Custom Sounds and Misc Clips

[Tyused]

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I uploaded about 5 .rars to my 4shared, ill post them asap...its all unedited Reggaeton music for the Latino players, and also 4-5 missing braves players are on there as well unedited.

http://www.4shared.com/dir/12580458/cf5b0fff/sharing.html

[TNKNGM]

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Cool That will work

don't know exactly when that will be - gonna continue working on the list form espn a little later

[Tyused]

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Sky - Can you add this to Phillies? It just The Feliz Naivdad song they play for Pedro, they just play the Feliz, it was edited down by Huggar!

http://www.4shared.com/file/85132480/3902f54d/Jose_Feliciano_-_Feliz_Navidad.html

Also Tampa Bay's HR Sound

http://www.4shared.com/file/85134341/c294c38e/Tampa_Bay_Rays_HR_Horn.html

Both Fully Edited

[Skyboxer]

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Sky - Can you add this to Phillies? It just The Feliz Naivdad song they play for Pedro, they just play the Feliz, it was edited down by Huggar!

http://www.4shared.com/file/85132480/3902f54d/Jose_Feliciano_-_Feliz_Navidad.html

Also Tampa Bay's HR Sound

http://www.4shared.com/file/85134341/c294c38e/Tampa_Bay_Rays_HR_Horn.html

Both Fully Edited

Done.

[Skyboxer]

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BREWERS-

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Hitters

Rickie Weeks, 2B
Song: "Adrenaline Rush" by Twista
Weeks: "I picked it. It's just an instrumental. It has a beat that I've always been fond of. A lot of times (a walk-up song) is just supposed to loosen you up or make you feel up to a game, something to make you feel good I guess."
Critic commentary: "It's been a struggle for the former No. 2 draft pick, with late-game mistakes in the field and a lack of patience at the plate. You'd think the last thing the guy needs is an adrenaline rush. But this is an intriguing pick, with Chicago's Twista rapping at a mile-a-minute pace." --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


J.J. Hardy, SS
Song: "Flower" by Moby
Hardy: "The first time I heard the song was at the beginning of 'Gone in 60 Seconds' and I thought it was a pretty cool song. I just kind of like the beat. I don't really listen to a whole lot of music, so I don't have a lot of songs I could come out to. To be honest, I could care less what song I come out to."


Ryan Braun, LF
Song: "Go Getta" by Young Jeezy
Braun: "I picked it last year. It was one of my favorite songs at the time and I've had some success with that song, so I stuck with it. Everybody has his own personal reasons for what song he chooses, but for me, it's just a song that I like that has worked for me."
Critic commentary: "No Matisyahu for the 'Hebrew Hammer?' Instead we get a rapper who can't write a rhyme, reciting tired boasts over a generic synth beat. We'll bite our tongue because Braun continues to be one the best young hitters in the game." --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


Prince Fielder, 1B
Songs: "A Milli" by Lil Wayne
Fielder: "I have no idea. I really don't hear the music when I'm up most of the time."


Corey Hart, RF
Song: "International Harvester" by Craig Morgan
Hart: "It was one of those songs that I heard and I liked. When you pick a song, you kind of want to pick something that is kind of like your personality. You want to pick something that has a good intro because you only get to hear five, 10 seconds. I liked the beginning and obviously the song kind of fit me a little bit."
Critic commentary: "You gotta love this pick. Amidst all the chest-thumping and guitar shredding of walk-up choices throughout the league, Hart goes with a good ol' boy country track about being a farmer who is unafraid to drive his tractor on the highway at 'chug-a-lug-a 5 miles an hour.' We still favor Hart's All-Star Game pick of his namesake's 'Sunglasses at Night.'" --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


Bill Hall, IF
Song: "Got Money" by Lil Wayne
Hall: "I like my songs to have a good beat. Hitting is a lot about rhythm, so I like to listen to a good beat while I'm walking up there to keep me relaxed and keep me in rhythm."



Mike Cameron, CF
Song: "Put On" by Young Jeezy
Cameron: "When I pick my music, it tries to involve myself, personally, and to try and get the fans involved. This is one of those cities, one of those blue-collar cities that seems to relate, that's all."
Critic commentary: "The 35-year-old vet shows that he can still get down with the youngsters by picking one of the rappers du jour. It's one of Jeezy's better tracks, and it brings with it the comedic pleasure of Kanye West singing in an AutoTune-improved robot voice." --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


Jason Kendall, C
Song: "Dig" by Mudvayne

Done...

[Skyboxer]

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Taking a break for a bit......

[Tyused]

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These two need to be edited and added to the Braves List -

http://www.4shared.com/file/85136001/eb77058/Braves_-_Blaine_Boyer__UnCut_.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/85136026/a2e58779/Braves_-_Yunel_Escobar__UnCut_.html

After the Missing Braves .rar file and these two are edited, we are only missing one player. The player is Jorge Campillio - Different People Same Solution by Violent Work of Art

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SkyBoxer, you are amazing man!

Pirates-

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Hitters

Freddy Sanchez, 2B
Song: "The Way I Are" by Timbaland
Critic commentary: "Fitting enough that a Pirate would adopt this song by the super-producer-turned-MC: it's a sure way to get some booty out on the dance floor." --Kenny Herzog, freelance music writer


Doug Mientkiewicz, IF/OF
Song: "I Stand Alone" by Godsmack
Mientkiewicz: "It's just you and the [batter's] box. That's it. It's just you. No one else can help you but you. You're in the batter's box by yourself. It's a fitting term for me, so I've always liked it."
Critic commentary: "Doug Mientkiewicz, Scorpion King? The sure-handed first baseman, a consummate pro for 10 years, goes with a two-time Grammy winner that was the featured song off the soundtrack for the Rock's 2003 coming-out party as a greased-up Hollywood action hero. The track is an oft-used choice, as both Roy Oswalt and Mientkiewicz's new teammate, Craig Hansen, have used it as an entrance song." --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


Adam LaRoche, 1B
Song: "Back in Black" by AC/DC
LaRoche: "I was a sophomore or junior in high school and I used to go to the University of Arkansas to watch them play. We took a road trip to watch them go play baseball games. I remember Ryan Lundquist used to come out to AC/DC's 'Back in Black.' The place would just go nuts. We were up in the stands. It was awesome. I remember saying that if I get somewhere that I'm coming out to music, that's going to be it. Two or three years ago, I started coming out to it. I changed it once and awhile, but I always come back to it."
Critic commentary: "At the risk of being harsh or speaking in unnecessary fiscal metaphors, LaRoche might want to work on refurbishing his stats before insinuating he's found his way out of the red." --Kenny Herzog, freelance music writer


Nate McLouth, CF
Songs: "For You" by Staind
McLouth: "No reason. I just like the song."
Critic commentary: "You don't want to read too much into these walk-up picks. Maybe McLouth just likes the punishing guitar licks or Aaron Lewis' earnest-yet-ominous voice. There's no way this fast-rising center fielder, a first-time All-Star this season, is filled with the song's sappy, angst-ridden desire to be understood and to gain more attention. Right?" --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


Ryan Doumit, C
Song: "Mother" by Danzig
Doumit: "It's the first song that I had since I came [to Pittsburgh]. I just stuck with it."
Critic commentary: "Great pick -- an ominous reminder to pitchers not to mess with Doumit, from metal vets Danzig's 1988 self-titled debut. Over husky guitars and a driving hard rock beat, Glenn Danzig warns all mothers, 'If you want to find hell with me, I can show you what it's like.' Lucky for opposing teams, no Major League pitchers are also mothers." --Jim Welte, freelance music writer


Steve Pearce, RF
Song: "You Don't Know" by Eminem featuring 50 Cent
Pearce: "I wanted something with a good intro. That's really the main part -- something to get you pumped up."
Critic commentary: "A pretty risky song choice for someone who is, in fact, a relative obscurity to most baseball fans. Unless Pearce has an unusually self-deprecating sense of humor for a ballplayer." --Kenny Herzog, freelance music writer


Jack Wilson, SS
Song: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones
Wilson: "[Pirates broadcaster] Greg Brown gave me that nickname Jumpin' Jack Flash probably in my second year in the big leagues. They kind of just played that one day and it makes sense, I guess. I think the fans really took to the name more than I did. People want me to sign Jumpin' Jack Flash for autographs. It works for me. It's nice not always having to think of a new song every year. I think it would only be here in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is pretty much a rock town. It makes sense to [have it]."
Critic commentary: "You simply can't argue with a classic. Amidst all the nu-metal and hip-hop fare most used for walk-ups, it's nice to see someone has a taste for the old school. Wilson and the since-traded Jason Bay have been the face of the Pirates for years. But let's see what his game is like when he's 65 years on, like Mick and Keith." --Jim Welte, freelance music writer

[Skyboxer]

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SkyBoxer, you are amazing man!

A lot of people have chipped in on this which makes things a lot easier..
Lot's of great people here...

Anyways ...working on Pirates next.

[ADA885]

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Can someone help me find the song the Braves use for home runs? It's Apache (Jump On It) by the Sugarhill Gang, but I'm looking for the remix the Braves use. Thanks.

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RANGERS

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Batters

Ian Kinsler, 2B
Song: "Black Betty" by Ram Jam
Kinsler: "It sounds good. I sing to it. It's just something that everyone does in the league. You just pick out a song that you feel will get you ready to hit, I guess. I talked about it with my friends and let them pick one out. We just had some fun with it and had them come up with it, and that's what they picked."
Critic commentary: "Texas's leadoff hitter reaches back to 1977 for this Southern-fried jam fest. (But shhhh, don't tell him this has been a between-inning staple at Yankee Stadium ...)" --Anne Marie Cruz, Staff Editor, PEOPLE magazine


Michael Young, SS
Song: "Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)" by Jay Z; "Hit The Floor" by Linkin Park; "Guess Who's Back" by Rakim
Young: "The Rakim song ... you like that one, huh? (Smiles) I try to make sure I go with one old-school song every time I pick a new one. I've got a couple more up my sleeve, too. ... I sing along sometimes. Not aloud, but in my head. I don't know if it helps, but I like music, and it's fun to mess around with it for a little bit."
Critic commentary: "The exuberant horn parts of the Jay-Z track, the slicing guitars of Linkin Park, the smooth rhymes of Rakim -- sounds like someone set this shortstop's game to music." --Scott Poulson-Bryant, Author, veteran music journalist and baseball nut


Josh Hamilton, CF
Songs: "Saved the Day" by Phillips, Craig & Dean
Hamilton: "It's a Christian song. The part I (have asked to be) played says, 'You saved the day/ the day you rolled the stone away/ the empty grave was there to say you reign.' I got on our PA announcer a little bit because he'd cut in and say my name right in the middle of it. I told him that I'm not one of these guys that are playing the song for myself. I'm playing it so everybody else can hear it. I said, 'I'm not telling you how to do your job, but if you could, just announce my name, and then play it.' That's just the way I feel about the whole situation."
Critic commentary: "Going squarely against the grain of the usual MLB mix of rock anthems and hip-hop jams, the slugger finds inspiration in this religious ballad by a trio of pastors." --Anne Marie Cruz, Staff Editor, PEOPLE magazine


Milton Bradley, OF/DH
Song: "Say Hello" by Jay Z; "My Life" by Pharaoh
Critic commentary: "This outfielder's music taste is laced with the same old-school rhythm as his famous board-game name. But Bradley's apparently ain't playin' no games: these beats rep some serious life-and-death stuff." --Scott Poulson-Bryant, Author, veteran music journalist and baseball nut


Hank Blalock, 3B
Song: "New Disease" by Disturbed
Critic commentary: "Apparently nothing can rattle this third baseman if this blend of melodic alt-rock and head-banging rawness is what follows him to the plate. I guess this new disease helps him bring the sickness." --Scott Poulson-Bryant, Author, veteran music journalist and baseball nut


Gerald Laird, C (Traded I believe)
Song: "Superstar" by Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
Laird: "I just chose it because I like the beat and the words. Basically, everyone up here, I think, is a superstar to a lot of people, so I think it's a good song and it's got a good melody, and it gets me going for my at-bat. I like to hear it."
Critic commentary: "Many scratched their heads when Lupe Fiasco -- solid but no superstar -- picked this bold track as the lead single off his latest album, The Cool. So it's fitting that Laird, a solid catcher but by no means an All-Star, would go with it as his walk-up track. A bit incongruous, but hey, whatever works for you, Gerald." --Jim Welte, Editor, MP3.com


Frank Catalanotto, OF/DH
Songs: "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue; "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns N' Roses; "Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed
Catalanotto: "I just like upbeat music, something hard just to get you pumped up. I usually hear it once that guy in front of you makes an out. Then they start it up pretty quick. I just basically wrote down a bunch of songs and said, 'Just play these whenever.'"
Critic commentary: "Yowza! Nothing like a couple of ax-grinding classic rockers to get a DH ready to jack a few outta there." --Anne Marie Cruz, Staff Editor, PEOPLE magazine


Marlon Byrd, OF
Song: "Work" by Gangstarr
Byrd: "Last year, Desi Relaford was coming up to bat to it in Triple-A, and I liked the song, so when I came up, I called him and said I need a song, so I asked him if I could take his song and he said, 'Go right ahead.' I started hitting with it and I stuck with it. It gets me going. I pick one song per year and stick with it."
Critic commentary: : "Although it hasn't yet helped Byrd convince manager Ron Washington to give him more at-bats, this is an absolutely outstanding choice. Set to a trademark beat from hip-hop legend DJ Premier, the track finds the perfect balance between swagger and devotion to 'puttin' in work.'" --Jim Welte, Editor, MP3.com

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Mariners

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Lineup


1. Ichiro Suzuki CF
Song(s): "Amagigoe" by Sayuri Ishikawa (alternates are "Royal Chocolate Flush" by MISIA and "Ishin Denshin" by MISIA)
Critic commentary: "'Amagigoe' is more a song for middle-aged people in Japan. It's kind of a mixture of soul and country, at least the equivalent of that in Japan." --Keizo Konishi, Kyodo News


2. Jose Lopez 2B
Song(s): "Sabor a Beisbol" by Victor Manuelle
Lopez: "It's nice to have a salsa song when I go to home plate. It makes me feel like I'm at home and comfortable."

5. Adrian Beltre 3B
Song(s): Unlabeled Dominican dance mixes
Beltre: "It's important to go to the plate full of adrenaline, and that's what these songs gives me. I'm not looking for a romantic song in this situation. I just want to be pumped up and ready to hit."


6. Brad Wilkerson, RF
Song(s): "Jumping Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones
Greene: "He's new to the team, so we just picked a classic stadium song for him."
Critic commentary: "Hey, if the Wilk can hammer three homers in one game to this summery Stones staple, it'll be a gas, gas, gas." --Anne Marie Cruz, Staff Editor, PEOPLE magazine


7. Jose Vidro DH
Song(s): "Rumor De Guerra" by Hector El Father
Vidro: "He's a good friend of mine, so having his song up there when I get to the plate makes me pretty comfortable. Sometimes I don't even hear it, though, because I'm thinking about nothing but what I have to do in the batter's box."


8. Kenji Johjima C
Song(s): "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix
Player comment: "The organization picked the songs they play during my at-bats, but I'm so concentrated about my at-bat that I don't even hear the song they play when I step up to the plate."
Critic commentary: "Hendrix may have questioned his titular character's motivation for the gun in his hand, but there's little doubt about what Johjima will do with the bat in his clutches." --Kenny Herzog, Editor-in-Chief, CMJ New Music Monthly


9. Yuniesky Betancourt SS
Song(s): "Represent" by Orishas
Greene: "This one was suggested to us recently because they say, 'Cuba' over and over again in the song, and Yuni's from Cuba."

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A's

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** As someone pointed out, MOST A's prefer NO walkup music at all. There are a FEW though.

Check out the A's walk-up music, for example. Well, try to check it out, because there isn't much of it.

Several players, such as shortstop Bobby Crosby and catcher Kurt Suzuki, have decided to forgo the selection of personal at-bat songs, while outfielder and designated hitter Jack Cust has a different reason for taking his cuts in silence.

"I've had songs and I tried some this year, but I didn't get any hits, so I canceled them," Cust says. "I said, 'Listen, no music.' Not that it changed anything, but it's too late now. Next year I'll start over and see what happens."

MLB.com/Entertainment has been getting to the bottom of the Major League tradition of walk-up music all season long by going from clubhouse to clubhouse and soliciting cutting-edge commentary from the players, the organizational brass, and some of the best music critics in the business. Song choices have changed over the course of the 2008 campaign for various -- and often superstitious -- reasons, but rest assured that we've been featuring the songs straight from the players' plate play lists at press time.

Here are (what remains of) the A's anthems:

Hitters

Daric Barton, 1B
Song: "Becoming the Bull" by Atreyu
Barton: "It's just the kind of music I like -- hard rock. It gets me pumped up a little bit and it's a good tune."
Critic commentary: "RWAAAAARGH! This Atreyu cut makes you wanna base-brawl, but it also seems more like a slugger's song. Guns N' Roses' 'Patience' or Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way' would go better with this guy's super-selective batting style." -- Ernest Jasmin, Pop music critic, Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune


Emil Brown, OF
Song: "The Kiss" (from the soundtrack of the film "Last of the Mohicans") composed by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman
Brown: "I liked the movie a lot, and then I heard the song on a Nike commercial with Stephen Jackson and Shawne Merriman. I like the drama of the song, and the strings really make it powerful. I just like it, and I know it's a song that never gets played out."
Critic commentary: "I thought walk-up music was supposed to fire the crowd up, not lull everyone to sleep. If you're going for cinematic, next time try that scary theme from 'The Phantom Menace.'" -- Ernest Jasmin, Pop music critic, Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune


Jack Hannahan, 3B
Song: "Kiss Me I'm Irish" by Gaelic Storm
Hannahan: "It's an Irish jig by my buddies from a tavern in St. Paul, Minn., called Shamrocks. They're my friends from back home and they bought an Irish bar. It reminds me of home, and it's a catchy jig. It gets people going in the stands. It's an uplifting song."
Critic commentary: "'I only drink on the days of the week that end with a y'? What is this? Promote-an-Irish-stereotype Day? I'd rock some Pogues or that metal mix of House of Pain's 'Shamrocks and Shenanigans.' Or just steal Emil Brown's song, which is on the Celtic side, too." -- Ernest Jasmin, Pop music critic, Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune

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ASTROS

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Hitters

Miguel Tejada, SS
Song: "As Good as I Once Was" by Toby Keith; Dominican meringue song
Tejada: "Toby Keith, I like him. Just because two years ago when I played for the Orioles he came for the rodeo, and in the training room they were playing Toby Keith. I liked it. The other one is just something I picked from a Dominican band. I just like to hear it."
Critic commentary: "In his 30s and with an age controversy to boot, this might not send the best message as free agency approaches, huh, Miguel? Try something more upbeat, say, Snoop's 'What's My Name?' Oh. Right." -- Ernest Jasmin, Pop music critic, Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune


Geoff Blum, IF
Song: "The Red" by Chevelle
Blum: "I like anything, pretty much,by Chevelle. I know I requested 'The Red,' but anything by Chevelle. It's just my favorite band. I just found out about them a couple of years ago and have been to a couple of their concerts. I just enjoy their music, like their style."


Hunter Pence, OF
Song: "Renegades of Funk" by Rage Against the Machine; "Coming Undone" by Korn
Pence: "They (stadium operators) have a bunch of them. I just let them take care of it. I gave them a few songs that I'd like to hear and they pick them. I just used 'Renegades Of Funk' coming up through the Minors and had some success with it. It has a decent intro. No real reason, it's just music."
Critic commentary: "This guy will be my hero if he switches to the old-school Afrika Bambaataa version next time the 'Stros wear throwbacks. The Rage remake should get the crowd fired up, though. But 'Coming Undone?' Could come back to haunt him on those oh-fer nights." -- Ernest Jasmin, Pop music critic, Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune

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METS

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Hitters

Jose Reyes, SS
Song: "Speedin'" by Rick Ross featuring R. Kelly; "Una Siguelo" by Wisin Y Yandel; "Una Mirada" by Omega
Reyes: "I like it. I know the guy, the last one [Omega]. I try to have something that's enjoyable, that the fans can enjoy, too, when I come up to hit. It's about me, too. I like it. I don't want to put on some weird song, some slow song. I want something that everybody can feel it a little bit. Last year I had two songs, too. Every year, one of my friends comes up with a song for me. Most guys have more than one song. They say, basically here, every at-bat you can have multiple songs. I like to have as many as they say you can."
Critic commentary: "Every base-stealer around seems to make use of 'Speedin',' but I prefer Wisin Y Yandel's raucous club banger, which sounds like a ranchero genetically spliced with some stray bit of Rob Base's 'It Takes Two.' After the clubhouse, it's the after-party." --Saul Austerlitz, freelance critic for the Boston Globe and other publications


Ryan Church, RF
Songs: "Hold On" by Korn; "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
Church: "('Hold On') is just about the beat, how it starts off with the intro. The 'Crazy Train' track, I got from Chipper Jones back in the day. It's a pretty sweet song to come up to. I heard it on TV. I screwed up watching the Braves, took a liking to that song, and he thinks that I copied him. It's pretty cool. It's funny. We laugh about it. I don't even hear it. I am too focused on different things. I hear it the first time, but after that, it's history. I don't even care, but since they asked, I gave them those two songs. If I'm not hitting well, I keep the same ones, I don't care."
Critic commentary: "This is pretty heavy stuff to be listening to for someone who just had two concussions, although the idea of someone with the last name Church invoking Ozzy as a muse is quite rock 'n' roll." --Kenny Herzog, music/pop culture critic, NudeCelebrityDeathSUV.com, UncensoredInterview.com


David Wright, 3B
Songs: "Grindin" by Clipse; "Uh Oh" by Lumidee; "Can't Be Stopped" by Roy Jones Jr.
Wright: "I can't remember how we came up with one in Spring Training. But I remember Rac [bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello] and the clubhouse guys helped me choose one. But the one I have now ('Grindin''), it's by a group from Virginia. That's why it's played."
Critic commentary: "After entering the league with a fairly fratty choice of the Beastie Boys' 'Brass Monkey,' it's actually kind of nice to see David give a hometown shout-out to Virginia by using Clipse. As for Roy Jones, well, I'd personally rather hear Simon And Garfunkel's 'The Boxer.'" --Kenny Herzog, music/pop culture critic, NudeCelebrityDeathSUV.com, UncensoredInterview.com


Fernando Tatis, LF
Song: "Theme from 'Superman'" composed and conducted by John Williams
Tatis: "I don't care. I don't even know what it sounds like. Somebody was joking with me. I have no idea. They just put it on and play it."
Critic commentary: "Brag much? Although given the way he's saved the Mets time and again this season, the comparisons to a certain caped crusader are not entirely inappropriate." --Saul Austerlitz, freelance critic for Boston Globe and other publications


Damion Easley, IF
Song: "Too Legit to Quit" by MC Hammer
Easley: "I really have no say in it at all. I don't pick any of them. It's not something I put any importance in. In fact, I don't even think about it until I walkin' up there and listening to it and I'm like, 'Why did they pick that one?' It's the last thing on my mind. I don't think about it until I walk up there and I'm like, 'I don't like that song.' The only one I like is MC Hammer, 'Too Legit to Quit.' That's the only one that I kind of like. They play that for one at-bat. I don't even know if that's my third at-bat, first, I don't know when they put it on, but I know that's one of the three or four songs they have for me. I like the concept: Too legit to quit."
Critic commentary: "Easley was already of legal age when this song first came out, so I guess that makes this more nostalgia for his youth than ironic Hammer shout-out." --Saul Austerlitz, freelance critic for Boston Globe and other publications


Brian Schneider, C
Song: "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
Schneider: "I just know stuff that's on the radio. If it's a good beat, sometimes if I hear a guy from another team walk up to it and it sounds good, and sometimes I just tell the guy upstairs to pick something for me. I'm not a big song guy coming up to bat. You hear something you like, or like I said, sometimes I'm good to play, and I tell them to play whatever the hell they want to play. It depends if I'm getting hits or not. If not, I'll tell them to change it up. If I'm getting hits, I won't say anything."
Critic commentary: "Nothing gets me pumped like an ominous, largely ambient track that was inspired by the songwriter's divorce. Good to see I'm not alone." --Kenny Herzog, music/pop culture critic, NudeCelebrityDeathSUV.com, UncensoredInterview.com