Elvis Andrus has made a friend in millions of small children, and an enemy in millions of parents.
The Rangers’ shortstop is using the popular kids song “Baby Shark” as his walk-up song this season, and I am sorry to everyone but this is stuck in my head and so now it will be stuck in all of your heads’ as well.
The song, which I’ve heard described as “‘Knuck if you Buck,’ but for babies” is an infectious earworm which sends small children into hysterics. It’s kind of a bop the first time around, but the mind reels at what it’s like to hear this song 4,000 times in a week, which I hear from parents is the standard play rate.
Here’s the clip of him using the song as his walk-up jam:
Andrus is going to corner the market on small fans this year. Or at least will give parents in the ballpark a respite from keeping the kids distracted for a few moments as he walks to the plate.
