# What's your baseball "now at bat" theme song? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 4, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719 "2016-08-04T07:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/1 "2016-08-04T07:45:14Z")
If you were a Major League Baseball player, what song would you want to play when you came to bat? (Or, alternatively, came in as the closing pitcher?) For me, I’d go with “Hells Bells” by AC/DC or perhaps “Axel F” by Harold Faltermeyer. Those were the two themes I used in my e-wrestling days. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/2 "2016-08-04T08:52:41Z")
Kashmir. Continually being [timed out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timed_out) wrecks my batting average though. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/3 "2016-08-04T09:37:34Z")
Gonna have to go with “The Final Countdown”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/4 "2016-08-04T11:20:18Z")
Theme from Rocky, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/5 "2016-08-04T11:33:48Z")
It’s called “walk-up music” or a “walk-up song”. The end of Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/6 "2016-08-04T11:59:02Z")
Opening keyboard riff from Deep Purple’s Perfect Strangers. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/7 "2016-08-04T12:10:22Z")
I actually do have a “walk up music”!! I do public speaking events, and when there is large enough crowd for it to be appropriate (usually anything above about 100 attendees), we use walk up music for different speakers. Like **Lisiate** suggested, Kashmir by Led Zeppelin is what I use 90% of the time. If I want to shake things up, and/or it’s a group that is a little younger skewed, I use [Take California](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd8WjeK8riE) by The Propellerheads. I try to time it where I get on stage and cue the sound guy to take it down at about the 1:10 mark. One of my co-workers uses [Nothin But A Good Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T3S14FsfXM) by Poison, which is fine in the US. But he used it at an event we did in London, and not a single person in the audience knew what it was. It was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/8 "2016-08-04T12:47:02Z")
A sad trombone. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/9 "2016-08-04T13:00:22Z")
The Hamsterdance song. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/10 "2016-08-04T13:44:14Z")
“The Other Side” - Aerosmith. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/11 "2016-08-04T14:18:09Z")
“Power” by Kanye West ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/12 "2016-08-04T14:42:05Z")
“Land of Sunshine” by Faith No More. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/13 "2016-08-04T14:57:17Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen by Saliva. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/14 "2016-08-04T15:31:28Z")
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/15 "2016-08-04T17:16:21Z")
Do I have to pick the same song for every at-bat? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/16 "2016-08-04T18:24:51Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Do I have to pick the same song for every at-bat? That’s usually how it works, for an entire season, or at least for quite some time within a season. Frequent changes present problems for the stadium’s PA staff. But of course, a baseball player can request a change. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/17 "2016-08-04T19:10:51Z")
The intro to [Enter Sandman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384) by Metallica. Along with probably another dozen MLB players. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/18 "2016-08-04T19:27:36Z")
[Angry Chair](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzrVtioigo), Alice in Chains. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/19 "2016-08-04T21:21:03Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The intro to [Enter Sandman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384) by Metallica. Along with probably another dozen MLB players. That’ll was the first thing that popped into my head but I had just read the lyrics in another thread 5 min ago. Then I thought about Wipeout but I could only use that if I was really good. I think I’d have to steal my song concept from Charlie Blackman who uses Jessie’s Girl but has it cut so that the crowd sings end of the chorus. I think I’d go with Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719/20 "2016-08-04T21:25:15Z")
Probably just the little flourish where everybody says “CHARGE!” at the end. I don’t think “Kick Out the Jams” would really shred on a stadium organ. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-baseball-now-at-bat-theme-song/761719.md?page=2)