One of the best things to experience at a ballgame is a good walk-up song. In honor of this, I have compiled a mixtape of the best walk-up songs in MLB history.
In his first Spring Training game since signing with the Philadelphia Phillies, Bryce Harper debuted one of the best walk-up songs – the first in this Walk Up Mixtape – in baseball history. I’m talking about Philadelphia’s very own, Will Smith‘s “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.
Holy crap, Bryce is actually on the Phillies pic.twitter.com/tEMFcUGTrU
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) March 9, 2019
It’s not so much that the song is a classic – in fact, it isn’t – its how perfectly the song resembles Harper’s situation… in reverse.
In “Fresh Prince,” Will was a guy from Philadelphia who moved to the West Coast. Harper, on the other hand, is a boy from the west coast, moving to Philadelphia.
It’s also the nostalgia that the song brings to a generation of fans that grew up watching the television show. A generation that includes none other than Bryce Harper himself.
This got me thinking… what are the best walk-up songs in baseball history?
In honor of Harper and his song selection, I have curated a brief mixtape of what I consider the best walk-up songs in the history of MLB. I