Giants' Pitcher Sean Hjelle Perfectly Explains Why ‘Bootylicious’ Is His Entrance Song

There has perhaps never been a more perfectly suited baseball walk-up song than Sean Hjelle taking the mound to Destiny's Child's 2001 hit "Bootylicious."

The San Francisco Giants relief pitcher (whose last name is pronounced "jelly") has been using this entrance song for a couple of years now. But after San Francisco's 10-5 comeback win against the Colorado Rockies on Friday, NBC Sports Bay Area’s Laura Britt asked him to explain himself.

"Sean, the most important baseball question I have for you tonight," Britt began. "I’ve heard your warm-up song, very serious music that you have going. ‘Bootylicious,’ as everybody knows, ‘I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly.’ Talk about your song, Sean!"

I don't think you're ready for this Hjelle.

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The 6-foot-11 righty then gave the perfect answer.

"I think, whether they knew it or not, I think Destiny’s Child made that song for me to come out to into the game," Hjelle said. "So I’m really, really appreciative to those wonderful ladies for doing that for me. And all I can do is just groove to the song and kind of honor them in that way. I grew up on it, so I’ve got to honor some of the greats."

And the music seems to be working for him.

Hjelle took over with a runner on and no outs in the fourth inning Friday and immediately gave up a double, but he got out of the jam with two ground outs and a fly ball to center. With two scoreless innings, Hjelle has now allowed just two runs in 11 2/3 innings over his last eight appearances. He has 17 strikeouts during that span.

The Giants as a team, though, are struggling. Entering Saturday, San Francisco sits in fourth place in the NL West — 8.5 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.