Baseball's Best (and Worst) Walk-Up Songs

Baseball players take their walk-up music seriously. Some players stick with the same song (Mariano Rivera has been coming out to pitch to Metallica's "Enter Sandman" for more than a decade) while others have a different song for each at-bat. Click through to see some of the most memorable walk-up songs in baseball history, and listen to the playlist here.

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Baseball's Best (and Worst) Walk-Up Songs

Whether its Jay-Z or Justin Bieber, baseball players take their walk-up music seriously. Some players have become synonymous with their chosen songs (Chipper Jones and "Crazy Train," Paul O'Neill and "Baba O'Riley"), while others are better off leaving the DJing to the professionals.

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