Overview
- Paisley sang before Game 3 at Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 6-5 on Freddie Freeman’s walk-off in the 18th inning.
- Major League Baseball highlighted that all four World Series games featuring Paisley’s anthem have gone to extras: 2017 Game 2 (11), 2018 Game 3 (18), 2024 Game 1 (10), 2025 Game 3 (18).
- He has been the pregame performer for both of the longest World Series games on record, the 18-inning marathons in 2018 and 2025.
- Los Angeles is 3-1 in the extra-inning games tied to Paisley’s appearances, with Freeman delivering walk-off homers in 2024 and 2025.
- Paisley embraced the quirky trend in an Associated Press interview, calling himself “Mr. More Baseball” as media and fans treated the pattern as a lighthearted superstition.