SAN FRANCISCO — Taylor Swift’s “Era’s Tour” concert rocked Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Saturday night. But attendees of the Giants’ 3-2 walkoff victory over the Boston Red Sox earlier in the day still heard several of Swift’s infectious hits.
Before Giants batters took their swings, and in between innings, the sounds of the pop star’s expansive discography filled the air around Oracle Park.
The players’ normal walkup songs were replaced by a selection of the 12-time Grammy winner’s greatest hits (and songs from ‘Reputation.’)
A few seconds before Wilmer Flores drove in Austin Slater, the guitar riff from “Style” floated around the park.
Next up was walk-off hero, J.D Davis, who was introduced by a short section of “Teardrops on My Guitar” from the Grammy-winner’s debut album.
Davis could only be described as Ready for It when offered a Kenley Jansen pitch that he turned into a game-winning home run.
And so on and so forth, a playlist that went back and forth between Swift’s 13 studio albums (10 unique and three re-releases), curated by longtime shortstop Brandon Crawford, belted through the speakers in the hours before Swift took the stage a few miles to the south.
“A favorite album, oh, I don’t know,” Crawford said. “They’re all so different.”
Crawford, who said he watched Swift perform in concert 12 years ago in Arizona, said some of his teammates were picky when it came to their songs.
“I had ‘Shake it Off’ for him,” Crawford said about Casey Schmidt’s original song, which was changed to another 1989 tune in ‘Wildest Dreams.’
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Leadoff hitter Austin Slater was the only one who did not agree to get in on the Taylor Swift-themed music party.
“He was the only one … not a team guy,” Crawford said sarcastically, letting those in the room know there was no real Bad Blood between the teammates.
The Giants’ manager Gabe Kapler didn’t have a walkup song picked out for him, but he said the Swift and Bon Iver duet “Exile” was his favorite Swift tune.
“That would be a pretty cool show, and I’d love to see it,” Kapler said about catching the Swift concert.
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