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Initech

(99,914 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:06 AM Sep 2014

Esquire's List of Baseball's Worst Walk Up Songs

Baseball players have precious few opportunities to express themselves on the field. This is, of course, setting aside minor sartorial choices like pants pulled up to the knees or hats tilted to the side. And some young guys have even started -- don't panic -- showing emotion on the baseball field, but as Carlos Gomez has learned, that violates baseball’s ancient rules.

The rules are stupid, but that leaves only one true mode of self-expression on a baseball field: walk-up music, the stuff that blares from the PA in that brief moment a player moves from on-deck circle to batter's box (or bullpen to mound) and gives fans a peek at his personality. It doesn’t last any longer than ten seconds, but Oakland A’s outfielder Josh Reddick made news by choosing the cheesy sax riff that starts George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” as his walk-up song.

The originality is commendable, but the choice is deplorable. It’s hard not to think Reddick was making a mockery of the walk-up song. We can’t endorse that. Frighteningly, Reddick and “Careless Whisper” just still missed inclusion on our list of the worst walk-up songs being used in baseball today. Yep, there are ten worse songs than an intentionally bad one. We’re here to prove it.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/worst-walk-up-songs


Full list:

10. David Wright, 3B, Mets: "The Right Stuff" - New Kids On The Block
9. Mike Dunn, RP, Miami Marlins: "Dark Horse" - Katy Perry
8. JD Martinez, Outfielder, Detroit Tigers: "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
7. Pete Kozma, SS, St. Louis Cardinals: "Keep Away" - Godsmack
6. Drew Hutchinson, SP, Toronto Blue Jays: "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen
5. Mike Carp, 1B/OF, Boston Red Sox: "Heartache Tonight", The Eagles
4. Blake Beaven, SP, Seattle Mariners: "Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice
3. Tony Sanchez, C, Pittsburgh Pirates: "Fantasy" - Mariah Carey
2. Kelly Johnson, 1B/OF, New York Yankees: "Tonight Tonight" - Hot Chelle Rae
1. Lyle Overbay, 1B, Milwaukee Brewers: "Take A Look Around" - Limp Bizkit

Drew Hutchinson deserves serious for that choice of song, but the rest are all equally horrible.
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Esquire's List of Baseball's Worst Walk Up Songs (Original Post) Initech Sep 2014 OP
The Red Sox one is actually appropriate KamaAina Sep 2014 #1
All-time best: Mariano Rivera, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica KamaAina Sep 2014 #2
The Sportscenter Commercial About That Is Great ProfessorGAC Sep 2014 #3
Yeah that was hilarious! Initech Sep 2014 #4
Papelbon had a pretty good one, when he was in Boston. hughee99 Sep 2014 #5
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
2. All-time best: Mariano Rivera, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 03:25 PM
Sep 2014

Honorable mention: Trevor Hoffman, "Hells Bells" by AC/DC.

ProfessorGAC

(64,422 posts)
3. The Sportscenter Commercial About That Is Great
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 03:44 PM
Sep 2014

Hammet sitting in the lunch room offering free guitar lessons because with Mariano gone they don't have anything to do right now.

That tickled me.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
5. Papelbon had a pretty good one, when he was in Boston.
Sun Sep 28, 2014, 02:30 AM
Sep 2014

But the Dropkick Murphy's "Shipping up to Boston" doesn't make as much sense when you're making a douchebag of yourself on the mound in Philly. I think he changed it when he left Boston, but I'm not sure what the new one is.

Smoltz had "Thunderstruck" when he was closing in Atlanta, but I think a few other closers have used that as well. AC/DC is always popular for that sort of stuff.

Gagne used to play "Welcome to the Jungle" which was pretty good (even when Gagne was bad).

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