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Matthew Kaminski
12+ albums
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about
Matthew Kaminski (born 1976/1977) is the organist for the Atlanta Braves baseball team. He is known internationally for his use of Twitter to interact with fans to select walk-on music for members of the opposing teams. The BBC News featured Kaminski's use of social media to crowdsource ideas for amusing or pointed walkup songs, and Sports Illustrated accused him of "expertly trolling" with his musical choices. Matthew Kaminski was selected as organist for the Atlanta Braves in 2009. In an interview with Atlanta's NPR affiliate, Kaminski introduced his album, Stadium Organ Sounds (2013). National Public Radio, Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich, featured Kaminski in The Takeaway in his series, Ballpark Figures: The Unsung Heroes of Baseball in 2015. In 2019 he released Baseball Organ in Hi-Fi. In spite of COVID he will be playing at Truist Park for his 13th season in 2021. In 2022 Kaminski played his first minor league game for the Augusta GreenJackets, at SRP Park. Kaminski is also the University of Georgia baseball organist playing at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, for the Bulldogs, and for the Auburn University Tigers at Plainsman Park. He was interviewed on "At the Mic" in February 2021 about the strategy behind his choice of walk-up songs for the opposing team and the experience of playing during COVID. On October 2, 2021 Kaminski played his 1000th game for the Atlanta Braves. Kaminski played the National Anthem at the National League Championship Series, Game
