By Mallory Mattingly
Brad Paisley had no idea that when he sang the National Anthem at both World Series games, both of those games would end up going to 18 innings.
“I would like to be called Mr. More Baseball,” Paisley told Variety after Game 3 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers went to 18 innings. “If you’d like more baseball, I’m your guy.”
“I’m available also for football,” Paisley added. “I’d like to see that go into more quarters, as well.”
It’s not even like Game 3 was a one-time event. The same thing happened in 2018 when Paisley sang the National Anthem for the World Series.
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In fact, “Paisley has officially sung the national anthem for: World Series Game 2 in 2017 (11 innings), World Series Game 3 in 2018 (18 innings), World Series Game 1 in 2024 (10 innings), World Series Game 3 in 2025 (18 innings),” the MLB wrote in a post on X.
Brad Paisley has officially sung the national anthem for:
World Series Game 2 in 2017 (11 innings)
World Series Game 3 in 2018 (18 innings)
World Series Game 1 in 2024 (10 innings)
World Series Game 3 in 2025 (18 innings)h/t @SarahWexler32 pic.twitter.com/cgaSEVcdSq
— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2025
Before his performance on Monday night, Paisley was asked if he could see another 18-inning game like what happened in 2018. Paisley would end up brushing it off.
“It’s statistically impossible. I don’t understand,” the country star told Variety after the game. “I was like, I just want to get the words right. I had no idea that there would be major cosmic ramifications.”
Ultimately, Paisley doesn’t “think it had anything to do with me.”
“I did start to wonder what we were headed for in the ninth. I was like, ‘Please God, let’s win this now.’ And then I thought, ‘Okay, please God, let’s win this now in the 10th,’” he said. “And then last year the walk-off was in the 11th with Freddy Freeman, and that was a grand slam, and I’m like, ‘That’d be fine. Let’s do that. Yeah, that’d be a fun stat — do that twice!’ Nope. And then it was like, oh no…
“But it was one of the best-played baseball games of all time,” Paisley continued. “I mean, the defense that both teams showed, the way they kept the score tied, and then the pitching… I just don’t even know what we just watched. It really was one of the most exhausting sporting events that you could ever see. Anybody who’s on the fence about what it’s like to be a baseball fan…”
Paisley had no idea that his fourth time singing the National Anthem for the World Series would turn into another 18-inning ball game. However, Paisley loved every minute of baseball he was able to enjoy on Monday night.
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