What if MLB teams used NHL goal horns on home runs? (Video)

If you’re a diehard puckhead, you’re likely struggling with the start of Major League Baseball season. 

Sure, it’s fantastic to see the diamonds filled with overpriced sluggers with questionable performance enhancement history, and the stands filled with blanket-covered fans building small fires on the empty seats next to them to stay warm during April night games. But it’s nearly the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Your mind is on blaring horns and goal celebrations.

So Zee Emm on YouTube offered a solution: a sticks-and-bats mash-up. What if you took the goal horns and goal celebration songs from hockey teams and played them after their friendly neighborhood Major League Baseball team’s home runs?

(Please note that in some cases, the local minor league hockey team is swapped in for the NHL, like for Kansas City, Milwaukee and Houston.)

After watching all 19 minutes (!), we can say that the Chicago Blackhawks’ deafening horn and “Chelsea Dagger” goal song are easily applied to both the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. And that the addition of Andrew W.K. to any home-run trot is an instant improvement – right, Pittsburgh Penguins fans?

Conversely, a Jose Bautista bat-flip improves the Toronto Maple Leafs’ goal horn mightily.

Welcome back, baseball! We’ll enjoy catching up with you in July!

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Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at [email protected] or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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