2 w. ago World Series anthem singers revealed and this Toronto Blue Jays legend is throwing first pitch

After much speculation, the Toronto Blue Jays legend that will throw out the first pitch before Friday's World Series game has been revealed.Former Blue Jays centre fielder Devon White will throw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 6 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, according to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com. The 62-year-old follows Cito Gaston (Game 1) and Joe Carter (Game 2) to receive this honour during the World Series.White played five seasons in Toronto, winning five consecutive Gold Gloves from 1991 to 1995. A legendary leadoff batter, White was a member of the Blue Jays' World Series winning teams in 1992 and 1993.The anthem singers have also been revealed.David Grenon will sing O Canada, while John Vincent has been tasked with the Star Spangled Banner.Hopefully they get the lyrics right, because the singer that performed the Canadian national anthem last game in Los Angeles got more than a few of them wrong.

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2 w. ago Rufus Wainwright makes ‘complete mess’ of Canadian anthem at Game 5 of World Series

Singer made a not-so-subtle change to O Canada ahead of Game 5 of the World Series.

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2 w. ago World Series anthem singer gets words wrong to O Canada before Toronto Blue Jays game in L.A.

Toronto Blue Jays fans prepping to watch Game 5 of the World Series were treated to an interesting rendition of the Canadian national anthem.Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright got the mic at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and messed up the lyrics in both French and English. The 52-year-old singer was born in New York, but does hold Canadian citizenship.Singing the bilingual version of "O Canada," the anthem singer managed to get the lyrics wrong in both French and English. He sang "True patriot love that only us can command" instead of "True patriot love in all of us command," and then followed that up with multiple mistakes in the French portion of the anthem.Rufus Wainwright performed the Canadian National Anthem before Game 5 of the World Series 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/VCj14fUw6d— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 29, 2025 Of course, Blue Jays fans had a field day with this one as they immediately took to social media to air their complaints w...

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3 w. ago Did anthem singer Brad Paisley curse Game 3 of the World Series?

Country singer performed the U.S. national anthem before marathon game between the Dodgers and Blue Jays.

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3 w. ago ‘Our home on native land’: Canadian singer changes lyrics of the national anthem at World Series game

'I don’t know why artists feel the need to change the national anthem,' wrote sports commentator Ben Steiner in a social media post

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3 w. ago ‘Deplorable’ rendition of O Canada at World Series roasted online

Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe slammed for changing lyrics to anthem before Game 3 of Blue Jays-Dodgers series

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