Mets Pay Tribute To Beastie Boys' MCA With Walk-Up Music (VIDEOS)

New York Mets' Ike Davis, left, celebrates with teammates Daniel Murphy (28) and Ruben Tejada (11) after they scored on a Scott Hairston double against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, May 4, 2012, in New York.

Just because a Beastie Boys track will always be more likely to name check John Starks than John Olerud, doesn't mean that the Knick are the only team in New York that feels any affinity to the homegrown hip hop legends. Just hours after Adam Yauch -- who performed under the name MCA -- passed away at age 47 on Friday, May 4th, the Mets offered a small but poignant tribute.

In remembrance of the Brooklyn-born Yauch, who passed away earlier that day after a long battle with cancer, each member of the Mets came to bat with a Beastie Boys song blaring over the public address system at Citi Field. According to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News, second baseman Justin Turner and outfielder Scott Hairston hatched the idea prior to the Mets' game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Justin Turner

Scotty H has #beastieboys banging in the locker room out of respect for Adam Yauch #RIPMCA

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Third baseman David Wright had previously used "Sabotage" and "Brass Monkey" his walk-up music but opted for the latter for this occasion. Here are selections of each of the New York nine. Which song is your favorite? Which Beastie Boys' song would you pick to pay your respects to MCA?

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• 1. Ruben Tejada, Shortstop

  "Intergalactic"

• 2. Daniel Murphy, Second Base

  "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn"

• No. 3 David Wright, Third Base

  "Brass Monkey"

• 4. Lucas Duda, Right Field

  "The New Style"

• 5. Scott Hairston, Left Field

  "Root Down"

• 6. Ike Davis, First Base

  "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)"

• 7. Andres Torres, Center Field

  "So What'cha Want"

• 8. Josh Thole, Catcher

  "Make Some Noise"

• 9. Dillon Gee, Pitcher

  "Body Movin'"

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Comments

[duckzilla]

03:50 PM on 05/08/2012

video already removed

c;mon huffpost. you should already know how stingy mlb is with copyrighted material lol

[GeorgeGee]

12:12 AM on 05/08/2012

Nice to see the Beastie Boys, and ESPECIALLY MCA getting the love they deserve all around the world. To say they were groundbreaking is an understatement. They certainly made an impact on me. RIP MCA. Gone too soon.

[Mister President]

10:55 PM on 05/07/2012

Very cool thing done here by the Mets. I'd go with Sure Shot.

[jafsie]

10:21 PM on 05/07/2012

GO METS!

[DEBRET]

11:18 PM on 05/07/2012

Oh Yeah! I've been rooting for them since 1967. I was lucky enough to throw out the first pitch (represnting my company which sponsored it) on Fan Appreciation Day October 1985. Unfortuanetly, it wasn't Gary Carter who caught the ball, it was Ronn Reynolds. I was also at Shea for Game 7 1986 World Series! I screamed and partied all night (I lived right there in Flushing) and I wound up losing my voice, had an upper respiratory infection (it was cold!) and missed work for 2 days. Boy, that was a fun time.

[3fingerbrown]

08:00 AM on 05/08/2012

I have seen the future and its name is Jordany Valdespin.