Ex-Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Texas power trio Los Lonely Boys will perform the US National Anthem at Game 1 and 2, respectively, of this year's World Series at Tropicana Park, home of American League champions Tampa Bay Rays.
Some have suggested that perhaps Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers--originally from Gainsville, FL--would've been a more appropriate choice. (Carter was raised in central Florida.) Now, it's bad enough that the Rays have to play in a state where baseball is an afterthought and there's not much in the way of prominent hometown rock and roll talent. To compound that by bringing in a band from a town that's, from what we gather, ALL ABOUT football, is just wrong.
We're rooting for the Rays but if the Phillies can get local boys Hall & Oates to sing in their park for Game 3, they'll wrap up the WS. Just sayin'.
