Top 10 Baseball Entrance Songs

The best baseball entrance songs are not necessarily the best songs in general. A good intro will create a certain atmosphere amongst the fans and be something that everyone can easily get into, yet not be retarded. My criteria were these: it must be a rock song (no rap or country here, much to the chagrin of Josh Nix and the state of Texas, respectively), song isn't being played so much on the radio that it makes me want to run over kittens, active players only (with one exception, the reason for which will be obvious), and nothing by Rush. In cases where more than one player uses a certain song, I wisely chose the best player.

1o "Killing in the Name of" Rage Against the Machine - Ryan Langerhans
9 "The Final Countdown" Europe - Manny Ramirez
8 "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" Blue Öyster Cult - Aaron Heilman
7 "Kashmir" Led Zeppelin - Chase Utley
6 "Thunderstruck" AC/DC - John Smoltz
5 "Mother" Danzig - Keith Foulke
4 "All Along the Watchtower" Jimi Hendrix - Mark Teixeira
3 "Welcome to the Jungle" Guns N' Roses - Eric Gagne
2 "Enter Sandman" Metallica - Mariano Rivera
1 "Hells Bells" AC/DC - Trevor Hoffman

Top 10 Songs

In response to this post by nghiupo over at My Top 10, I offer my own list of the 10 greatest songs of all time. In my quest for greatness, I attempted to weigh my opinions of the song's distinguishing factors, including popularity, uniqueness, and influence. I welcome the verbal pummelings I'm sure to receive over what others may deem a questionable selection.

Here we go:

10 > One (Metallica)
9 > Mr. Brightside (The Killers)
8 > Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones)
7 > Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
6 > Black (Pearl Jam)
5 > Don't Speak (No Doubt)
4 > I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
3 > Tonight, Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
2 > Layla (Derek and the Dominoes)
1 > Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

Barely missing the cut: Ruben Studdard. Sorry. 2004.