The 2024 Home Run Derby took place Monday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and like every other major sporting event in the country, it was preceded by the national anthem. The singer: Four-time Grammy nominee and country singer Ingrid Andress. Good get for MLB, right? Right.
Things did not go smoothly, however. Andress performed a heavily criticized rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the Home Run Derby, and ended up issuing an apology the following day. On Tuesday, she released a statement saying she was drunk while singing the anthem and planned to check into rehab. Andress apologized to Major League Baseball, baseball fans and the United States of America.
"I'm not gonna bulls--- y'all, I was drunk last night," she wrote. "I'm checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need. That was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition. I'll let y'all know how rehab is I hear it's super fun."
— Ingrid Andress (@IngridAndress) July 16, 2024
Below is video of her performance on Monday:
The national anthem ahead of the 2024 Home Run Derby on ESPN by four-time Grammy-nominated artist Ingrid Andress was interesting, to say the least... pic.twitter.com/p3HkV9Vcvg
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 16, 2024
Andress, 32, broke through with her single "More Hearts Than Mine" in 2019 and her studio albums "Lady Like" and "Good Person." She's opened on tours including Keith Urban's 2022 "The Speed of Now World Tour" and headlined some of her own. Her father, Brad Andress, was a strength and conditioning coach with the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, and University of Michigan.
