World Series Singer Hunter Hayes Strikes Out With National Anthem Performance

Country music singer “sounds like a pillowcase full of kittens being slung against a curb,” one Twitter user writes

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As the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs took to the field Tuesday night to decide who makes baseball history in the 2016 World Series, fans had plenty to gripe about on social media.

Country singer Hunter Hayes followed in the footsteps of Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump to sing the national anthem ahead of Game 6 at Progressive Field, but he got a reception that was as cold as the wind whipping off Lake Erie.

“Hunter Hayes sounds like a pillowcase full of kittens being slung against a curb,” one Twitter user wrote.

Ouch, catty.

“I’m more offended by how Hunter Hayes just sang the national anthem than Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem,” was another harsh response.

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