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Pioneered by shortstop Rabbit “Three-Finger” Waddell in the late 1800s, “walk-up music” first took root in the ancient sport of baseball. But without the technological capacity of today’s state-of-the-art venues, Waddell was forced to hum the latest ditties as he “walked up” to the batter?...
Sometimes the tunes relay a sort of secret message to fans. After battling through the worst slump of his career last season, Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter stepped up to the plate as Eminem announced, in his song “Square Dance,” how “It feels so good to be baaaaaack...
...Junior shortstop Morgan Brown remembered that walk-up songs “didn’t make it all the way through freshman year either...
After the two-run homerun in the first inning by Wolf, the Big Red added four more runs in the second on three hits and two Harvard errors. Cornell loaded the bases after Wolf reached on a throwing error by junior shortstop Pilar Adams. Lauren May then drew a bases loaded walk off of Madick in a 12-pitch at bat. Two more runs scored after a blooper to center field and an outfield error. Madick then walked Erin Kizer to reload the bases, and walked Samantha Hare to force in a run before being relieved by Voaklander...
...bats—he earned a single, a double, a walk, and a trip to first after being hit by a pitch—and it was only in the eighth inning that the Huskies (13-16) solved the rookie, retiring him on a groundball to the Northeastern shortstop...