May 24, 2010<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n I was talking to Dee<\/a> the other day about something that I find to be one of the coolest parts of the game of baseball and its inherently individualistic nature, walk-up intro music.\u00a0 There is no other team sport in which every player on the field gets so many exclusive moments.\u00a0 A Hall of Fame NFL lineman could go his entire career without ever hearing his name over the stadium loudspeakers, yet even bottom rung Major Leaguers get three to four chances on average to strut out into the spotlight.\u00a0 Even high school varsity teams throw on players\u2019 own personal pump-up tunes on their way to the plate.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t play baseball long enough to get to walk out in front of a cheering stadium to a song of my choosing; the closest I have to compare is whatever I put on my IPod before a big ski run<\/a><\/a>, but I totally understand the motivation of music and think it has a particularly interesting place in the game people come here to read about.<\/p>\n In my research on the topic I came across an article published Sunday in the Sacramento Bee<\/a> that beat me to it, pretty much summing up everything I wanted to say about the topic along with a lot of big league insight that I would not be able to provide.\u00a0 It\u2019s really worth checking out, and big ups to back to back Cy Younger Timmy \u201cDirty Hippy\u201d Lincecum on selecting The Doors\u2019 Break on Through<\/a>.\u00a0 You are now firmly cemented as my favorite active player (more on that later). Another interesting bit I came across actually talked to the music people behind the scenes for all 30 MLB teams<\/a> and got the skinny on all of them.\u00a0 So I\u2019m going to save myself a lot of time on this one and get straight to what I wanted to do with this piece in the first place.\u00a0 I know all the guys that write on here have at some point walked out to their own intro music, along with most of the people who are reading here on a regular basis, and I\u2019d love to hear what you guys\u2019 thoughts are on it.\u00a0 What did you walk out to and why?\u00a0 If you\u2019ve never had the pleasure of walking up to the plate to cheering fans and your own musical motivation, think for a minute that you\u2019re in the on-deck circle of your favorite stadium and your team needs a big hit.\u00a0 What\u2019s it gonna be?\u00a0 I want to hear from you on this one, Golden Sombrero Nation.<\/p>\n Responses:<\/p>\n