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Los Angeles Dodgers Tickets - Introduction Music Analysis
There are many ways that a Major League Baseball player can endear himself to his fans. If they want to go the hard way, ball players can stay with a team for over ten years, have a career batting average over .300, win a couple of Cy Young awards or donate generously to the community while being nice to autograph seekers and reporters alike. If they want instant crowd respect without all the hard work, they can simply chose the right introduction song for their at-bats. Here are a few of the Los Angeles Dodgers and their introduction tracks. You can hear all of these songs and see all of these players when you purchase tickets at StubHub.com.
Manny Ramirez - The Dodgers traded for Manny midway through last season in a blockbuster deal with the Pirates and Red Sox. Manny went on a tear while in L.A., instantly putting the Dodgers on course for a division title. By all accounts, the trade to snag Manny worked out perfectly and fans in LA had a new best friend. All throughout his southern California introduction, fans were treated to "S On My Chest" by DJ Khaled (featuring Lil Wayne). Manny could have chosen any tune and the fans would have loved him, but with this one he hit yet another RBI single. The song is just popular enough to get some air play on rap stations, and in a city that's passed around the movie industry, associating yourself with Superman is a winning idea. The song is cocky, slightly slow and mellow, just like Manny, so it was a fitting intro song for a group of fans who had probably just heard most of the worst stories about Manny Ramirez prior to his trade.
Russell Martin - If you purchased and used Los Angeles Dodgers tickets last season, you probably heard Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" when Russell Martin came to the plate. While most of the young guns in Major League Baseball go with something more contemporary, Martin went with a classic and scored major points with the older crowd. There are plenty of players out there with Lil Wayne and 50 Cent intro tracks, but the dad with a rocking past has nothing to relate to, save for Russell Martin.
Chad Billingsley - A young stud pitcher on the Dodgers, Billinglsey can't purchase a legal alcoholic beverage without a thorough inspection of his California ID, but he sure picks songs that take the audience back. Billingsley chose AC/DC's "T.N.T." as his introduction song. The lyrics claim that the singer is dynamite, which is a pretty cocky thing to say about yourself (second probably to calling yourself Superman), but since the pitcher certainly delivered last year, it was a wise, explosive option.
Jonathan Broxton - The intro song of the team's closer can't be underestimated in terms of importance. When the game is on the line and the closer trots out to the mound, he better come with something that gives the crowd reason to believe in him or something that makes the opposing team wet their pants. Broxton went with either Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" or Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" depending on the night. Neither of these songs inspire fear, but they sure inspire confidence. And nobody missed the fact that Jon picked two songs about a guy named John.
About the Author Written by Brent Warnken. StubHub has sponsored this article. StubHub.com is a great place to get Los Angeles Dodgers tickets, as well as tickets for other sports teams, theatre performances, concerts and special events.
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