Brad Paisley's National Anthem Performance May Have Jinxed Dodgers-blue Jays Game 3

If we had a nickel for each clip state vocalist Brad Paisley sang nan anthem astatine a World Series crippled that went to 18 innings, we'd person 2 nickels—which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

After Monday's marathon of a Game 3 betwixt nan Dodgers and Blue Jays, Paisley has now performed "The Star Spangled Banner" up of some of nan longest games successful World Series history: past night's thriller, and different 18-inning Game 3 successful 2018.

Crazier yet, it was besides nan 4th clip wide that a playoff crippled astatine Dodger Stadium opened pinch a capacity from Paisley and ended successful other innings. In summation to nan 2 contests mentioned above, nan vocalist and avid Dodgers instrumentality besides performed astatine an 11-inning World Series Game 2 successful 2017, and a 10-inning Game 1 successful 2024, per MLB.com's Theo DeRosa.

Safe to opportunity this is now a pattern. So adjacent clip Paisley walks up to nan mic during a World Series, hole to enactment up past your bedtime. Shoutout to L.A.'s Freddie Freeman, who yet ended things successful nan bottommost of nan 18th with a walk-off location run for a 6-5 Dodgers win.

Game 4 will statesman Tuesday astatine 8 p.m. ET. L.A. leads nan bid 2-1.

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