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Fans on social media blast performance of National Anthem at Home Run Derby
By Andrew Olson
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Baseball fans everywhere are tuning in for the Home Run Derby on Monday night. The signing of the National Anthem from Globe Life Field did not go over well.
Ingrid Andress, a multi-Grammy Award nominee, was invited to sing before Monday’s festivities. It was a rough performance.
This was quite the national anthem performed by Ingrid Andress pic.twitter.com/i6Diwe9DYW
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) July 16, 2024
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Fans turned to social media, expressing disbelief and disappointment with Andress’ performance. Here’s a small sample of the criticism on X, formerly Twitter:
Was that anthem a bit?
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) July 16, 2024
That was the single worst National Anthem performance of all-time oh my god
— Addison (@YankeeWRLD) July 16, 2024
theres no way the person singing the national anthem was being serious
— KREED♦️ (@jmayberry45) July 16, 2024
was that anthem…. on purpose
— todd bonzalez (@doinkpatrol) July 16, 2024
Top 5 worst National Anthem renditions of my life time
— Trent (@TrentSwann) July 16, 2024
girl what are you doing
— Megs (@MegzMurr) July 16, 2024
Apparently auto-tune was not available for the national anthem. #HomeRunDerby
— Brett Abbotts (@brettabbotts17) July 16, 2024
This national anthem may be worse than Fegies version #AllStarGame
— Han JG (@HannahOhana) July 16, 2024
Whoever just sang the National Anthem for the HR Derby…. pic.twitter.com/plI8uVCiqt
— Kaleeky (@Kaleeky_) July 16, 2024
Why would the MLB choose her to sing the National Anthem. She was horrible
— Wise Words from Jules (@Im_DoubleDigits) July 16, 2024
i had to run in from the kitchen and make sure that wasn’t a make a wish national anthem????? WHAT THE HELL LMAO
— megañ (@3×5) July 16, 2024
Gonna be lots of bombs at the HR Derby tonight. And the first one was the Anthem.
— Anthony Castrovince (@castrovince) July 16, 2024
that anthem was the worst thing to happen at a baseball stadium since October 9, 2019
— Scott Coleman (@scottcoleman55) July 16, 2024
Ingrid Andress has been nominated for FOUR Grammys?!??? pic.twitter.com/6r4xgu8SHh
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) July 16, 2024
The Home Run Derby is currently underway on ESPN. Two-time winner Pete Alonso is the betting favorite. The former Florida standout is participating in the event for the fifth time and looking for his third crown, which would tie with the legendary Ken Griffey Jr. Alonso last won in 2021.
Featured image via X (formerly Twitter) screenshot
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
