The Reason R.A. Dickey Changed His Walkup Song to ‘Halle Berry’ is Pretty Great
For days, the mystery of “who changed R.A. Dickey‘s walkup song” has gone unsolved. On Monday, Dickey’s usual Game of Thrones music was suddenly swapped for Hurricane Chris’ “Halle Berry”.
If you’ve ever peered into Dickey’s life, you’d think something was amiss. Perhaps one of his teammates pranked him and was pulling a fast one on the knuckleballer?
The real reason behind R.A. Dickey changing his walkup song is actually a pretty interesting story, one told by Mike Wilner on his Twitter feed earlier today.
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1/So here's the story behind the change in The RaDickey's walk-up music. Once upon a time, there was a discussion among #Bluejays rotation..
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
2/…that anyone's name could be made into a song. Don't know if this discussion took place before or after one of them heard "Halle Berry"
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
3/…since then, whenever there is something to celebrate in #Bluejays dugout, the starters start to yell "Halle Berry" at each other…
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
4/…as a celebratory cheer. Dickey, having struggled to a poor record at home so far this season, suggested that he needed to change…
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
5/…something, so his rotation mates decided that change would be to switch his entrance music from the GoT theme to "Halle Berry"..
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
6/ I had originally believed it was a prank pulled by The JaHapp, but after further investigation, it was the whole rotation other than RA..
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
7/ If you still have the game on your PVR, you should be able to see the smile on Dickey's face as he begins his warm-ups before top1.
— Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness) June 15, 2016
Insead of a simple prank, it’s kind of like “Halle Berry” has been a rallying cry for the starting rotation brotherhood
… not unlike what “The Trenches” were back in 1992, comprised of Ed Sprague, Derek Bell and Turner Warn.
Even though it was one start at home, the change in music seemed to work for R.A. Dickey. And as notorious creatures of habit and superstitious beings, Dickey’s new walkup music will probably stick.
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