Toronto Blue Jays tell us their worst walk up songs

Toronto Blue Jays players tell us the worst walk up songs they've ever heard. Find out what Kevin Pillar, J.A. Happ, Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanches, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Steve Pearce, Marco Estrada and more have to say.
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Blue Jays sound off on the worst walk-up songs in baseball
The general consensus on walk-up songs: No Miley Cyrus.
By LAURA ARMSTRONGStaff Reporter
Wed., March 1, 2017
DUNEDIN, FLA.-When it comes to baseball, Toronto Blue Jays players are all on the same side - that is until you bring up walk-up songs.
Some prefer the twang of a country tune. For others, it’s the beat in a rap that gets the blood pumping.
At a recent photo day here, Blue Jays players had the chance to sound off on the worst jams they have heard accompany their teammates and opponents to the plate or the mound.
“There’s some pretty bad ones out there,” pitcher Aaron Loup said.
And their answers were about as varied as they come.
Some, like pitcher J.A. Happ, were reluctant to throw any of their teammates under the bus.
Others, like pitcher Marcus Stroman and infielder Ryan Goins, were more than happy to take shots at their teammates’ taste - and it sounds like it wasn’t the first time Justin Smoak and Kevin Pillar have been under fire.
Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia knows how it feels to have a bad tune picked for him. He wasn’t alone.
“My teammates one time put the Barney song as my walk up without telling me and I was not happy about it, to say the least,” infielder Darwin Barney said.
There was one thing most players did seem to agree on, though.
The general rule?
When you’re choosing your walk-up song, don’t make it Miley Cyrus.

[@SeVupGames]

I like how they all know who said theirs was the worst

[@StellarWishGaming2002]

I know right?

[@mrmom2694]

Shaba Doliyut its cuz they know what they like and dosnt like

[@xenoz4884]

Kevin Pillar looked like he actually got pissed when they said his music sucked

[@emmajaggers4804]

Definitely true

[@francisrobert8588]

He is always pissed

[@travvypoo]

Somebody please find and upload that Darwin Barney at bat.

[@PRIM3TACTiCZ1]

E.A. Hawley Lmfaooo right

[@readysetflyyx]

when they were on the road recently (I think in Atlanta?), they played the Barney theme song on the organ every time he came up lol

[@shootermtd25]

I just looked it up and couldn’t find it. Was disappointed in UA-cam

[@arshanazmon7745]

ua-cam.com/video/XxdRPDBSjUY/v-deo.html

[@haileyn6183]

@@arshanazmon7745 Thank you 🤠

[@theironsausage42]

Does anyone remember when Josh Reddick walked up to Careless Whisper 😂

[@k.ke.s2843]

Ian Barnes yep

[@keenanbartlome8153]

Ian Barnes best walk up song.

[@XXXdirtyboy69]

Ian Barnes as an Astros fan I can confirm that this is still his walkup song.

[@anchluss6615]

Austin hedges walks up to this song every time 😂

[@stonerbellinger8679]

Best walk up song ever

[@alex_beaird3]

One guy in the minors had My Little Pony as theirs, and when the crowd heard it, they died with laughter.

[@carsonwendt8672]

XD

[@metsfan7376]

This one isn’t bad it’s epic. A minor league guy I watched had “All Star” as his walk up music

[@ng-zi8im]

someone had careless whisper

[@GIRLBOSS1106]

OMG XD LOL AND 6 YEARS AGO?!?!?

[@mateohinojosa3025]

Someone on the Vancouver Canadians had the SpongeBob theme as their walkup

[@raz1683]

Upton face when he said "Wrecking Ball" XD

[@mrmom2694]

Raziq Azrie Rohaimann he was so pissed

[@davidstirling668]

Raziq Azrie Rohaimann IKR I was just g9ing to comment it, and I can't stop watching it

[@milleryoung3081]

how he said it was hilarious

[@themacocko6311]

Raziq Azrie Rohaimann that's the only one I disagreed with! That is a damn good song!

[@emmajaggers4804]

I liked that

[@thomashutchins1548]

I love how Melvin Upton just straight up says "Wrecking Ball".

[@7ikey]

I think Prince fielder used to walk up to a tornado siren

[@klundgrin27]

That's so savage though, announce your presence with authority

[@raykeller8097]

That's dope af

[@carsonwendt8672]

Yes he did lol

[@tyroland06]

No, think it was a bomb siren.

[@zachthomas7810]

It was an air raid siren

[@christophervaughn3834]

Jose Bautista's beard fascinates me every time

[@markjohnson3413]

I love how everyone knew who threw each other under the bus😂

[@chrislombardi3009]

I went to a phillies game .someone walk up song was call me maybe

[@aaronduran466]

“I dropped a bomb on you” 😂 it’s the other way around

[@theleftuprightatsoldierfield]

I once heard a guy use chacarron macarron as their walk up

[@thegoat5971]

Chunky Ragu that's mine 😂😂😂

[@captaino16]

Miguel Montero, pretty sure it was 2011 in Arizona.

[@musaddiqueh6248]

No you can't hate the LoZ theme!

[@YuckTradingCo]

Baseball needs more punk and metal fans....come on guys... those genres pair so well with the sport.

[@patrickkavanaugh8482]

I'd totally rock an AC/DC song as my walk-up song

[@finndub]

Patrick Kavanaugh AC/DC is my favourite Rockband

[@finndub]

It's sad that Malcolm Young passed away

[@CollinWestland]

Brain and Busters Gaming me too

[@spacecadet8843]

Kaushik Varadharajan nah, "hells bells" is a better ACDC song for a walk up.

[@43lenzo]

Patrick Kavanaugh THUNDERSTRUCK

[@iandehaan649]

I love how both pillar and smoak knew who insulted them

[@paradox4878]

Ok the Zelda theme is one of the best walk up songs.

[@joseanponce4603]

Paradox and the gayest game

[@bananers6941]

Josean Ponce shut. Tf. Up

[@sydneyfisherr]

I love how they know who said what about each other

[@holdenopp5754]

My walk up song was the Darth Vader theme song 😂

[@sallyjohnson9832]

Holden Opp so was a girls on my softball team 😂😂

[@dingers5days]

Holden Opp 'was'

[@tonyduell6914]

Holden Opp I

[@wifflebros9445]

Holden Opp do you play in the babe Ruth league

[@angelocornetto2176]

SAME!!!!

[@mistz-rbj-man1446]

Pillars is the best

[@andrewaubrey1073]

Darwin’s was hilarious he should keep it as the Barney song 😂

[@saharamojave]

When people say they hate country and Justin Smoak and I are like "Yup, we're used to it." :(

[@43lenzo]

saharamojave omg same

[@GJ71642]

Game of thrones would be perfect one for a walk out

[@erinw28]

Jayson Werth had it for years

[@brandonbennett8663]

My theme mid season would be never gonna give you up just because I wanna rick roll a stadium full of people

[@tonyadanielewicz6550]

True power

[@gingerface1898]

Who else is watching this in 2019 knowing that now everyone has now been traded

[@Python_Blox]

Me

[@gingerface1898]

Grandmaster_ Sceptre nice

[@grant3655]

I love ride though

[@andrewdigiambattista487]

Awsome Video Jeep up the awsome work

[@juanvro_]

Some still say that Batista is still thinking of a walk up song 😂

[@oceanadhikari6765]

Can anybody tell me what the song for Smoak’s was?

[@jonahchurch6761]

The final countdown is a good song, but I learned the hard way that it was a really bad walk up song last year

[@bvacc366]

I played with Marcus Stroman’s brother, Jaiden, on the LI HDMH Titans.

[@AndrewsArchives]

Biagini's 'Tears of a Clown' is money! Suits him perfectly

[@davidhooper1610]

MrAndrewLikes my favourite walk up song for sure

[@jraymond1988]

lol I loved the video game one. If I ever played in the Bigs I always wanted to walk up to Guile's theme from Street Fighter II.

[@obscuremedia]

It is so hard not to absolutely love these guys. The one you guys didn't talk to was Russell Martin. Would love to hear what he had to say. And why didn't Jose Bautista come back?

[@Tyler-wu7jx]

My walkup song is the intro to spirit in the sky

[@ShotBySukh]

Check out my Toronto Blue Jays 2017 HYPE MIXTAPE!

[@evanlloyd4094]

Smoak is like baseballs answer to TWD'S Eugene 😂😂😂

[@yungchoqquit]

Melvin’s face showed so many emotions all at once

[@johannesdejong5061]

kevin pillar has the best taste in music

[@Emma-fg3oh]

His taste in music is my face l-/

[@teddyh7353]

I like pillars

[@giannaarissa]

TØP HELL YEAH BOI

[@liampeterson2360]

As the worst song ever obviously

[@americansportsfan1059]

...I had the final countdown as my walk up song Junior year in HS 😂

[@andrewdigiambattista487]

Awsome Video

[@VED34]

rides the best walk up song any of them have lmao

[@andyp8183]

When Ken Griffey Jr was with the Reds, he used the "Soul Glow" song from Coming to America.

[@kyleransom4619]

“He did not come back”😂

[@emilymoses9434]

What's the song at 1:45?

[@captaino16]

Miguel Montero, I think in 2011 for Arizona, had Chacarron by El Chombo. Legendary

[@DexterHeisenbergBruh]

“Somebody had ‘It’s the Final Countdown’”
Yes, it was Gob Bluth.

[@itsaj7170]

Barney theme walkup music.. First pitch hits a bomb to deep right field for a no doubter

[@wyatt_COTW]

I mean my walk up song was baby shark when that was a meme, so probably that😂

[@NetInYoFace]

Salt shaker was my walk up song 😭😭😭

[@susanrascone2098]

Where are they now?

[@sersarsor]

LOL look at Upton's face when he says wrecking ball!

[@de_la_6.515]

What's wrong with the final countdown?

[@ashlyndavis2]

suggestion for kevin pillar crazy train

[@kingangus4]

I like Kevins

[@camerontaylor9330]

I love how all of the players featured except one aren’t jays players anymore

[@thefamoussjticklebottom5466]

Who is here to rewatch the oldies

[@ryoshi5560]

Twenty one pilots!!!!!

[@amo2697]

Anna V. BEST BAND EVER

[@catalystv7520]

Anna V. SUCK

[@amo2697]

Overpowered Draco Thanks for sharing your opinion

[@milobaseball3952]

Last yr for little league I had Radioactive
Someone had the Star Wars theme song but then switched to Centuries

[@y.sasuke451]

Alright dalton Pompey you're getting the people's elbow

[@nathanfrick4372]

What was smoak's walk up?

[@andrewho1578]

Nathan Frick bottoms up Brantley Gilbert

[@perks6028]

I think the manager of the blue jays is coming to our high school baseball team😂 ion even play baseballs

[@minutestream316films9]

Back in the good old days

[@StraightUpGaming123]

Shoulda talked to Tulo. I remember he used Party in the USA a couple years ago back in Colorado.

[@kierankerrshaw5688]

Can someone explain what a walk up song

[@sdevilx1074]

Uptown was thinking so hard😂

[@droyiv]

Wrecking Ball was Mike Moustakas during his slump in 2014

[@keenanj7331]

My coach put on Salt-n-Peppa Push it when I went up, I was so mad XD

[@SurgingSpecs]

who had the zelda theme

[@ryanouchas2328]

Zelda walk up would be intense, haha!

[@trey2krisp]

I love the Ride background music

[@gabegoff5307]

The final countdown is beast

[@Ginger7322]

My friend walked out to we are never getting back together by taylor swift. I thought it was good because it was the part where it says i knew you were trouble when you walked in.

[@aaronpruch6394]

Devon Travis I went to the buffalo bisons season opener and Cecilane still had all American middle class white boy 😂😂 how do u get pumped up by that

[@M.g_marcum]

I was at my school's last home baseball game of the season and one guy had Bob Marley as their walk up song

[@yoowasshupp]

Harper had "Baby" by the Beibs as a Rookie.. LOL

[@bradymayo4045]

Joe smith the most common name of all time

[@jpgucci5992]

2019 definitely lalala

[@big_free1133]

I love country music

[@wyattcwp5499]

My friend did this magic moment

[@mattnelson372]

Can't go wrong with Josh Reddick's. How could you not get pumped up for Careless Whisper?

[@fredfrederickson]

Lol at when he said Blue Jays are just waiting for the season to be over... oh we can tell

[@mrmom2694]

Fred Frederickson he said that guy and no we arnt

[@furioussherman7265]

Kevin Pillar's should be the Superman theme song, Justin Smoak's should be Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.

[@casen_1384]

Justin smoak is the only person on the blue jays currently

[@the_alaskan_yeti2652]

Going to have the Barney song stuck in my head now =_=

[@victmzed]

ANTHONY RIZZO WHERE YOU AT DALTON POMPEY IS CALLING YOU OUT FOR YOUR TAYLOR SWIFT WALK UP SONG!

[@monicamendoza6181]

What's smoaks song

[@courtlandp4531]

I feel ya smoak

[@EpicGamer69]

"Ryan Goins said that right?" LOL

[@lachazaroony]

How can you diss Smokey? Blasphemy!!!!

[@jakepetersen3343]

Apparently the Blue Jays never played against Tulo here in Denver, he always had awful walk-ups... He had Party in the USA for a long time

[@skybut0935]

I MISS THEESE FOOLS

[@robloxwiz5747]

0:33 what I grew up on

[@AdamDenning]

omfg the Barney one

[@itsmerrick0783]

Elvis Andrus walked up to Chaccaroon Maccaroon

[@2dartss]

I was wondering where Bautista was??!!

[@ahborealis]

I'm questioning the reasoning for the twenty one pilots in the background, but I'm not mad at it in the slightest