{"id":673500,"date":"2026-04-11T19:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/673500\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:33:27","slug":"varsho-claps-back-at-toronto-blue-jays-fans-who-dislike-his-walk-up-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/673500\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsho claps back at Toronto Blue Jays fans who dislike his walk-up song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sports fandom can make you do crazy things.<\/p>\n<p>As the Toronto Blue Jays slumped out of the gates, some fans were looking for a scapegoat.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0some,\u00a0the scapegoat wasn&#8217;t a player, a coaching decision, or the umpires. It was a song.<\/p>\n<p>An online movement picked up this week when one Jays fan started a petition, suggesting that Daulton Varsho\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/sports_play\/2026\/04\/toronto-blue-jays-fans-varsho-walk-up-song\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">change his walk-up song<\/a>, which is &#8220;Ordinary&#8221; by Alex Warren.<\/p>\n<p>The popular pop ballad has drawn the ire of some Jays&#8217; fans for being a buzzkill. There are others online who have pegged it as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Music\/comments\/1rxryrz\/ordinary_by_alex_warren_is_one_of_the_worst_songs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of\u00a0the worst songs ever.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, haters be damned, Varsho responded to the criticism of his song choice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not changing it,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thehazelmae\/status\/2043017454469759120?s=46&amp;t=MUQkUyjUmvtK-MFi2vkiSQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sportsnet&#8217;s Hazel Mae on Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He proceeded to give a heartfelt explanation for why he isn&#8217;t switching up his stadium song choice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My daughter loves the song, so I&#8217;m putting it out there, I&#8217;m not changing it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The actual petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/change-varsho-s-walk-up-song-to-save-the-season\/feed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is still live<\/a>, and there have been 681 fans who have signed it so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the rationales behind the petition wasn&#8217;t just a disdain for the song; it was the fact that Varsho had gotten off to a sluggish start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Although his batting average is 2026 is still just .209, he&#8217;s started to pick things up over the last couple of games. He&#8217;s registered RBIs in back-to-back contests, and hammered his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogto.com\/sports_play\/2026\/04\/toronto-blue-jays-home-run-jacket-sign\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first home run of the season<\/a> over the fence on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like his walk-up song wasn&#8217;t the issue after all.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, there seems to be a good mix of walk-up songs from Jays\u00a0players on the roster. That includes adrenaline-fueled rock songs like &#8220;B.Y.O.B.&#8221; by System of a Down (Addison Barger), classic rock anthems like &#8220;Money&#8221; by Pink Floyd (Kevin Gausman), hip-hop bangers like &#8220;Alive&#8221; by Kid Cudi (Louis Varland), and Latin dance anthems such as &#8220;MONACO&#8221; by Bad Bunny (Vladimir Guerrero Jr.).<\/p>\n<p>                Lead photo by <\/p>\n<p>Nick Turchiaro\/Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports fandom can make you do crazy things. 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