Walk-up music — the quick burst of a tune that accompanies a baseball player as he strolls to the plate for an at-bat — has become a classic part of America’s national pastime.
The entrance song represents myriad genres, including rock, rap, pop, Latin and oldies. But classical music is left in the dust of the on-deck circle.
It's time for that to change.
The tradition that has given us the Western world’s most enduring pieces of music deserves a spot in the lineup. More than any other art form, music captures the striving quality of the human condition, and who wouldn’t want that shot of adrenaline while heading to the plate?