Walk Out Songs

Before every season baseball players across the country get to pick a song that plays as they are walking up to the plate or warming up on the mound.  This is something that not many other athletes are able to do.  This can be a fun experience for many, but for others it can be something that takes up a lot of their time, trying to find the perfect song that will get them pumped for their at bat or outing.  Players will often spend weeks sifting through their ipod to find a song that fits their personality.  Others will seek the input of their teammates in selecting a song.  Other players even take songs that opponents walk out to during the opening series of the season.  We all know the popular walk out songs like Yankees closer Mariano Rivera’s “Enter Sandman” but many players try to find a song that is unique and not heard very often.

Every player has his own idea as to what he wants to hear when he walks up to the plate and for our team it’s no different. Some guys enjoy listening to rap while others go a different road and listen to a country song. For me personally, this year I chose to walk out to an old school song, “No Sleep till Brooklyn” by the Beastie Boys. I figured this would be a song that many people would not expect to hear a pitcher to walk out to, while at the same time having a pretty cool beat. Left -handed pitcher Chad Gallagher chose the song “Bullet & a Target” by the band Citizen Cope which is a popular song but at the same time unique to him. Some other walk out songs from past seasons include “Lose Yourself” by Eminem, “Weekend Warriors” by A Change of Pace, “Deliverance” by Bubba Sparxxx, and “He got Game” by Public Enemy, among others.

One of the funnier parts about choosing walk out songs is that many teams across the country pick walkout songs for the freshmen on the team. Many of these songs have funny lyrics or they are simply a song that nobody would ever choose as their walkout.   While on an early season bus trip or after a practice, upperclassmen will come together and find a funny song that fits each individual freshmen player. Some of the songs we have heard in the past include, “The Fresh Prince of BelAir Theme song”, “Milkshake” by Kelis and “Glamorous” by Fergie.

Walk out songs are all part of the fun of a long college season.

Feel free to leave a comment about a song you walk out to or have heard in the past.