3 Major League Baseball Players come out to the Beasties

[Praying Mantis]

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20080711&content_id=3112813&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp

[mathcart]

I know David Wright of the Mets is a fan- he's had a Beastie song as his walk up music in each of the last 3 seasons. I'm not even a Met fan and I love him for that. Plus, walk up music is the shit! Just imagine how fly you'd be as you enter a room as "Sabrosa" is kicking into gear! The hotness, indeed! Damn it, now I'm mad I don't have any walk up music in my life!
:mad:
Was to lazy to look through every team- who else is using the boys?
:confused:

[YoungRemy]

besides Wright, there are at least four listed. The Mets didn't list their music for Wright, and a few other teams let their list off as well

Rich Aurilia, IF, SF Giants

Song: "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" by the Beastie Boys
Aurilia: "Obviously, it's fitting for me. I grew up in Brooklyn, and I always listened to [The Beastie Boys]. I've used it my whole career."
Critic commentary: "Aurilia proclaims his outer-borough heritage with this classic, which, 22 years later, still boasts the greatest guitar riff in hip-hop history. And if you wanna get real dramaturgical with the lyrics, it's not a bad theme song for the grind of 162 games a year, either." --Whitney Pastorek, Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly

Scott Hairston, CF, SD Padres

Song: "Electric Worm" by Beastie Boys
Hairston: "I think a song puts me in a frame of mind where I want to be on the field. It is just one of those things that gets me pumped up. Guys have different reasons for different things. I hear it. I'm ready to go. It helps, like when you're lifting weights, you want to hear a song that will get you pumped. When you're walking up to the plate, you want something that will get you excited and pump you up for what you are about to do."
Critic commentary: "The hoops-loving Beasties are ballers of a different stripe, and while this funky instrumental jam might induce a shimmy out of Hairston, a track with a bit more muscle ('Fight For Your Right to Party,' anyone?) might help the young center fielder get out of the .200 doldrums." --Jim Welte, Editor, MP3.com




Brian Anderson, CF, Chi SOX

Song: "So What'cha Want" by Beastie Boys; "LoveStoned" by Justin Timberlake
Anderson: "I used to want to come up to songs to get me all pumped up, but as a hitter, you don't really want to do that because you start over-swinging. At least it affects me like that. So I try to come out to some songs that I just like. The 'LoveStoned' song I really don't like all that much, just the ending of it. I like that last part, I like the beat. And I always liked that song by the Beastie Boys because I remember my dad used to give me a hard time and joke about the lyrics, you know, 'What'cha want?' Mess with me all the time."
Critic commentary: "Beasties are timeless -- can't front on that. Meanwhile, 'LoveStoned' is a great song, but to fire up a crowd? Weird choice, and not exactly PG. Though between this and Dye's Kanye, I can't help but think the White Sox are getting way more action than the rest of us." --Whitney Pastorek, Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly magazine

Ryan Ludwick, RF, SL Cardinals

Song: "Brass Monkey" by the Beastie Boys
Ludwick: "I've always been a big Beastie Boys fan. I've been pretty much coming out to that song since Double-A. So I've been coming out to it for six, seven years straight now. It's just a comfort feeling. I don't know, I kind of like the way the beat starts and it kind of fires me up a bit."
Critic commentary: "Ahh, and the torch of fratty '80s hip-hop has been passed from the Mets' David Wright onto Mr. Ludwick. May it serve you well, my son." --Kenny Herzog, music/pop culture critic

[RoryMC]

Coming out to the Beastie Boys is pretty gay.