All About Baseball with Byron Copley

All About Baseball with Byron Copley


Who’s to Blame for the Walk-Up Song?

February 05, 2025

That’s the question that this podcast answers. Virtually non-existent before the MLB baseball strike of 1994, the walk-up song was ubiquitous by the end of the 1990s. Yet, its origins can be traced to the woman who accepted the job as the organist for the Chicago White Sox in 1970. Listen in as we explore the evolution of the walk-up song from a happy accident to part of the design of an MLB game experience.


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Music: “Field Grass” Sergei Pavkin