Friday, October 16, 2009

We're Talking Baseball, One More Time

Ahhh the baseball at-bat intro song, it's usually just a verse or a melody, but it can be so telling about the player himself. Think of Jeter coming up to his first at-bat tonight -- while 'Still Not A Playa' by Big Punisher sets the scene for the crowd. As we kick off the Championship Series' here are the top ten player at-bat intro songs of all time, as determined by Franchise.


10. John Kruk - 'Cheeseburger Is Paradise' by Jimmy Buffett










9. Izzy Alcantara - 'Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting' by Carl Douglas







8. Jackie Robinson - 'Black or White' by Michael Jackson





7. Chuck Knoblauch - 'Smack My Bitch Up' by The Prodigy





6. Uggie Urbina - 'How I Could Just Kill A Man' by Cypress Hill






5. Rickey Henderson - 'Me, Myself and I' by De La Soul





4. Dave Cone - 'I Touch Myself' by The DiVynyls







3. Mike Piazza - 'The Sweetest Taboo' by Sade







2. Jim Abbott - Any Drum Solo by Def Leppard









1. Ichiro - 'I Turn My Camera On' by Spoon

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