No anthem? No problem -- Ballgame crowd sings it anyway

[Right_in_Virginia]

No anthem? No problem -- Ballgame crowd sings it anyway
Fox News, May 27, 2018, Amy Lieu

What happens when the national anthem isn't played before a ballgame? In Fresno, Calif., first the crowd boos, then it takes it upon themselves to sing it anyway -- a cappella.

In a show of patriotism before Memorial Day, the crowd at a high school softball championship game at Fresno State's Margie Wright Diamond on Friday night launched into their own rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" after it was announced that the song wouldn't be played because it had already been played before an earlier game.

“Honestly, I was shocked (when) the announcer stated, ‘There will be no anthem, let’s just play softball,’” fan Tiffany Marquez of Fowler, Calif., told the Fresno Bee. “Within seconds, you could hear people in the crowd singing and the volume of their voices building. There I was, standing in the middle of a true testament to unity and patriotism.”

Bob Kayajanian, event coordinator, told the Bee that when more than one game is played in a day, the anthem is typically played only before the first game.


More:  http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/05/27/no-anthem-no-problem-ballgame-crowd-sings-it-anyway.html

[Right_in_Virginia]

The video at the link is pretty amazing.   

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

The video at the link is pretty amazing.   

Thanks for Posting.

Way Cool!

[Lando Lincoln]

Awesome!  And that it happened in Fresno, CA especially makes it so.   

[verga]

As it should be.