Baseball America

TAKE FANS OUT OF THE BALLGAME

For nearly a decade, the routine has been the same for Kenley Jansen.

The bullpen door swings open, 2Pac and Dr. Dre’s “California Love” blasts from the Dodger Stadium speakers and 50,000 screaming fans rise to their feet to welcome the closer into the game.

Dodger Stadium has been known to shake when that scene plays out. Jansen, like most closers, channels that energy and harnesses it, using the energy rush provided by the fans to reach back for a little extra something on his pitches.

For the first

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