Broadway actress faces criticism for reading national anthem lyrics from phone during performance before game

New York Yankees fans appeared to person a pugnacious time astatine the ballpark, and it started earlier archetypal transportation and continued into the ninth inning erstwhile the squad tried to adjacent retired a triumph implicit the Milwaukee Brewers during Thursday’s opening time game.

Betsy Wolfe, a Broadway histrion and singer, was tapped to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" earlier the crippled began. 

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Betsy Wolfe attends the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2025 Gala astatine The Ziegfeld Ballroom connected March 10, 2025, successful New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

But Wolfe’s rendition appeared to rise eyebrows for the incorrect reasons arsenic fans were speedy to constituent retired that the California autochthonal was speechmaking the lyrics disconnected of her phone.

The "Juliet" prima faced backlash connected societal media for having her telephone out, with astatine slightest 1 instrumentality imploring the Yankees connected X to "do better." But others were impressed with her dependable successful general.

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Yankees fans’ hearts were racing aboriginal erstwhile catcher Austin Wells deed a solo location tally to get connected the board. He became the archetypal catcher successful MLB past to deed a lead-off location tally connected opening day.

New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells rounds the bases aft hitting a solo location tally against the Milwaukee Brewers during the archetypal inning astatine Yankee Stadium connected March 27, 2025. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

Still, New York had a pugnacious clip closing the doorway connected the Brewers.

New Yankees person Devin Williams allowed a Joey Ortiz azygous and an Isaac Collins treble to commencement the apical of the ninth inning. He past allowed 1 tally to people but was capable to onslaught retired Jackson Chourio and Christian Yelich to extremity the game.

New York won, 4-2.

New York Yankees close fielder Aaron Judge is shown during batting signifier earlier the opening-day crippled against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium connected March 27, 2025. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

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The 2 teams play again connected Saturday astatine 1:05 p.m. ET.

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