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Ray Ray used to use Master P?

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

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 17 June 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Was it "When the Levee Breaks" or "Stairway to Heaven"? That'd be a HUGE difference.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha - regardless, the Zep pick HAS to be "(Hats Off To) Roy Harper" (or whatever that track's called).

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

no way, the zeppelin pick has to be "achilles last stand". placing and showing in this race would be "immigrant song" and "communication breakdown".

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

"Communication Breakdown," three different versions for three different at-bats.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 17 June 2004 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

The definitive resource?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=atbatsongs/index

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."

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The Cubbies' choices are pretty funny.

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Isn't Shawn Estes a GBV fan, and he chooses Lenny Kravitz?

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."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i was about to ask for someone to confirm the cubs choices because i had difficulty believing them, but at the top:

"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.

― John (jdahlem), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

The sound system (if you can even call it that) at Wrigley consists of several tin cans hidden deep in the rafters I think. You can hear the organ on TV, but I have a hard time bringing any organ to mind from the games I've attended. WGN must have a mic right by Chicago icon Gary Pressey.

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

bizarrely, the only entrance music i have EVER noticed while watching a game is sheffield's (used to be "in da club", can't remember what it is now). i notice it every time he comes to plate, but have never (that i can remember) heard, or at least especially taken note of, anyone elses. weeeiiiiiiiiird.

― John (jdahlem), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the Cubs choices are great. All old stuff, none of that shitty creed shit.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd come out to Red House Painters "Katy Song" and make the pitcher break down into a heap of depression.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"chalk on home plate under my cleat
without you is all i'll ever be..."

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

In MVP 2004 I come out to Stellastarr - My Coco every godamn time. I wish there was some way to put your own music in the game.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

my pre-at-bat music is "Chocolate City", which is very confusing to everyone

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd totaly go with roots manuva's "witness the fitness"

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Some nice Dodger notes:

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.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

smoltz used to come out of the bullpen to 'dancing queen' til he made them change it. dick.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 7 August 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

haha - Eric Byrnes: "Disco Inferno" - byrne baby byrne

― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 7 August 2004 04:02 (twenty-one years ago)

the smoltz thing is too awesome. even and especially if there is no absolutely no connectoin (that i'm not pickign up on) b/w the two.

― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 7 August 2004 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

no, apparently when they made him a closer they asked him what music he wanted to come out of the bullpen to and he said he had no preference (he was probably still stewing about being made a closer)(hell, he's still stewing over that). "dancing queen it is then". now it's some ac/dc, a bold and inventive choice for a white reliever.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 7 August 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i luv all the 'cue X seconds in' notes, that these guys are dorking out that specifically over their at-bat music (which i sure as hell would be doing).

― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 7 August 2004 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

blount check yr email inbox

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Saturday, 7 August 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Haven't been through all of 'em yet, but so far the coolest are Orlando Cabrera with "For the Love of Money" and Xavier Nady's "X Gon' Give it to Ya."

― briania (briania), Sunday, 8 August 2004 04:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I couldn't tell what Rickey Henderson's music was at the Newark Bears game I attended Saturday.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 9 August 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Damn stenc, I was at that game too! Check yr email.

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

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 August 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

Just caught on TBS...

Milton Bradley: "Higher," THE GAME

― mattbot (mattbot), Sunday, 15 May 2005 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

brian roberts loves the biggie smalls. personal preference or cheeky pun?

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Sunday, 15 May 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

The ladyfriend and I had that very debate over MB. The world may never know.

― mattbot (mattbot), Sunday, 15 May 2005 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

see, he should have "head games" as his theme!

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

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Sunday, 15 May 2005 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

why i am a mets fan this year: the first song they play after the national anthem to psych up the crowd is the brothers johnson, "strawberry letter #23."

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 15 May 2005 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

wow.

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.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 16 May 2005 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

what's wrong with "car wash"?!!?

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't even remember hearing "Car Wash" much...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 May 2005 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

me neither, but even if i did, it's all right. i like the song (and the movie).

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 16 May 2005 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

When I was in high school we went to baseball games all the time (Mariners), and they'd always play the beginning of Car Wash, but they'd never get to the EEEP! part, so my friend and I would do it really loudly for everyone to enjoy. To ban Car Wash and take away that experience would be a crime.

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

― musically (musically), Friday, 16 June 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

nine months pass...

Pick David Wright's music:

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/fan_forum/survey_wrightsong_form.jsp

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 26 March 2007 13:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm voting for Salsoul Orchestra - "You're Just The Right Size"

― Michael F Gill, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:18 (nineteen years ago)

lol @ "better man" (can't find a)

― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

The "A-Team" theme??

"Right Now" fits my concept.

― Dr Morbius, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

I voted for the national anthem. Everyone stands up and respectfully takes off their hats when he comes to bat. Plus it'll tie in well with their national anthem promotion, ensuring that the Mets will get a solid day's work out of whoever wins the contest.

― mattbot, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

I think I just heard Chase Utley use "Kashmir." wtf.

― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

ZOMG a ballplayer using Zeppelin?!?!? What's next - AC/DC?

― David R., Thursday, 5 April 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

re wright: that cassie song would be such hot at-bat music

i want to know which yankee comes out to 'go getta'!

― maura, Thursday, 5 April 2007 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

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.

― mattbot, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

Pujols had some drum and bass tune rinsin' too.

― Belisarius, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

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."

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

keith has a collection of about 30,000 lps.

― maura, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

Any Tull or the Heep?

― Andy K, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

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collective soul?

― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:51 (seven years ago)

Whoops, yes Collective Soul.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 15 September 2018 05:08 (seven years ago)

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

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 15 September 2018 05:09 (seven years ago)

six months pass...

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

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 31 March 2019 04:04 (seven years ago)

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.

― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Sunday, 31 March 2019 04:23 (seven years ago)

three months pass...

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

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 14:22 (six years ago)

five months pass...

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

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 December 2019 15:53 (six years ago)

Set up the poll thread, Morbs!

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 30 December 2019 11:49 (six years ago)

two years pass...

joc pederson - “dancing queen”

― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 20:56 (three years ago)

eleven months pass...

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

Robb nen - smoke on the water

― brimstead, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 23:49 (two years ago)

one month passes...

lol alonso is so corny

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

― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 August 2023 21:32 (two years ago)

"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).

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 26 August 2023 21:38 (two years ago)

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'

― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 August 2023 21:51 (two years ago)

Great McNeil pick, what a weirdo

― H.P, Saturday, 26 August 2023 23:06 (two years ago)

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

― ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 26 August 2023 23:23 (two years ago)

I'm extra unforgiving on sweet dumb Florida guys.

― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Saturday, 26 August 2023 23:27 (two years ago)

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

― ydkb (gyac), Saturday, 26 August 2023 23:31 (two years ago)

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

with teammates in the dugout pantomiming the horns

― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 August 2023 08:02 (two years ago)

seven months pass...

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

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 13 April 2024 05:07 (two years ago)

one year passes...

Mike Yastrzemski's is "When the Levee Breaks" for some reason.

― I will edit thread titles like no one has ever seen before (WmC), Wednesday, 1 April 2026 17:50 (two months ago)

Flores’ walk-up song reminds him of a comfortable feeling, Mike Yastrzemski’s song has become part of a sensory routine. He’s used “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin since his rookie year with the Giants in 2019.
While Yastrzemski is thinking over situations that could present themselves in the at-bat, the song’s guitar riffs act as a signal for him in the on-deck circle to lock in.
“I hear that song and I already know where I am. I’m going to the box now,” Yastrzemski said. “I hear that dinner bell and it’s ‘oop, I know where I am right now. Especially if you’re thinking about other things, a play or baserunning or pitch selection. All of a sudden I hear it and it’s, ‘OK, time to dial it in.’ I hear the song start and I don’t hear anything else. I’m lost right after I hear that song start.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giants/article/san-francisco-giants-song-20335905.php

― hat stays on (gyac), Wednesday, 1 April 2026 18:09 (two months ago)

Huh! Interesting, ty gyac.

― I will edit thread titles like no one has ever seen before (WmC), Wednesday, 1 April 2026 18:25 (two months ago)

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