I was listening to Carton & Boomer on WFAN yesterday morning and heard that neither the Mets nor the Yankees have a National Anthem singer for their opening games.
This amazes me.
The singing of the National Anthem is often the highlight of any opening ceremony - think of Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Smokey Robinson, just to name a few. I still remember Paul Simon and Billy Joel singing before games 1 & 2 in the 86 World Series.
The opening of a new ballpark- particularly here in New York - is an occasion that warrants a great opening ceremony, in particular a memorable and special National Anthem. The fact that neither team has secured a performer with less than three weeks to go is amazingly short-sighted.
It really should not be that difficult. Here, I'll help with some options.
For the Yankees - Jennifer Lopez (born in the Bronx), Jon Bon Jovi (sports fan and NJ is Yankee territory), Paul Simon (consumate NYer and Yankee fan), Liza Minelli (obvious). I was going to suggest Mariah Carey but The Captain might not appreciate that.
For the Mets - Marc Anthony (big Mets fan), Billy Joel (obvious), Paul Simon (yeah he's a Yankee fan but he is a Queens guy)
Who else?
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