http://kykernel.com/2010/04/27/songs-keep-baseball-in-tune-to-win/ University of Kentucky's daily student newspaper. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:57:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://kykernel.com/2010/04/27/songs-keep-baseball-in-tune-to-win/comment-page-1/#comment-20016 » BBL: Marcus Thornton to visit UK; Jones enjoyed Kansas John Clay’s Sidelines Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:24:24 +0000 http://kykernel.com/?p=29747#comment-20016 [...] Aaron Smith of the Kentucky Kernel writes on music and UK baseball: They are the walk-up songs, accompanying each batter as he strolls toward the batter’s box and each pitcher as he jogs toward the mound to fight for any one of the aforementioned results. Each individual player gets to pick his own song. From Drake to Randy Houser, bumping bass to twangy tunes, the song represents the player each time he plays, like his uniform number. It is a part of a player’s identity and in baseball, the most individual of team sports, that counts for something. [...] [...] Aaron Smith of the Kentucky Kernel writes on music and UK baseball: They are the walk-up songs, accompanying each batter as he strolls toward the batter’s box and each pitcher as he jogs toward the mound to fight for any one of the aforementioned results. Each individual player gets to pick his own song. From Drake to Randy Houser, bumping bass to twangy tunes, the song represents the player each time he plays, like his uniform number. It is a part of a player’s identity and in baseball, the most individual of team sports, that counts for something. [...]

]]> http://kykernel.com/2010/04/27/songs-keep-baseball-in-tune-to-win/comment-page-1/#comment-20015 BBL: Marcus Thornton to visit UK; Jones enjoyed Kansas « MrSEC.com Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:20:18 +0000 http://kykernel.com/?p=29747#comment-20015 [...] Aaron Smith of the Kentucky Kernel writes on music and UK baseball: They are the walk-up songs, accompanying each batter as he strolls toward the batter’s box and each pitcher as he jogs toward the mound to fight for any one of the aforementioned results. Each individual player gets to pick his own song. From Drake to Randy Houser, bumping bass to twangy tunes, the song represents the player each time he plays, like his uniform number. It is a part of a player’s identity and in baseball, the most individual of team sports, that counts for something. [...] [...] Aaron Smith of the Kentucky Kernel writes on music and UK baseball: They are the walk-up songs, accompanying each batter as he strolls toward the batter’s box and each pitcher as he jogs toward the mound to fight for any one of the aforementioned results. Each individual player gets to pick his own song. From Drake to Randy Houser, bumping bass to twangy tunes, the song represents the player each time he plays, like his uniform number. It is a part of a player’s identity and in baseball, the most individual of team sports, that counts for something. [...]

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