STUDY: Spiderman Dancing to MLB At-Bat Music

The above is an animation of Spiderman dancing. This has been a bit of an Internet meme, as many people have noticed that, at least in this particular animation, Spiderman will dance properly to almost any song played. The fine people over at the RadioLab radio program have pointed this out, and offer a scientific explanation. I advise reading the article, but essentially, our brain has a bias for things that are in sync, so we tend to focus on the times Spiderman’s dancing lines up with the music and block out the times it doesn’t. This is why it seems that Spiderman always has mad skilz.

I tasked myself with attempting to apply this logic to the music baseball players use whilst walking to the plate to bat. The following is Spiderman dancing to the at-bat music of the top ten batters in baseball, according to FanGraphs WAR.

10. Carlos Gonzalez. Donde Estes Llegare – Alexis and Fido

Alexis & Fido — Donde Estés Llegaré- letra

9. Joey Votto. Paint it Black – The Rolling Stones

Rollin Stones-Paint It Black (lyrics)

8. Manny Machado. Otis – Jay-Z and Kanye West

Otis Jay-z And Kanye West (feat. Otis Redding) Clean

7. Evan Longoria. Down and Out – Tantric

Tantric – Down And Out

6. Chris Davis. I Get Wicked – Thousand Foot Krunch

Thousand Foot Krutch – I Get Wicked

5. Carlos Gomez. Shoulder Lean – Young Dro

young dro ft. t.i. – Shoulder Lean (Radio Version) – Promo O

4. David Wright. Kick It in the Sticks – Brantley Gilbert

Brantley Gilbert – Kick It In The Sticks

3. Andrew McCutchen. Lights – Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding – Lights

2. Miguel Cabrera. N**as in Paris – Jay-Z

Paris –Jay-Z ft. Kanye West(Clean Version)

1. Mike Trout. New Divide – Linkin Park

Linkin Park – New Divide

Important science has been performed today.

(At-bat music info courtesy of mlbplatemusic.com)