A week ago, I ranked the Twins' position players 1-14 when it came to their choices in walk-up music, putting catcher John Ryan Murphy at the top for his pick of Blackstreet's "No Diggity."
Murphy saw the rankings, and I was told he was honored to be in the top spot. So before Tuesday's game, I asked him why he picked it.
"Honestly, it was chosen for me in Double-A a bunch of years back," he said. "Walkout music has never really been like that important to me, so I always try to have something fun. I don't know if that song was just hot at the time or if my buddy thought it was the best song at the time."
Murphy, who came up in the Yankees organization, was at Class AA Trenton in 2012 and 2013. No Diggity was released in 1996, so let's go with the latter.
"So I can't take all the credit for it," Murphy said. "But I liked it then, and when I was looking for [a song] this year I went with it."
Read Michael Rand's blog at startribune.com/randball. michael.rand@startribune.com.
