Sports stadium sings the National Anthem a capella after announcer on Memorial day weekend

A crowd at a high school softball championship game burst into song after the announcer said they wouldn’t be playing the national anthem Friday in In Fresno, California.

According to Fresno Bee the stadium started booing after the announcer said: ‘There will be no anthem, let’s just play softball.’

Fan Tiffany Marquez said she was ‘shocked’ when the announcer said they weren’t going to play it. ‘Within seconds, you could hear people in the crowd singing and the volume of their voices building. There I was, standing in the middle of a true testament to unity and patriotism.’

‘After some booing, the whole stadium stood up and started singing it on their own.’ 

Event coordinator Bob Kayajanian said that when more than one game is played in a day, the anthem is generally played only before the first game. 

‘We try to follow with what normally gets done,’ Kayajanian said. ‘It’s all a learning experience for everyone and (going forward) we’re playing the national anthem at every game.’

A crowd at a high school softball championship game burst into song after the announcer said they wouldn’t be playing the national anthem Friday in In Fresno, California

He said that when the crowd ‘all started singing,’ he thought it was ‘obviously a wonderful thing to show off their patriotism.’ 

The Clovis High School Cougars defeated the Buchanan High School Bears, 6-3.

The stadium started booing after the announcer said: ‘There will be no anthem, let’s just play softball’

Fan Tiffany Marquez said she was ‘shocked’ when the announcer said they weren’t going to play it. ‘Within seconds, you could hear people in the crowd singing and the volume of their voices building. There I was, standing in the middle of a true testament to unity and patriotism’