by Gang of Four.

Chin-Lung Hu has "Who Let the Dogs Out" by Baja Men.

lol time warp

Kevin Millar comes out to Ice Ice Baby after losing a bet to Jason Veritek

Curtis Granderson: Color Me Badd - "I Wanna Sex You Up"

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/atbat

MAG.COM: What does it feel like to hear your music in stadiums?
LIL WAYNE: Unexplainable. I'm just so grateful. The feeling is like—wow, man.

When you're writing, do you think about what the songs will sound like at a sporting event?
Put it this way, I don't write anything that I don't expect to hear in a stadium, so yeah.

How much time do you spend a week watching sports?
I don't watch anything else. It's kind of like, football, basketball, baseball, in that order—all day long when I'm not writing.

Do you have any friends in Major League Baseball?
I haven't met anyone yet. I'd like to meet Delmon Young or Prince Fielder. Those are my two favorite players. I love Delmon 'cause he's an energetic young guy, an ambitious player. And Prince, s--t, with his size and what he can accomplish, man I think the sky's the limit for him. My other favorite player is this kid Price on the Rays—David Price. He's something, man. I'm excited to see him pitch. If he was gonna use a song of mine I'd say it should be "I'm Me." I like that song. That's a confident song. That s--t is motivational. That's where he should go with his music. Either that or the song Charlie Sheen used in that movie, "Wild Thing."

Would you ever write an at-bat song for a player if he asked?
Of course. Hell, yes, I would. I'd do it right now.

Off the top of your head, what would you write for Prince Fielder?
When I make music I gather all my thoughts…hmm. It probably go something like: Coming up to the plate young Prince/ swinging for the fence. Something like that, but it'd be better 'cause I'd work real hard on it.

What would your at-bat song be?
"Purple Rain," no doubt. I've been trying to sing like Prince. I listen to him a lot. But with that song, you know, it's so complex that I'd start it out with the guitar solo right when I stepped into the batter's box.

"Lollipop" is one of the most popular at-bat songs. How long did it take you to write it?
It came very quickly. It's one of my chant songs. Like, you kind of make it up as you go like, Hell no, we won't go. That's what I mean by chant. I make a lot of those types of songs, and I guess it makes sense for them in stadiums.

What games are you looking to go to down the stretch?
You know what? I've never actually been to a Major League game. I've heard my songs at NBA games, but not baseball. I can't really believe it. I was gonna go see the Marlins when they had Dontrelle 'cause I loved that dude. Now I think I may go see the Rays when they call up Price (he played his first game on Sept. 14th).

Are the Rays your favorite story of the year?
No. Manny Ramirez going to the Dodgers is. That was some unexpected s--t. ManRam in LA. Damn. He's actually my favorite player, overall. It's a tie between him and Ortiz. I'll go 50/50. I used to like Pedro, but I don't like his swagger no more. I'm actually a huge Red Sox fan, but I'm torn. My man's on the Dodgers now, so I'll be rooting for them, too. It's close with them and the Diamondbacks, man, but Manny's gonna push 'em over the top.

What about your favorite athletes from other sports?
Kobe Bryant is my favorite of all-time. I got that jersey before anyone else. I've been a Brett Favre fan since like 1995. I love the Green Back Packers. It's crazy bein' a Packers fan and a Red Sox fan and your two favorite players get traded. It's rough, like, now I'm a Red Sox and Dodger fan. What? Now I'm a Packers and Jets fan. Seriously. The Packers are ranked high without him though. I'm really torn about that.

Do you play fantasy sports?
Sure do. Got a team on ESPN right now. I joined up in a ten person league and got the No. 1 overall pick. They don't know it's me, 'cause on there I'm the South Beach Sloths.

And you went with LT, right?
Hell, no. A.P. over LT. Are you serious? You gotta make that pick 'cause he's the best and he's gonna prove it this year. I'm pretty happy with my team. I got Ben Roethlisberger, too. I got Chris Johnson from the Titans—you ESPN people oughta like that move. I watched Michael Smith's draft on ESPN and then I had my draft the next day. I'm always prepared. S--t, it's all I watch.

Who do you like to win the World Series?
I like the Rays but I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here and say the Cubs. This could really be the year after all they been through. I'd pick a song for them, or write one, about triumph. But it's gotta be big for this. It's gotta be a good song.

MAG.COM: Do you know that A-Rod's at-bat song is "This is Why I'm Hot" by Mims?
YOUNG JEEZY: I did not know that. We gotta get on top of that.

mark teahen - "i want your body" by jose lima

joe mauer - "joe mauer theme song" (explicit) by a&r

And what music would you have your team play as you dug into the box, o ILB?

I think I would begin with a handful of Superchunk songs until I discovered which one produced the most hits.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:19 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol old

Brandon Phillips
Pop It Off Boys
Crank Da Batman

Jay Bruce
Electric Light Orchestra
Don't Bring Me Down

Nick Swisher
Kenny Loggins
Danger Zone

Carlos Quentin
Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake
4 Minutes (to Save the World)

Jayson Werth
Ramin Djwadi
Merchant Of Death

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7024.jpg
Dave Matthews Band
Ants Marching

WAHT

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6098.jpg
Roy Ayers
Funk In The Hole

Does Backspin spam MLB Y/N

WIN

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/5699.jpg
The D.O.C.
It's Funky Enough (Explicit)

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7250.jpg
Dance Dance Revolution
Rhythm And Police

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6310.jpg
Red Rider
Lunatic Fringe

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7845.jpg
Genesis
I Can't Dance

Brandon Webb
Newcleus
Jam on It

Jimmy Gobble
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road

JP Howell
Huey "Piano" Smith
Don't You Just Know It

my pre at-bat music would be "The Note" section of "You Enjoy Myself," though Tweeprise sounds pretty good on the organ at Fenway - http://www.phish.com/fp/

mine would be the theme to top gun -- the 8-bit nintendo version

Scott Rolen has that godawful Coldplay song as his. i don't know what he was thinking.

i boo him now because of it.

noticed jason bartlett had 'turn my swag on' by soulja boy - think its the reason 4 his success this year

and Rios has "Cold as Ice" which might explain somethings aswell.

Troy Tulowitzki - Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA"
Cameron Maybin - Miley Cyrus' "Party in the USA"

Scott Sizemore - Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold"

Fu-Te Ni:

"Ninja" by Jay Chou
"Dragon Fist" by Jay Chou
"Nunchuks" by Jay Chou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHrq3Ew0T-I

John Raynor - Alice in Chains' "Rooster"

Hah this is Randy Wolf's from the beginning of last year

Randy Wolf
Jambi - Tool (Pitching)
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (Hitting)

I also really like Rafael Furcals AB music

http://www.vinscullyismyhomeboy.com/2009/06/at-bat-songs-dodgers.html

hanley has kept "turn my swag on"

before cody ross at bats they play the rick ross "RAWSE" ad-lib

Ryan Spilborghs - Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"

andy, rich waltz and tommy hutton just had a discussion about how both maybin and tulo have "party in the usa" as their at-bat songs, and how maybin didn't lose a bet, he just likes the song

haha i heard a v. similar discussion on mlb network i think? basically teasing maybin hard for having a miley song

josh willingham - outfield's "your love"

Derek Jeter: "Candy" - Cameo
Nick Johnson: "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus
Mark Teixeira: "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister
Alex Rodriguez: "On to the Next One" - Jay-Z
Robinson Cano: "Run this Town" - Jay-Z
Jorge Posada: Unknown Song (supplied by Jorge on CD)
Curtis Granderson: "Lookin’ for the Perfect Beat" - Africa Bambaataa
Nick Swisher: "Beat Street" - Grand Master Flash
Brett Gardner: "On the Run" - Pink Floyd
Randy Winn: "Just Chill" - Jon Young
Marcus Thames: "You’re a Jerk" - New Boyz
Francisco Cervelli: Unknown Song (supplied by Francisco on CD)

CC Sabathia: "Big Poppa" - Notorious B.I.G.
A.J. Burnett: "I’m a Man" - Black Strobe
Javier Vazquez: "Until the Whole World Hears" - Casting Crowns
Andy Pettitte: "La Grange" - ZZ Top
Phil Hughes: "King Nothing" - Metallica

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/2010/05/the-music-men.html

<3 cc

phil hughes looks like SUCH a metallica fan

the cardinals' lineup is a pretty hilarious mix of unintelligble reggaeton/ringtone rap (yadi, pujols, felipe lopez), country music (colby r, holliday, joe mather etc) & 90s teenager classics (ludwick has beastie boys & freese has pearl jam)

there's really nothing in between

The Braves play a few snarky organ bars for visiting batters. A few heard this week:

Jose Reyes - "King of Pain" (injuries + "rey")
Jeff Francoeur - "These Foolish Things" (sentimental, unless theyre referencing his zone judgment)
Buster Posey - "Ring Around the Rosie"
Pat Burrell - "Cold as Ice" (the famed "no underwear" interview?)
Tim Lincecum - "Puff the Magic Dragon"

i think the Burrell jab is more directly a comment on his awful July.

sean rodriguez - joy division "transmission"

Adam Dunn - Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight"

is that sean rodriguez thing a joke

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/joe_lemire/01/31/at.bat.intro.songs/index.html

Sometimes the music can get players in trouble. In 2002 when Manny Ramirez was with the Red Sox, he made a last-minute request, via a clubhouse employee, to have his song changed just before a game. The new cut was "Good Times (I Get High)" by Styles, which has drug-themed lyrics and profanity. Boston immediately changed its policy to prohibit spontaneous requests.

-- the Internet is full of message boards listing and critiquing players' choices --

ben zobrist has the worst at-bat music in the history of the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxQTLxUkUKQ

otm wtf is that, its at bat music not fuckin at-imogen heap opening act performance iirc

was really shocked that ellsbury uses "cherub rock"??

or used anyway

http://i.imgur.com/YxiG2.jpg

holy shit. Chris Getz's at bat song is the theme from Sega Genesis' RBI Baseball!

@cgrand14
I added @MobbDeep "survival of the fittest" to the at-bat list yesterday. Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm still considering a few more.

"New York got a ***** depressed."

I suggested the Pete Rock mix of PE's "Shut 'Em Down" and Nas' "It Ain't Hard to Tell." (He said he was looking for older hip-hop. Someone suggested "Game Over" by Lil' Flip. Another person suggested DJ Khaled.)

I can't believe I tweeted to an athlete.

Adam Dunn - Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight"

Also used by both Carlos Ruiz and Brian Schneider!

Travis Hafner - Rammstein "Du Hast"

Still kind of O_O that Dan Uggla uses "Love Is Strange."

2B Adam Kennedy An assortment of tunes by Nelly

http://www.designatedhits.com

lol @

Jesus Montero
#63, DH/C
Kanye West
Jesus Walks

&

Jesus Sucre
#2, C
Flo Rida
Sugar

whats the deal w/ both darvish & ichiro using soulja boy crank that

http://www.designatedhits.com/player/view/giambja01

1B Hee Seop Choi - Unknown Korean Rap Song

Info from the Florida Marlins: On opening day, Hee Seop showed up with a Korean rap song, and requested that it be played every time he went up to bat. The song has taken the Marlin fans by storm. The music guys have no clue who sings the song or what it says, but the crowd loves the tune ... and so does Hee Seop.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:51 AM (8 years ago)

Would be awesome if this was PSY.

indians prospect chun-hsiu chen (now w/ triple-a columbus) supposedly has some awesome taiwanese song that everyone loves, but i haven't been able to find out what it is

Josh Reddick
#16, RF
WWE
Ryback Theme
WWE
Bret Hart Theme
NEW
nWo
Wolfpack Theme Music
NEW

Jarrod Saltalamacchia
#39, C/1B

Falco
Rock Me Amadeus

Lou Marson
#6, C

Phil Collins
Easy Lover

The Kingsmen
Louie Louie

311
All Mixed Up

Sublime
What I Got

A day after actor James Gandolfini died, Reds 3B and New Jersey native Todd Frazier replaced his Frank Sinatra at-bat music with the theme from "The Sopranos."

flickr video

now that he is a dignified four years old, he doesn't really do this anymore, and it doesn't show one of his *really* high jumps, but: my kitty had some yeast

lol wrong thread

this is what i meant to say:

http://i.imgur.com/hRgEg8Z.jpg

josh donaldson - regulate

Yasiel Puig, "Yasiel Puig"

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/09/yasiel-puigs-new-walk-up-song-is-called-yasiel-puig/

Andre Ethier: LORDE - Royals

Trouts right now is Drake - Trophies

& he promptly homers

Eric Young Jr. (NYM) - Forever Young Jr. (The Jay-Z/Mr. Hudson one).

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2063308-josh-reddick-using-whams-careless-whisper-as-at-bat-music-turns-into-huge-hit

@susanslusser 13h
Two doses of Careless Whisper this at-bat, once before visit to mound and one after. And a wild pitch then moves up runner.

@susanslusser 13h
Well, Reddick did tell me today he thought maybe Careless Whisper might put pitchers to sleep.

Sean Doolittle warms up to "For Whom The Bell Tolls"... and the intro bells are played when he strikes somebody out.

The Dodgers reported the most Hip-Hop/Rap selections with 20. The Cubs were rather sparse with just two, and that’s only if we generously interpret the genre contributions of Marky Mark and his funky bunch. The Diamondbacks are the most country-focused team with 8 total selections, although Zack Greinke accounts for a quarter of those. The Nationals were the most metal team; the Oakland A’s the most rock and roll.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=28699

jason werth: werewolves of london

Our friend @whalers44 informs us that the Braves played the "Oompa Loompa" song as Altuve (.342, 12 HR 113 H, 47 RBI) came to bat last week.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) July 9, 2017

stay classy, barves

Todd Frazier uses Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon," which suggests to me he's still a fuckin' Yankee

Nick Hundley - Candlebox “Shine”

collective soul?

Whoops, yes Collective Soul.

I was just in awe how anyone (esp of baseball playing age) even remembers that terrible, terrible song.

At tonight's Dodgers game, Kenta Maeda's pre-at-bat music is "Slow Down" by Lights Follow, the international theme to Terrace House.

It was interesting to hear the differences between the Japanese crowd and the American crowd. I’d have thought the Japanese wouldn’t be so rowdy for such a long time.

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/the-complete-history-of-the-walk-up-song

Roughly belongs here... Fenway organist Josh Kantor played before (and with) Yo La Tengo last night in NYC.

Get your magnifying glass; here are the 873 song requests I played on the Fenway organ in 2019. Thank you to all whose participation/encouragement makes my dream job so fun and weird. pic.twitter.com/NpE7oO9J01

— Josh Kantor (@jtkantor) October 2, 2019

Set up the poll thread, Morbs!

joc pederson - “dancing queen”

guess we don’t have one of these threads for pitchers

Robb nen - smoke on the water

lol alonso is so corny

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4e4kbXWoAE8tXU?format=jpg&name=medium

"Dreams" isn't exactly corny, it's a song about cheating, heartbreak and the end of a relationship (also a weird choice for a walkup song).

it's a great song! but also it came out 20 years before he was born and yeah, it's not exactly prime walkup material

it would be like me picking something off 'birth of the cool'

Great McNeil pick, what a weirdo

Alonso is a sweet dumb Florida guy, can’t hold that against him

I'm extra unforgiving on sweet dumb Florida guys.

He is not the worst evil on that team (Nimmo)

in this situation i would have to choose beyonce’s ‘all night’

with teammates in the dugout pantomiming the horns

Pretty sure I just heard ATA KAK (!!!) as a bumper in this extra inning game at Dodger Stadium.