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1. www.mlb.com › cut4 › the-complete-history-of-theThe complete history of the walk-up song | MLB.com

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   Apr 10, 2017 · Ask any fan under 30, and they’ll probably be able to tell you who their favorite player is, what number he wears and what song plays as he walks to the plate. But that wasn’t always the case, because for most of baseball history, walk-up songs didn’t exist at all.

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2. medium.com › all-things-picardy › a-brief-history-ofA Brief History of The Baseball Walk-Up Song - Medium

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   Apr 21, 2016 · Apr 21, 2016. Major League Baseball Players like the Giants’ Brandon Crawford use walk-up music to hype them up before a big at-bat. But how did the tradition get started? The crack of a bat on a...

3. www.si.com › mlb › 2014/07/25Ballpark Quirks: Wrigley Field's historic brick-and-ivy ...

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   Jul 25, 2014 · In this week's edition of Ballpark Quirks, take a trip back in time at Chicago's Wrigley Field and learn the origin of its brick-and-ivy covered walls.

4. chalkandclay.com › best-baseball-songsThe 42 Best Baseball Songs of All Time (With Spotify Playlist)

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   May 11, 2024 · This list includes classics and standards from all genres and decades, with a few surprising picks from lesser-known artists you may be hearing for the first time.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fenway_ParkFenway Park - Wikipedia

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   It is a misconception among fans that a fly ball that gets stuck in the ladder above the scoreboard on the left field wall is ruled a ground rule triple. There is no mention of it in the Red Sox ground rules list. [194]

6. www.si.com › mlb › 2014/04/22Ivy, brick walls and pennant flags: Celebrating 100 years of ...

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   Apr 22, 2014 · But beyond the flags, the ivy, the bleachers and the scoreboard sits fire-hating concrete, steel and brick. The foresight of Davis turned Wrigley Field into much more than Weeghman Park ever...

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   Did a song with a baseball reference make the cut?

   • That means songs with just a perfunctory baseball reference didn’t make the cut. In the end, the list below is one of the most comprehensive that has been published.

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   Why do the Red Sox have lights in their home park?

   • The Boston Red Sox were the third-to-last team out of 16 major league teams to have lights in their home park. In 1976, metric distances were added to the conventionally stated distances because it was thought at the time that the United States would adopt the metric system.

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   Is Fenway Park a hitters' ballpark?

   • George Will asserts in his book Men at Work that Fenway Park is a "hitters' ballpark", with its short right-field fence (302 feet), narrow foul ground (the smallest of any current major league park), and generally closer-than-normal outfield fences.

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   How many 'baseball songs' are there?

   • Compiling this list took months of research and involved whittling down more than 300 songs to just the 42 listed below. After going back and forth about what constitutes a “baseball song,” I settled on a relatively broad definition: songs that are either explicitly about the game, or which use it as a metaphor or backdrop for life in general.

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   What is a baseball song?

   • After going back and forth about what constitutes a “baseball song,” I settled on a relatively broad definition: songs that are either explicitly about the game, or which use it as a metaphor or backdrop for life in general. That means songs with just a perfunctory baseball reference didn’t make the cut.

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   What is the ballpark wall made of?

   • Part of the original ballpark construction of 1912, the wall is made of wood, but was covered in tin and concrete in 1934, when the scoreboard was added. The wall was covered in hard plastic in 1976. The scoreboard is manually updated throughout the game.

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8. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 2595085/2021/06MLB Tiers: The 30 greatest walk-up songs in baseball history

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   Jun 10, 2021 · If anyone gets credit for inventing individualized walk-up music for hitters, it might be Nancy Faust, a legendary White Sox stadium organist who pushed the use of a ballpark organ into the future,...