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Eddie Vedder Names His Baseball Walk-Up Song

Many of us have fantasized about what it would be like to be a professional athlete, even Eddie Vedder. Vedder is known for his Chicago Cubs super-fandom, but if he…

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Many of us have fantasized about what it would be like to be a professional athlete, even Eddie Vedder.

Vedder is known for his Chicago Cubs super-fandom, but if he was stepping up to the plate, what would be his walk-up song?

The Pearl Jam frontman revealed that answer in a recent appearance on The Artist and the Athlete podcast and said, "This song called 'Give Me the Cure' by Fugazi."

Vedder added about the song, "There’s certain songs that — just the sound of them is like a drug. So that’s what I would use. One of those songs that affects me like a drug."

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Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights