Random Best Team and Ballpark Traditions in MLB (21 items)

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  (#10) Houston Astros

  • Houston

  Every time a Houston Astros hitter bashes a homer, a conductor-led train with horns blaring and filled with oranges makes a trek around Minute Maid Park. The old stadium at Houston was called Union Station, so the home run train is tipping its cap to the team's history. The train also takes a victory lap when the Astros win at home.
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  (#21) Texas Rangers

  • Arlington

  Before sausages and pierogies raced around baseball stadiums in the name of fan entertainment, there were the dot races in Arlington, Texas. The dot race was the original mascot race game and was started by Chuck Morgan in 1986. In the race, three different colored dots (blue, green, and red) race during the middle of the sixth inning. 
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  (#20) Toronto Blue Jays

  • Toronto

  The Toronto Blue Jays play Keith Hampshire and The Bat Boys certified gold single "OK Blue Jays" during the seventh-inning stretch. The tradition began in 1982. The best part of "OK Blue Jays" are the sweet dance moves that accompany the tune. In the early 1980s, instructors from Fitness Ontario showed fans the steps. Today Toronto's "fan activation team," AKA JForce, guides the Blue Jays faithful.
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  (#6) New York Mets

  • New York City

  The Mets play in New York City, AKA the Big Apple. So it's only fitting that every time a Mets player hits a home run in Queens, a giant red apple with a Mets logo rises and lights up over top of center field. The tradition started at the old Shea Stadium in the 1980s. It continues on at the Mets new stadium Citi Field.
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  (#16) Chicago White Sox

  • Chicago

  For every game at Guaranteed Rate Field, the behind the scenes DJ makes sure to play the heavy metal album "Thunderstruck" as the team first enters the field. The intensity of the classic AC/DC ballad gets fans pumped for the game from the get-go. The tradition is so beloved that its absence once sparked outrage. During a 2015 ballgame, one DJ opted to play a Fall Out Boy song instead of the tune fans were expecting. After universal condemnation on Twitter, the tradition was reinstated at the next game. 
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  (#11) New York Yankees

  • New York City, The Bronx

  The famous Bleacher Creatures are a tight knit group of New York Yankees fans known for their brash attitude and outspoken nature at games. Typically seated in section 202, the group is known to rattle off their traditional roll call at every Bronx home game. The rabid bleacher fans call out each player one by one who is on the field during the top of the first inning. They will continue to chant a player's name until he acknowledges them with a tip of his baseball hat or a wave of his hand.

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