The Art Of The Walk-Up Song

Dugan Arnett: Nick Faunce's introduction to matters involving the walk-up song — that is, the song played throughout a stadium as a particular player walks to the plate — came four years ago, during his red-shirt freshman season with the Kansas University baseball team.



Figuring he wouldn't see much game action in his first year on the team's active roster, Faunce, now a senior, didn't bother to select an entrance song, leaving the team's support staff to use a track it already had on file. As a result, each time he emerged from the dugout that season — which turned out to be several times — he did so to Lil' John's "Yeah!" a boisterous and overtly sensual rap song that, as one teammate…