13 October 2007

List of baseball entrance music

In baseball, some players choose to have their appearance in a game be punctuated by a musical selection. The most common forms are for a relief pitcher charging out of the bullpen or for a hitter approaching the batter's box for an at bat.

Player music selection generally relates to a player's ethnic heritage, birthplace, name, or a characteristic of them as a player. Sometimes, it is just a song the player or the audio staff enjoys.

All teams listed are current or for retired players the team with which they are best known.

1 A

2 B

3 C

4 D

5 E

6 F

7 G

8 H

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9 I

10 J

11 K

12 L

13 M

14 N

15 O

16 P

17 R

18 S

19 T

20 U

21 V

22 W

23 X

24 Y

25 Z

26 Players who specifically request that no music be played

27 Notes and Explanations

  1. ^ The line "Can't find a better man", sounds like "Can't find a Betemit".
  2. ^ Byrnes picked this song for the "Burn, Baby, Burn" chorus.
  3. ^ Clemens's nickname is "Rocket."
  4. ^ Damon is good friends with band members of Sevendust.
  5. ^ Gordon's nickname is "Flash."
  6. ^ Hrabosky's nickname was "The Mad Hungarian."
  7. ^ The opening chord sequence matches the syllables in his name.
  8. ^ Lo Duca was born in Brooklyn.
  9. ^ Looper chose this as a tribute to Trevor Hoffman.
  10. ^ Jay-Z name-checks Pierre in the song
  11. ^ Following Rocker's now-infamous comments about various ethnic groups, Twisted Sister requested that Rocker and the Braves no longer play the song, a request with which Rocker complied.
  12. ^ Saenz is from Panama.
  13. ^ Saltalamacchia's nickname is "Salty."
  14. ^ Briefly used at the start of the 2007 season (Sheffield's first with the Detroit Tigers).
  15. ^ Used primarily because of the similarity between Shouse's name and the song title.
  16. ^ Spiezio is a member of Sandfrog.
  17. ^ When Milton Bradley was traded by the Oakland A's in July 2007, Swisher took Bradley's song (Party Like a Rockstar) as a shout out to his close friend.

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T said...

You're awesome for posting this -- I was thinking about doing the same thing.

16 October, 2007 05:28

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