[Baseball Cheering] A roundup of popular chance themes that fire up pro baseball games
In professional baseball games, each team and even individual players have their own fight songs, and the unified cheering by the supporters stands out every game.
Among them, the “chance themes” played when there’s a scoring opportunity—such as when a runner gets on base during your team’s offensive—are so powerful they can instantly change the entire atmosphere of the ballpark.
Some baseball fans might even say, “It’s not the team I support, but I really love that team’s chance theme!”
In this article, we’ve compiled chance themes used in games by each team, both old and new, so please take a look at them all in one go.
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[Baseball Cheering] A roundup of popular chance themes that hype up pro baseball games (1–10)
We can!Yokohama DeNA Beisutāzu
This is a Yokohama DeNA BayStars cheer song that’s been used as a multi-theme since 2021.
The trumpet at the beginning sounds really cool, doesn’t it? Throughout the song there aren’t many lyrics and there are lots of chants, so even first-time visitors to the stadium can pick it up quickly.
The rhythm is a bit tricky, though, so you might need some practice.
When everyone nails the chants and the beat together, it looks super cool! Be sure to practice and head to the ballpark!
Chance Theme 0Yokohama DeNA Beisutāzu
When you think of Yokohama, you think of this chant.
It’s one of the chance themes played when a run looks likely to score.
It’s said to be so powerful that opposing teams’ cheering squads start to break into a cold sweat the moment they hear it.
The lyrics are undeniably cool, and the balance between the shouted parts and the sung lines is great—the momentum builds toward the end, making it an absolute blast to sing.
The song is short, too, so it’s easy for first-timers to learn.
If you’re new, definitely give it a try and experience how good it feels to cheer!
Chance Theme 1Ōsaka Kintetsu Bafarōzu
The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes were a team in the Pacific League from 1949 to 2004.
This fight song is one of the most popular among the Buffaloes’ cheers, using the theme from “Abarenbō Shōgun,” and fans cheer with folding fans! Some younger people may have first heard it at the “KANSAI Classic,” a retro game event featuring baseball teams that were once based in the Kansai region.
Many listeners are sure to get fired up by the drum build-up that follows the opening trumpet solo!
[Baseball Cheering] A roundup of popular chance themes that excite professional baseball games (11–20)
Win it!Yomiuri Jaiantsu
This is one of the chance themes played when the Yomiuri Giants are on offense and look likely to score.
At the beginning there are no cheer drums, and fans sing along with the trumpet’s main melody.
As the song progresses into the latter half, the voltage rises and the pitch goes up, so keep an ear out for the trumpets hitting those high notes! Since it’s a cheer song with lyrics, you can look them up beforehand and sing along at the stadium for more fun.
If you also learn the cheer bat rhythm used during player calls, you’ll enjoy it even more.
Chance Theme 1Fukuoka Sofutobanku Hōkusu
It’s one of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ chance themes, played when they’re likely to score.
The same trumpet melody repeats four times in a single tune, and it really gets stuck in your head.
Another noteworthy point is how the cheering bats are used.
In this song, fans in the very front row actually bang on the wall that separates the stands from the field instead of just clapping their bats.
It puts a lot of pressure on the opposing team, so I’m sure plenty of fans from other clubs have traumatic memories of it.
When you’re cheering for SoftBank, it makes you want to reserve a front-row seat in the stands!
Chance Theme 3Hokkaidō Nippon-Hamu Faitāzu
This is one of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters’ chance themes.
Set to the main theme from the musical film “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” fans shout encouragement to the players.
Because “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is an upbeat song, it feels perfect for a sports setting.
The chant basically proceeds as a call-and-response with the main melody, but there is a short section where the singing overlaps the melody, which might be hard to sing depending on the tempo.
It’s a bright, positive chance theme that wishes for the players’ success.
Chance wasshoi!Hanshin Taigāsu
When it comes to the Hanshin Tigers’ chance themes, this is the song.
It’s one of the rally tunes played when the Tigers look likely to score.
Even fans in the stands who are drinking beer will put their cups down and start cheering when this song comes on! In the first half of the song, you don’t bang your cheer bat; you line up your bats and wave them left and right while singing.
That’s so much fun.
Singing along is a blast, and there’s that rush of excitement that a run might be coming.
Experience it once and you’ll never forget it.