General Discussion

The "tradition" of the anthem before games was a jingoistic money scrounge coordinated by MLB to encourage war bind sales during WW I. And, what a coincidence, they had booths set up right at the ballpark where you could buy them.
It was never about patriotism. It was about money.
Should have ended in 1919, yet here we are 107 years later.
And BTW, nobody does the anthem right. It's always done too slow.