Royals outfielder Brett Phillips’ middle name is Maverick, so it makes sense that one of his walk-up songs is “Highway To The Danger Zone.”
That’s the Kenny Loggins song from the 1986 movie “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise, whose flight name was Maverick.
Phillips’ other walk-up song: Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles.”
That is an unexpected choice, right? So why did he pick that tune?
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“Last year, I’m making my debut in Milwaukee in June and I’m thinking, what can I listen to or not listen to walking up to the plate that is going to kind of calm me down, kind of be funny, but at the same time just get me in a zone?