Wondering which 60s songs the A’s players chose for throwback day?
Jul 27, 2013, 12:46 PM PDT
Photo via @Athletics The Oakland Athletics are rocking gold pants, jerseys and golden oldies as they turn back the clock to 1969 on Saturday. Each player is stepping to the plate to a song from the 60s, but a handful of players actually specifically requested a certain song. Since the oldest A’s player, Bartolo Colon, was born in 1974, none of the players were alive when any of these songs came out. It’s impressive that these guys even knew the names of some of these old-school tracks.
Here’s the list of A’s players that specifically requested a song from the 60s and their selections. The guys that didn’t pick a song will be played to the plate or mound by the Oakland Coliseums’s organist.
| PLAYER | SONG | ARTIST | START |
| Chavez, Jesse | Low Rider | War | start |
| Crisp, Coco | It’s Your Thing | The Isley Brothers | 0:05 |
| Donaldson, Josh | For What It’s Worth | Buffalo Springfield | start |
| Doolittle, Sean | Heartbreaker | Led Zeppelin | start |
| Freiman, Nate | Pinball Wizard | The Who | 0:30 |
| Milone, Tommy | Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater | start |
| Neshek, Pat | Time Has Come Today | The Chambers Brothers | start |
| Reddick, Josh | Surfin’ Bird | The Trashmen | start |
| Rosales, Adam | Come Together | The Beatles | start |
| Sogard, Eric | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Tokens | start |
| Sogard, Eric | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | start |
| Young, Chris | I Got The Feelin’ | James Brown | 0:50 |
(Hat tip to A’s manager of player and media relations Adam Loberstein for providing the list)
Is anyone surprised that Josh Reddick chose Surfin’ Bird?
