Speaker 1: 0:43

Welcome back to another Super Awesome Mix. My name is Matt Sidholm, alongside my co-host and co-founder of Super Awesome Mix, sam Abusalbi. Sam, how are we doing this week?

Speaker 2: 0:54

Doing really well. I have been looking forward to this episode for some time now, so I can't. I'm just so excited that we're finally recording it. Um, especially because I believe at the time of this recording actually maybe since last night, that might have changed, but yesterday the mets were is incredible. Top of the table.

Speaker 1: 1:23

Top of the table.

Speaker 2: 1:23

This is the year this is the year you're feeling it.

Speaker 1: 1:26

You're feeling it yeah, um, yeah, we're gonna talk baseball today. We're talking, uh, baseball, walk-up music. So, for those non-sports fans out there, what happens is when a hitter gets called to the plate or they bring in a pitcher, there is a song that that player will select to play as they are coming up. So you only get to hear and this is a crucial part of the mix right, you only get to hear about 30 seconds to a minute of the song. So the intros to these songs are really what we're going to kind of emphasize, because that's really, I think, the key portion and the portion that plays over and over again if you're at the stadium. But this is actually we did this a few years back and correct me if I'm wrong, but this is one of our most popular episodes ever.

Speaker 2: 2:13

Yeah, I think it is the number one episode for us in terms of lifetime downloads. It's also the number one lead for people visiting our website, because a lot of people are curious about walk-up songs and so we thought you know what? It's been a number of years since we've done one, and I think specifically the last one we did was for closers um. So a very similar thing, like pitchers coming out to close the game or get the crucial save in um have like an incredible entrance and it's a lot of fun and typically you might even hear more of the song in that case. But this is yeah for mostly hitters um, just coming up there and getting the crowd into it. So this is yeah.

Speaker 2: 2:50

Like I said, I'm really excited for this one and it's a great mix. If you're not into baseball, but you want a mix of just feeling really good, walking into any situation, you know you got like a big board meeting coming up. You could play any number of these songs and you're going to feel awesome. So that's the other, the other element here. Even if you're not into sports, I think you're going to enjoy. So with that, let us get right into the mix. I'm just going to introduce the song for you, matt, and then you can talk about the player that this is associated with. But first, on the mix is Texas by Big X, the Plug.

Speaker 1: 3:24

Yeah, so this one. Chris Martin is a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers and this one is also used by Trevor Story of the Boston Red Sox. He's their shortstop. Obviously, chris is pitching in Texas, so it makes a lot of sense to have a song called Texas. Trevor Story is from Irving, texas, and so kind of a shout out to his hometown with the use of this song.

Speaker 1: 3:47

Yeah, big X, the plug has shown up on our mix a couple of times. I really like actually a lot of his stuff the more I get into it. His songs are pretty short, um, and they're pretty straightforward, um, but he, he does a great job here. I love the guitar work on this one and that's the part you're going to hear in the first 30 seconds or so, as as someone's coming to the plate or coming out to the mound in the case of martin. Um, I think the only negative I could say about this song is it does make a reference to Luka Doncic, who is obviously no longer in Texas. He's out there playing for the Lakers and so, as a Mavericks fan who still can't get over that trade, that's the part that kind of gets me.

Speaker 2: 4:32

I was going to call out that line just to kind of rub salt in the the wound. I'm so sorry, but you know what? At least you can look at it two ways. One the lakers are out, right. I mean like the timberwolves made quick work of them. Um so so you don't have to feel that bad, or you feel worse because it's like they took our best player and they still couldn't win yeah, not to get down a sports rabbit hole, but like, let's be honest, that team kind of sucked and then we gave them our best player and they still weren't all that good.

Speaker 1: 5:03

And uh, I mean they got up to a two seed in the west. But anyway, like it's not, I don't know anyway, yeah, it's not the ending anyone wanted.

Speaker 2: 5:12

I think that's right, like nobody wanted it this way.

Speaker 1: 5:15

If he's still on the mavericks, I think the maps could have made a final run. I agree. Whatever, whatever.

Speaker 2: 5:20

We're moving on, but no, this song is great. Great song, though Great song. What do you think of the?

Speaker 1: 5:24

song.

Speaker 2: 5:25

Yeah, yeah. No, the song is amazing. Great heavy bass beat, right. You'll see that a lot in these songs. Many of them just have this really heavy bass beat, which just gives it that amazing walk-up energy. I love the line. The other one I wanted to call out here you know the song is named texas and so of course he sings don't mess with texas, because you know everyone here has got guns, which is you know he's not wrong, you know he's just. It's just fact, matt, it's just fact. Just like everyone in new york is being mugged all the time, everyone in texas has got a gun's true?

Speaker 1: 5:58

Look, I'm safely in my house recording this podcast right now, and I'm armed because you can't be too safe.

Speaker 2: 6:08

You just can't yeah.

Speaker 1: 6:09

You can't right Of course yeah, of course, yeah. Anyway, speaking of heavy bass, beats and and guns, uh, your first pick it is my girl by the temptations. That was a joke, that was really not a segue.

Speaker 2: 6:25

Um, but yeah, your first pick was my girl by the temptations yeah, I realized when I introduced this song and I told you that these are really good songs to get yourself amped up, this one, okay. So yes, this one is the exception to the rest of the mix, but it is the one. The only, francisco Lindor who leads off the lineup for our Mets games. He's incredible, great outfielder sorry, infielder as well, I mean just he's an amazing, amazing player. So I'm going to allow him this walk-up song because he's just, he shows up every single day, um and and just again. He's such a joy to watch.

Speaker 2: 7:03

But the reason I picked it also, um is because obviously it is a little not, you know, it's not traditional in terms of all these other walk-up songs.

Speaker 2: 7:10

But what is so fun is when you go to the games and my wife and I love to go to mets games now, um, the entire crowd will sing along with the song. And not only will they sing along with it, but even after the song cuts out, like you mentioned, like they're only going to play 10, 15 seconds of it the audience continues to sing the rest of the song. And so he's up there, he's getting ready to swing and the pitchers lining up and everything, but like the crowd is still just singing my Girl and it has got such a high energy feel to it and that's exactly why I think he loves this song, because it gets the crowd into it. So kudos to him for going a little bit different for a walk-up song, but I think it works really well and it obviously keeps working for him Because he's just crushing home runs all season long so far and it's awesome.

Speaker 1: 7:56

So that's why I picked this one yeah, certainly a notable player, and this is a really well-known song. I I love the fact that everybody kind of keeps singing along, because I think you got to go one of two directions. If you're doing a walk-up song, it's really it's either got to be something that gets everybody fired up or it's got to be something everybody knows, because then you get the effect that you're talking about where everybody just keeps it going, even though it's not a song that you know. Like you said, it's just sort of a conventional like sports anthem, right, my girl. I'm sure he picked it for some sort of sentimental reasons but gets the ancillary benefit of just this continuous sing-along from the crowd, which I love. And you see that in English soccer a lot, and English soccer can take just the most ridiculous song you've never heard of and make it kind of an all-timer by getting 60,000 people to sing along to it.

Speaker 2: 8:49

Exactly, yeah, no, it's so fun. So it's a lot of fun, and the Mets fans have been amazing. They're especially amazing since we continue to win since the middle of last season. So you know, they put in their time and they're getting the payoff now, and so I think the stadiums are a lot of fun as a result. So, all right, your next pick, track number three, it is Drip Too Hard by Lil Baby and Gunna.

Speaker 1: 9:13

All right, this one is used by Vlad Guerrero Jrr of the toronto blue jays. Guerrero is a first baseman. His father, uh, vlad guerrero senior, um, played in the majors for a long time, mostly for the angels. Um, I think vlad senior's probably kicking himself, uh, that he didn't play at the same time as son, because and vlad vlad did fine, like no one.

Speaker 1: 9:38

Feel bad for vlad guerrero senior, he made about 130 million dollars in his career, okay, sure, but his son just signed a 500 million dollar contract, right. So I'm sure he's kind of scoreboarding that a little bit already, because these major league baseball contracts are 100 guaranteed. Like he's gonna get every dime of this right and maybe he's got to pay some higher taxes in Canada, but but ultimately he's going to, you know, far exceed his father's earnings and he's a great player too. So that's that's also, you know.

Speaker 1: 10:08

There's just definitely some parallels too, and this is one of the guys that I will invoke when I talk to other youth sports parents who are kind of paying for the private lessons and talking about how they think their kids got a chance of making a run. I'll go hey, look, you know, look at the major leagues and the NFL and everything. You know how we saw all their dads play Okay, yeah Okay, you're an accountant, right. So who do you think has a better shot of making the big leagues, right? A guy named vlad guerrero jr, okay? Or your kid?

Speaker 1: 10:42

it's not to discourage that, but there's a lot of money being poured into youth sports that I think is misappropriated, because yes ultimately, a guy like vlad guerrero jr has probably got some genetic makeup that's going to give him a little bit of an advantage, so anyway, he's a great player. This song is awesome, by the way. Really really enjoyed this one and with $500 million, should be no problem for Vlad to drip too hard now or in the future.

Speaker 2: 11:09

Yeah, I have two quick thoughts. Number one my counter to you about the accountant's son is that Sanders, you know, dropped a fifth round. Uh, everyone was expecting him expecting him to be a first round pick, so he got me there.

Speaker 1: 11:24

She do her Sanders. Yeah, no, a lot of accountants kids got picked ahead of she do her Sanders. That's a good point.

Speaker 2: 11:31

So you just you never know, you never know. You know the dad's personality might be too big for the kid and that's part of the problem.

Speaker 1: 11:37

Might be.

Speaker 2: 11:40

Might be, yeah. The second point is that it's a great song, right Again. Amazing bass beat, you know, gives you that swagger feeling, and I also have just come to love that term drip, you know, for like obviously it's just how you dress and how you look. I've always been fascinated with like language and how it changes between generations and all the all the different things that pop up, and drip is one of the ones where I just I think it works right. You're just kind of like dripping with swag, so it works for me. I really like it.

Speaker 1: 12:10

I, I love it. I love the term. Unfortunately, I cannot use it right right?

Speaker 2: 12:15

no, I'll never use it, I just feel like, yeah, like there are.

Speaker 1: 12:18

I realized even like in high school, I don't think I can really speak in slang.

Speaker 2: 12:24

I don't know what it is.

Speaker 1: 12:26

I don't think I come by it, naturally, and I think longtime listeners of this podcast would probably be thrown off if I came on here and really tried to invoke a lot of slang and and sound hip, um. So, even though I love that, you guys love the show and you share it with people, yeah, I think we can all agree. I don't need to use the term drip in any real serious way.

Speaker 2: 12:48

No, I would feel uncomfortable, it would make me uncomfortable.

Speaker 1: 12:52

Good, good that we're all agreed, okay. Okay, speaking of a couple songs, these next couple songs are more in my wheelhouse, I feel like, or I could probably pull this off. This next one is a great one for a walk-up song and it is Layla by Derek and the Dominoes.

Speaker 2: 13:08

Yeah, I promise listeners, all of my picks are not just Mets players and I was really torn between do I pick Juan Soto? You know, speaking of monster contracts, the guy almost got a billion dollars out of this contract. That's how much it costs to peel someone away from the Yankees. But Pete Alonso is the player here, polar Bear Pete. He's amazing. There was a lot of worry about whether or not the Mets were going to be able to sign him again, but thankfully they found a way. He's on contract. And to sign him again, um, but thankfully they they found a way.

Speaker 2: 13:40

He's on contract and he is also just crushing home runs and hits. I mean, he is so, so, so, like such a great player, um, great hitter, lots of fun to watch. So, um, he also sacrifices his body all the time at first base. Like it's amazing watching him just get outs at first base, uh, with no mind to his body, it's awesome. So, anyway, great walk up song. You know there's not much to say about this one We've talked about on guitar solos of all time, but it's also got that like kind of throwback sound. It's going to be familiar to a lot of fans and it's going to introduce younger ones to just an incredible guitar solo and song. So I think this one just nails it. You know not much to say about it.

Speaker 1: 14:18

Yeah, solo and song. So I think this one just nails it. You know not much to say about it. Yeah, I mean, I could just imagine, just from those first couple of notes coming on, that just everybody explodes, right, yeah. And the fact that it's Pete Alonso and he's, you know, obviously one of the great power hitters in the game today, and so you know you're about to see some fireworks, so just getting people in the right mindset as he's coming to the plate, I think this song is just perfect for that. So, yeah, it's a great song and just great choice for the hitter. I think this really matches up well.

Speaker 2: 14:46

I agree. And speaking of again just classic rock intros that I would pick in a heartbeat, your next pick is Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin.

Speaker 1: 14:55

Yeah, I love how we put these classic rocks again, unintentionally put these classic rock picks kind of back to back. Maybe not as well known as Layla I think Layla is probably the more popular song, but people definitely know this one by Led Zeppelin and again just has the great guitar intro. This one belongs belongs to Austin Wells catcher for the New York Yankees. So again the first half of this mix very New York centric but Austin Wells, like not one of their best players but I think picked one of their best songs. He also has a mustache that makes it look like he probably toured with Led Zeppelin back in the 70s.

Speaker 1: 15:32

Right. So you know, shout out to Austin Wells for some great facial hair in addition to the great song. But yeah, I mean similar to Layla. I think this one just kind of grabs people right off the bat and gets them in the right mindset.

Speaker 2: 15:45

Yeah, I totally agree. And if you listen to the whole song which it's obviously worth doing if you've never, somehow never heard the song before the interlude into the guitar solo is like a piece of art, you know, like, as people say, like you would hang that in a museum somewhere. It is so freaking good and it gets me every single time. So you know, as I was listening to this mix, I didn't just listen to the intros. Listen to the intros, I listen to every single minute of of the songs and like, oh they're so good. A lot of them really are worth playing through the entire way.

Speaker 1: 16:16

So well done, all right track. Six this is swag surfing by fly that stands for fast life. Youngstaz, yeah, um, youngstaz, yeah.

Speaker 2: 16:28

See, this is this is just proving the point that you shouldn't say, I shouldn't say so yeah, it doesn't.

Speaker 1: 16:33

It doesn't come out of my mouth naturally, like I could learn mandarin and sound more believable than slang 100, 100 yeah, all right, all right, let's let's move on, though, into the song.

Speaker 2: 16:49

So, um, as you mentioned, we we went with a very northeast New York heavy kind of playlist, and that was unintentional. But this is Aaron Judge of the Yankees. I picked the Yankees because when the Mets lost last year, even though we beat the Yankees many times, the Mets lost, the Yankees went on and I mean, unfortunately, they just completely missed the mark, right, I mean, the Dodgers just made quick work of them. It was, it was embarrassing, it was hard to watch, but in that moment, you know, my allegiance is generally New York first, and so I became a temporary Yankees fan and I was cheering them on. And Aaron Judge, of course, I mean, he's an incredible player. He's also a lot of fun to watch in the times that I go and watch the yankees play.

Speaker 2: 17:30

So this is just a classic one, very similar to all the kind of other hip-hop ones on here. Just has that really hard hitting sound. Um, love the build-up with, like the horns, you know, literally a song about having swag, right, um, and the lyrics are just so special here, you know, we could dive into these for an entire episode. Let me read you some here. I'm swagging, I'm surfing. I'm swagging, I'm surfing.

Speaker 1: 17:53

I'm clean like dish detergent yes, yes, I think it's positive that young people are talking about cleaning dishes, right?

Speaker 2: 18:01

yes, it's important to do.

Speaker 1: 18:06

Really it is it is um, yeah, this is a great pick. I love at the Yankees games at least, like I went to a Yankees game a couple of years ago and they do the all rise when Aaron Judge is coming up, right, right, obviously Judge isn't his last name and I mean he's a monster hitter, so everything just works together. And Swag Surfing got really popular with college football fans last fall, like there were so many scenes at um various schools of like groups of students doing, you know whatever the dance move is associated with this song. Yeah, and getting really into it, this I I kind of like I maybe I'm making this term up and if so, I'm going to trademark it right now, but this is almost like hip-hop, right.

Speaker 2: 18:52

Oh, I like that.

Speaker 1: 18:52

This is hip-hop in that this is like a great pop song, but definitely more hip-hop.

Speaker 1: 18:58

Yes and I could see how something like this versus like Texas by Big X, the Plug Like Texas is very specific and just doesn't have something, doesn't have a rhythm that's going to catch on on pop radio Right, whereas like Doesn't have a rhythm that's going to catch on on pop radio, whereas swag surfing is definitely hip hop, but definitely something that is going to become more of a pop hit. So hip hop is my new term and I'm trademarking it, so anybody who hears it out there, you've got to pay us money at Super Awesome Mix.

Speaker 2: 19:24

Yeah, you've heard it here first. Yeah, I really like that hip hop. All right, we are over the halfway mark. Track number seven it is Armed and Dangerous by Juice WRLD.

Speaker 1: 19:34

Yeah, let's go clear across the country. Right, we're very Northeast centric, we're going to go to the Northwest and this one is used by Julio Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners. So I liked how, again, we didn't plan this, but the heart of our order. We've got aaron judge and julio rodriguez going back to back and that's a pretty strong middle of the order. So good work by us. Um, obviously he's one of the best players in the game. He only signed a 200 million dollar contract, so he'll need some, probably need a loan from, from vlad or aaron judge at some point, or juan soto, but you know he's gonna get by seattle's kind of expensive, yeah. So this is my thought on this one.

Speaker 1: 20:14

The start of this song is a little more subtle and I think if I were the DJ, I would start this as early as possible so that, like, the beat could kind of kick in at the right time. And I hope you know ballpark DJs are thinking about that because I think this is a fantastic song. It's got a great beat, everything, um, and it's very consistent, so you can even let it run. If there's like a pitcher's timeout, like you could just kind of let it keep going. Um, but I would start this one early, and you know. So, yeah, if you put, put hit play on this, let it run for a little bit. I think you're really going to get into it yeah, it is really, really good.

Speaker 2: 20:50

I every time I hear juice world I'm reminded how much I really like um, like them and so like. This is just another great bass beat driving that feeling of like walking tall, feeling confident, and the lyrics absolutely match the vibe too. You know um. So this is a great, great pick and I would walk up to this any day of the week all right.

Speaker 1: 21:09

So speaking of one kind of in my wheelhouse track eight, you've got Top Gun. Anthem by Harold Faltermeyer.

Speaker 2: 21:16

Yes, so literally the anthem to the song or to the movie Top Gun, which opens with that iconic bell ringing. I mean, who doesn't get chills? When you first hear that, that first bell tone, you're like, you know, like you. Just you're so excited. My wife and I love top gun. We've watched topic on maverick like way too many times. We own it now. It's great, great film, just a master class in in action cinema. Um, but no, I think like that that now has just been ingrained in our heads of just like something awesome is about to happen you know, so to have this be your walk-up song is a great pick.

Speaker 2: 21:50

This is Justin Turner of the Chicago Cubs, who is, you know, one of Major League's most consistent hitters, was with the Dodgers for a while, holds many, many postseason records.

Speaker 1: 21:59

He's also 40 years old, which is incredible in the sports world, right Like I love the meme of of people like commentators talking about how ancient someone is, and they're literally like 34 you know and you're like you're like oh man, I don't feel good about myself anymore, so uh, he's not able to get around as well as he used to, having just turned 32 last week and it's like, wait, what I would love to be 32, I know like the way they talk about it.

Speaker 2: 22:29

You expect him to walk up to the bed, to the bed with his bat and a walker. You know like he's gonna be scooting along to first base. Oh my goodness, um, but yeah, shout out to uh, to Justin Turner for making it happen at 40 incredible.

Speaker 1: 22:42

Well, I yeah, I love the fact and I kind of suspected this, but I love the fact that Justin Turner was in fact alive when Top Gun came out the original Top Gun. But when I saw this I was like man, who's picking this? Okay?

Speaker 2: 22:56

Justin.

Speaker 1: 22:56

Turner, I think he's older. Yeah, okay, this works. Yeah, I mean, the movie came out in 1986. He was born in 1984, I think, yeah, so yeah, yeah, definitely one of the older players in the majors, but I love it. This one's great. And you mentioned the gong to kind of start the you know the bell. I also want to mention here the song Hell's Bells by ACDC, which was, I think was, on a relief pitcher mix a couple of years ago, and so similar intro with that bell and how effective that is to just kind of get people's attention. But yeah, top Gun Anthem is awesome. Obviously it's an instrumental. We don't need to dive into any lyrics they don't exist but just hearing it you know the movie. And even if you don't know the movie, I think you're going to get into this.

Speaker 2: 23:46

I totally agree. Yeah, it just has that great energy to it. All right track number nine another pop classic here.

Speaker 1: 23:58

This is Don't Stop to Get Enough by Michael Jackson. Yeah, this one is used by Nick Castellanos of the Philadelphia Phillies. This one's just got a great intro right, just a lot of energy right off the bat. So once it starts, everybody's going to get into it. Um, we're not going to get into any other michael jackson stories, but fact then he's got. In fact is, he's got a number of songs like that that are recognizable and people are going to get way into, no matter what.

Speaker 1: 24:25

Okay, funny enough, with michael jackson's weird background, nick castellanos kind of has a reputation for hitting home runs on days where weird things have happened. Okay, so he hit a home run the day vince scully died. He hit a home run. The day queen elizabeth died. He also hit a home run, most notably I think most notably um, the day Tom Brenneman, who was a announcer, a play-by-play announcer. He got caught in a hot mic saying a very derogatory term about the city of Cincinnati and then he came back on and was giving this very somber apology about like hey, that doesn't align with my values, and you know, I'm not sure what you guys heard, you know just trying to cover it up. And then, amidst that, he's like now, that's a long drive by castellanos and that's gonna go out, that's gonna be a home run by castellanos anyway. Uh, this may be the last time I put on this headset after what? Uh, what caught got caught earlier? Um, it's really amazing audio. If you go back and listen to it, it's definitely worth your time.

Speaker 1: 25:32

Yeah, but yeah. So he's got kind of this weird reputation. If you Google Nick Castellanos and Home Run Curse, a lot of stuff comes up, and so I love that there's a happy song, and it's a happy song by Michael Jackson, who also has a weird background to him.

Speaker 2: 25:48

Very much so. Yes, I am contractually obligated to not discuss anything about the Phillies, so I can't offer any notes on the song or on him as a player. So sorry you know division rivals.

Speaker 1: 26:03

That's a tough break, yeah Well, okay, I think people of Philadelphia respect it right.

Speaker 2: 26:10

But no, it's a great song. It definitely has this like fun bouncy feel to it. I mean it's Michael Jackson, I mean it's like he's the king of pop and really only that. Everything else is awful about him. But that's how it goes sometimes.

Speaker 1: 26:30

That's how it goes sometimes. That's how it goes sometimes. Yeah, yeah, okay, well, let's move on to a happier story, all right, track 10. You've got Needed Me by Rihanna.

Speaker 2: 26:39

Yeah, this is just a great pick. I mean, I absolutely love, love, love Rihanna's songs and this one, I think, makes for a perfect intro song. Just has this like edginess to it. Gotta love Mustard on the Beat. You know now we're so familiar with Mustard on the Beat Thanks to the Halftime Show and Kendrick Lamar featuring him. He's a great music producer. This one is for Riley Green of the Detroit Tigers and you know, first round pick in 2019. Great outfielder, defensive player. Why I picked this one is just because detroit's having like a great sports run lately, right, like I know, as of this morning. Unfortunately the pistons got knocked out, but like they were looking really good against the knicks?

Speaker 2: 27:18

um, obviously the lions have are going further and further every single year. Uh, in the nfl, after doing a whole bunch of nothing forever, um, no, no disrespect right, look shout out to hall of famers, barry sanders and calvin johnson.

Speaker 1: 27:33

Uh, anyway, go ahead.

Speaker 2: 27:36

So like I'm. No, I can't. I can't talk about football. My teams are the jets and the giants. All right, that's fair.

Speaker 1: 27:43

Yeah, I'm just saying barry sanders and calvin johnson listen to this show all the time, so I just wanted to make sure they knew, while listening to this episode, we still recognize them as loyal listeners. No, you're absolutely right.

Speaker 2: 27:57

But yeah. So I think it's a lot of fun. It's cool whenever you see a city that just keeps kind of showing up in all the major leagues and it's a lot of fun. So I love that. But yeah, this has just got that. It's a great walk up song and it's one that I would absolutely use myself as well.

Speaker 1: 28:13

Yeah, this is a little more low key, though than some of the others we've had on here, for sure. Also interesting Riley Green's. One of those players and you know we should note this as it relates to baseball walk up music is that some players will change up their song throughout the season, and so I'm sure that somehow is related to either slumps or hitting streaks or whatever you know like some superstition associated with 162 game season. But in the case of Riley Green, I thought it was interesting because he's also used the song Cowgirls by Morgan Wallen as a walk-up song, and I kind of thought are there two more different artists than Rihanna and Morgan Wallen? I kind of thought, are there two more different?

Speaker 2: 28:50

artists than Rihanna and Morgan Wallen. That would be a very confusing two-song mixtape.

Speaker 1: 28:58

You know that's a tough Venn diagram between the fans of either one of those artists.

Speaker 2: 29:07

That's like whenever I think about that all the time, whenever I'm in the grocery store and I only need a couple random items Like what is the checkout person imagining? Whenever I'm like I've got batteries and whipped cream.

Speaker 1: 29:14

you know what are you doing?

Speaker 2: 29:19

tonight.

Speaker 1: 29:23

Like I'm making pudding weirdo.

Speaker 2: 29:25

Okay, I have a battery operated mixer Exactly what are you thinking? What are you thinking? What are you thinking jesus all right, well, let's take this thing home. Track number 11 this is edge of 17 by stevie nicks yeah, this one, uh, belongs to brent rooker of the a's.

Speaker 1: 29:45

Uh, this is a great song again, another great kind of guitar intro, and then you also also get Stevie Nicks' vocals right off the bat. Loved it, loved the song, and even though it's not one that you would immediately think of getting fired up to, I think it definitely works, especially because everyone recognizes it. I also wanted to mention the A's on this one, so I wanted to pick something from their lineup, just because, man they are. They are an interesting case study. They were founded as the philadelphia athletics in 1901. They moved to kansas city in 1955 and then oakland in 1968, 2024.

Speaker 1: 30:21

They played their last home game in oakland because they couldn't figure out a deal on a new stadium, and so, of course, las vegas is like no, come here, we'll build a stadium, right? Um, they still haven't finalized plans on that stadium, they still haven't broken ground, and so for this season and probably next season, the a's are playing in a minor league ballpark in sacramento. Uh, which is really interesting that this is just kind of their temporary home and they're kind of just called the athletics, right, right, so it's not even like were the? They haven't adopted Las Vegas yet, because I think that's still a little murky as far as like, are they actually going to land there? I think some cities, even like Salt Lake city, might still be trying to make a play for them, but it's just kind of just fascinating the journey of that franchise in particular.

Speaker 1: 31:12

Um, but anyway, I think this is a uh, I think this is a great song. It's also, you know, young people probably recognize this as the sample for destiny's child bootylicious, right, that's. Yeah, that's the connection there. I remember the first time my daughter heard this she's like, wait, don't I know this song. And then she didn't recognize uh, edge of 17, and so I kind of played him back to back for her so she could make that connection that's awesome.

Speaker 2: 31:36

Yeah, I'm. I'm definitely guilty of liking a lot of songs, being like oh yeah, this was you know, this was that song. It's like nope, actually this is a sample from this much older song. Do that all the time so I I can commiserate with your daughter. Um, no, the great. The guitar opening riff is like iconic. You know, like you said, people are just gonna immediately get into it off of that. And it's also, I think, a good karaoke song, especially in the chorus. Right, you know this is. It could double up if you needed. If you ever just want to play the chorus and have the whole crowd sing along with you, they could absolutely do it on this one as well I would agree.

Speaker 1: 32:09

Yeah, kind of an underrated karaoke song too. Yeah, uh, all right, let's go out. I mean, this is a real high note I. I loved this song. This was my favorite of all of your picks.

Speaker 2: 32:21

It is called dang, dang, dang by supreme team yes, uh, I mean korean music is having a moment right now. I mean it's been having a moment for a long time but, the Like Jenny is just blowing up Instagram right now.

Speaker 2: 32:36

Everyone is doing the Like Jenny dance, which is incredible star. I mean, he has won so many awards playing in the south korea's kbo league. Um, incredible, hitter 321 batting average 379 on base percentage. I mean, this guy is a beast in baseball, so it's awesome. But the song, like you said, is just so, so good incredibly aggressive energy, a perfect walk-up song. You don't need to know about the lyrics. I didn't even bother to translate them because the vibe tells you everything, right, like that's. That's the point of this song, and so I love the pick and I think it's a. It works so well and is a great way to go out on this mixtape, for sure.

Speaker 1: 33:19

Yeah, obviously I was not familiar with Supreme Team, probably prior to hearing the song, but I listened to this and I wanted to immediately go buy a young Hugh Lee jersey. Listen to this and I wanted to immediately go buy a young Hulu jersey. I wanted to listen to more Supreme Team and I wanted to fight someone. Okay, I wanted all three things, three of those things, to happen after listening to this song. I mean, I was like this is amazing.

Speaker 1: 33:41

And I'm with you Didn't translate the lyrics once Looked down at my iPhone while it was playing. It was on Korean right. So I was like, okay, I'm not even going to bother, right, because I'm just going to go fight someone and go get that jersey, because I'm all in after hearing this song, just loved it. It's the absolute best way to go out on this mix and I think it was the best of all the picks on this mix.

Speaker 2: 34:07

I totally agree. I think if I had to only pick one from these, I would probably go with that one without a doubt yeah, I'm gonna listen to it after we're done recording. Yeah, yeah you want me to, I'm gonna do it too good, good, all right.

Speaker 1: 34:21

well, there you have it another super awesome mix for your collection, this time for the 2025 baseball season a selection of some of our favorite walk-up songs for some of the pitchers and hitters in the league, of course. I mean, look, there's nine batters every night, there's 30 teams in the majors, so there's a ton of songs out there that we mixed but we missed. So hit us up at Super Awesome Mix, tell us what we may have missed there. Of course, we're on on instagram, we're on threads and we are on youtube, so check out our shorts there, share those, like them, subscribe all the stuff on youtube as well. Uh, sam and I have plenty of other mixes to get to, just like these players have a lot of games ahead of them this season, and so we'll get to work on that. And so, for sam, this is matt, and see you next time.