Assignment 23: Eli Wrinn

I have always been really interested in the making of playlists, in fact, for every year since fifth grade, I have made a playlist of songs I was into throughout the year in chronological order, in fact, writing this blog post is causing me to want to listen to them and bring forth the massive wave of nostalgia. However, the playlist I will be making for today is one most young baseball players think about a lot. I'm sure you are familiar with "walk-up songs," songs chosen by hitters played on the loudspeaker at ballparks as hitters walk from the on-deck circle to the batter's box, I have one of these myself. However, the playing of the song lasts a brief 5-10 seconds, not enough time to appreciate the full song. So, this is a playlist for pitcher's walk-out songs. Before the game starts, pitchers take anywhere from 5-10 warm-up pitches on the mound and, during this time, the home pitcher has a song of their choice played for them as well, however this song is played for a much longer period of time, so I will make a list of songs I would want played in this situation based on the type of game it is.
Big Games (District regular season/Postseason): Metropolis by Logic. This is my current pitching walk out song (and my batting walk-up song), it is my favorite song by Logic and the beat is slow and comfortable and familiar to me which would remind me not to try to do to much despite the pressure.
Night Games: The Star Room by Mac Miller. I am not a particular fan of Mac Miller, although he is from Pittsburgh. However, this is a "chill" song as well, yet the bass and filter to Mac's voice give the song a sci-fi vibe (hence the name). Additionally this song creates a feeling of pent up energy which is a feeling magnified by games played under the lights.
Day Games: XXX. by Kendrick Lamar. I am a very big fan of Kendrick Lamar. This song is just another great one in his Pulitzer Winning album DAMN. It does carry some political messages which I secretly hope would strike a note with the baseball demographic in the stands. However, the changes in energy in this song almost remind one of a baseball game itself.
Games against inferior opponents: BoomTrap Protocol by Logic. This is as energetic of a song that I am willing to use as I believe being too energetic on the mound is much worse than to relaxed, however, I need as much energy as possible to motivate myself in games we are supposed to win. Also, it's such a good song that possibly the other team will think, "Man, they're just better than us in every way, even their music is amazing."
Games against superior opponents: The Cut Off (feat. kiLL edward) by J. Cole. Not that any team is superior to us, yet if a team is predicted to beat us, I would want a song this relaxing to both get me in the right mindset on the mound and possibly lull the other team to sleep. Also, as J. Cole is my favorite artist of all time, it playing would make my pride a factor in my motivation because I wouldn't let them disrespect J. Cole like that and beat me.
(Yes, of course, the clean version of all these songs, my mother would be watching the game, come on now)
https://open.spotify.com/user/az0as58094r6086gh1egnoe37/playlist/4Y8RBtAdlKOYUxzMyyoNlj?si=LcghmllUTYSjL9-BpBw6-w