National Anthem at the Home Run Derby

[Baker]

And I would get merch from the first team to make a statement they are keeping it.

[Procrustus]

@Baker

And I would get merch from the first team to make a statement they are keeping it

I was honestly unaware that anyone liked the idea. I’m willing to lighten up if people really do enjoy it. But God Bless America must go.

[kenobi_65]

@Procrustus

I’m wondering if MLB requires it, or if each team can make their own decision. Anyone know?

I just tried to google it, and couldn’t easily find a definitive reply.

[Spoons]

@Procrustus

But God Bless America must go.

If you attend a Toronto Blue Jays home game, you definitely won’t hear it.

[Bullitt]

@Procrustus

@Baker

And I would get merch from the first team to make a statement they are keeping it

I was honestly unaware that anyone liked the idea. I’m willing to lighten up if people really do enjoy it. But God Bless America must go.

I was at Saturday’s final Bay Bridge Series game in Oakland at the Coliseum, and God Bless America was not sung. And it was not missed, either.

[Baker]

I may be makling an error. I meant that I wanted the national anthem played, not God Bless America. Although that is a good song.

[needscoffee]

@EinsteinsHund

Why not handling it like in international soccer games and the Olympics, playing only the instrumental tracks of anthems?

That would feel like the TV station signoffs at the end of the broadcast day of yore. The older folks might get up and go home.

[Great_Antibob]

@Bullitt

I was at Saturday’s final Bay Bridge Series game in Oakland at the Coliseum, and God Bless America was not sung. And it was not missed, either.

I always thought “America the Beautiful” was always a better choice, anyway, if you were going to do one at all.