The Major League Baseball office even has rules regarding walkout songs:
"Any musical clip used to introduce a batter should start immediately after the public address announcement and should stop when the batter reaches
the dirt cut-out surrounding home plate. Music clips between pitches should be limited in order not to encourage the hitter to leave the batter's box."
The walkout song trend has now found solid footing in the college landscape. Most intercollegiate teams competing in both softball and baseball will have
a song slice prepared for every batter in their varsity lineup. It has even become pretty common to hear walkout songs at high school games.
Playing the walkout music at a Major League ballpark is a broadcasting team effort with professional public address equipment at easy disposal,
but things are much more difficult for the parent, assistant coach or team manager that gets selected to produce the music for a high school or college game.
That is the position that I found myself in a couple years back when my daughter was in her first year of high school softball, and that is why I wrote
the Walkout Song DJ app. The app has evolved a little over the years to cover all the music needs for the game and I think you will find that it makes this complicated but critical role
much easier to fill.
Thanks for your interest in Walkout Song DJ,
Joe Vidunas
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