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Surprisingly there are quite a few current Sox players I could see having Baby Beluga as their theme song as they walk from the on deck circle to the batters box at Fenway. I could see Dave — because he’s big like a whale. JD Drew — because he’s soft like a whale. Maybe even Lugo — because his baseball skills are equivalent to that of a real life whale playing shortstop. But no one may suit Baby Beluga more than Kevin “Baby Beluga” Youkilis.

Why? I’ll give you one guess… Yeah… Because he looks just like a little, upright baby beluga whaleman. The resemblance is uncanny, and yes, I am as shallow and superficial as I am decent. My thought process: You are decent, you look like a beluga, beluga’s are decent, the song Baby Beluga is decent — you should have Baby Beluga playing as you approach the plate. Done and done.

I can hear it now; the Fenway Faithful chanting “Baby Belouuuuuugalis!” as he struts to the plate. Red Sox fans rejoice and get moist at the irony that their most aggressive player is introduced with such a docile song. In your face Yankees! The Red Sox are both talented and cunning! While you sit around with your high ticket prices and fancy stadium the Red Sox continue to swim through the deep blue sea that is Major League Baseball!

Note: Despite these wonderful lyrics, baby beluga whales are not really white. The young are slate-grey to reddish-brown which changes to blue-grey at 2 years of age. Young animals may be similar in colour to Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) but are only found in the company of Beluga adults. The adult Beluga is white, but may appear yellowish at certain times of the year. Some people believe that is the reason for the nickname “Sea Canary”, but in actuality, the nickname is due to their varied and complicated whistling communication, which can often be heard right through the hull of small boats in the vicinity of a pod of Belugas. - National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.