If you ever see Brad Paisley hitting the field before a World Series game to sing the national anthem, you better cancel any morning meetings the following day.

The country music star now has a rather odd claim to fame: He sang before the two longest games in World Series history.

Paisley belted out the U.S. national anthem before Monday night’s 18-inning Game 3 marathon between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, and filled the same role prior to the record-setting affair between the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox in 2018.

Even more curiously, Paisley has now sang the anthem at four World Series games that have gone into extra innings. The hitmaker, who is a big Dodgers fan, played before Game 2 in 2017 (11 innings) and Game 1 in 2024 (10 innings).

While Monday’s game and the

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