Kids' Songs & Stories via CNNWASHINGTON - The "Baby Shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo" earworm might just be coming to a World Series near you, if Washington Nationals backup outfielder Gerardo Parra heads to the plate during one of his team's home games against the Houston Astros.
Some players work out wearing headbands sporting a cartoon shark.
There's even a little blue stuffed-animal shark that Parra placed in the netting in front of the home dugout at Nationals Park.
Plenty of players say that atmosphere has been key to Washington's turnaround from 19-31 that month to the sport's biggest stage now.
The full-body embraces, including of Stephen Strasburg, who acknowledged, "I'm not much of a hugger, but they kind of just surround me.