The following time you tune right into a World Sequence sport and see that Brad Paisley is singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”, you may wish to begin brewing some espresso and planning for a late night time/early morning.
Paisley sang the nationwide anthem earlier than Monday night time’s marathon 18-inning Recreation 3 of the 2025 World Sequence, received by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Freddie Freeman’s walk-off dwelling run within the backside of the 18th inning. The 6-5 win for Los Angeles offers the Dodgers a 2-1 lead within the collection over the Toronto Blue Jays.
It was not the primary time a Paisley Nationwide Anthem at Dodger Stadium earlier than a World Sequence sport ended with additional innings.
The nation star sang the nationwide anthem earlier than Recreation 2 of the 2017 World Sequence between the Dodgers and the Houston Astros at Dodger Stadium. That sport wanted ten innings to find out a winner, with the Astros scoring a pair of runs within the high of the eleventh — on a house run from George Springer, who at the moment performs for the Blue Jays — to take a 7-6 win.
Paisley was additionally a part of the pre-game ceremonies earlier than Recreation 3 of the World Sequence the following season. On that night time, the Dodgers performed host to the Boston Crimson Sox, and greater than seven hours after Paisley’s nationwide anthem, the Dodgers bought a walk-off dwelling run from Max Muncy within the backside of the 18th to win by a closing rating of 3-2.
At seven hours and 20 minutes, Recreation 3 of the 2018 World Sequence stays the longest World Sequence sport in MLB historical past. Apparently sufficient, that was longer than the entirety of the 1939 World Sequence, which lasted seven hours and 5 minutes. The New York Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds that yr.
Final yr, Paisley sang the Nationwide Anthem earlier than Recreation 1 of the World Sequence between the Dodgers and the Yankees, once more at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles received that sport 6-3 within the backside of the tenth, on a walk-off grand slam from Freeman.
Then got here final night time. Whereas final night time’s Recreation 3 is now the second-longest World Sequence sport in historical past, it additionally implies that Paisley has carried out the nationwide anthem forward of each of these video games.
So the following time you see Paisley stroll to the microphone to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” earlier than a World Sequence sport, get snug.
It is perhaps an extended night time.
