Aaron Judge Football Shirt, Austin Wells owns Cardinals Yankee Stadium

The Yankees howled with laughter in their pre-series hitters’ meeting on Friday afternoon, a pandemic-era TikTok filling their screens instead of opponents’ sliders and curveballs. They delighted in the visual of a bearded college-aged Austin Wells busting dance moves in an Arizona parking lot.
Wells expressed astonishment that the video had not been found sooner, instead being unearthed this week by a fan and now rapidly gaining reposts across the globe. Whether it’s prancing in the desert or enjoying his first multihomer game in the Bronx, Wells continues to show the Yankees all he can do, leading the club to a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals at Yankee Stadium.
After the video was watched and re-watched, teammate Anthony Volpe told Wells he needed to change his walkup music to the song, 2008’s “Shooting Stars” by the Bag Raiders, an Australian electronic duo. Wells shrugged; he’d been looking for a new tune anyway, and he instructed the Yankees’ scoreboard department to play it for his first two at-bats.

Wells homered his second time up, a two-run blast to right-center field that gave his club a two-run lead. Wells repeated the feat in the eighth inning, sans music, providing breathing room for closer Clay Holmes as the Yankees (79-56) built upon their American League-best record.