Baseball Players’ Entrance Songs: Sal Fasano IS A Voodoo Child And David Eckstein Likes Luda

Along with garlic fries, microbrews and giant Coke bottles, one of the more entertaining aspects of going to a baseball game these days is noticing the songs that players choose as their “entrance song.” For hitters, it plays when approaching the plate, and for relievers, it blares en route from the bullpen. Wikipedia has a nice little compilation of entrance songs. A large number of players have adopted Mims’ “This is why I’m hot” as their anthem, including Alex Rodriguez, Jose Reyes and Gary Sheffield. A handful of players, like Moises Alou and Garrett Anderson, specifically don’t want any music playing.

For some, it’s easy to see the correlation between player and song. For example:

• Benny Agbayani (pictured, right): “Bennie and the Jets”, Elton John
• Roger Clemens: “Rocket Man”, Elton John
• Rich Aurilia and Paul Lo Duca (Brooklyn natives): “No Sleep till Brooklyn”, Beastie Boys
• Mike Myers: Theme from Halloween
• David Ortiz: “Big Poppa”, Notorious B.I.G.
• Scott Rolen: “Rollin’”, Limp Bizkit

Closers’ songs are the ultimate cool and for Giants fans, nothing beats hearing “Smoke on the Water.” And nothing causes cringes like “Big Pimpin.”

• Robb Nen: “Smoke on the Water”, Deep Purple
• Armando Benitez (pictured, right): “Big Pimpin’”, Jay-Z
• John Franco: “Johnny B. Goode”, Chuck Berry
• Eric Gagne: “Welcome to the Jungle”, Guns N’ Roses
• Dennis Eckersley and Goose Gossage: “Bad to the Bone”, George Thorogood
• Trevor Hoffman: “Hell’s Bells”, AC/DC
• Jonathan Papelbon: “I’m Shippin’ Up To Boston”, Dropkick Murphys
• Mariano Rivera and Billy Wagner: “Enter Sandman”, Metallica
• Mitch Williams and Rick Vaughn: “Wild Thing”, The Troggs

And then, there are the odd, somewhat confusingly hilarious matches:

• Adrian Beltre: “Only You”, Ashanti
• Barry Bonds: “Next Episode”, Dr. Dre
• Damion Easley: “Smack That”, Akon
• David Eckstein (pictured, right): “Number One Spot”, Ludacris
• Sal Fasano (pictured above, with moustache): “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”, Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Jason Giambi: Theme from World Championship Wrestling
• Mark Grudzielanek: “Lonely No More”, Rob Thomas (as we stifle a giggle)
• Shigetoshi Hasegawa: “Gettin’ Jiggy With It”, Will Smith (The Fresh Prince is big in Japan)
• Richie Sexson: “You Sexy Thing”, Hot Chocolate
• Chien-Ming Wang: “Lets Get it Started”, Black Eyed Peas (never heard that song)

List of baseball entrance music [Wikipedia]

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